The words we hear in Washington run almost in denial of the words of our enemy, of Zarqawi when he was still alive, of Zawahiri about expanding the caliphate, reestablishing the caliphate, from Morocco to Indonesia, this huge part of the…

Colonel, it is an honor to join you tonight and my colleagues on the floor. Anytime I have the privilege to stand and honor our men and women in uniform, I try to begin with what John Stuart Mill said about war. He said, ``War is an ugly…

Mr. Speaker, tonight I come to the floor with several of my colleagues over the next hour to recognize that while even tonight we've heard these divisions on the floor from both parties and Members in each party that have differences of…

I believe that this problem in Iraq that we've got to do better with is not the end of this at all. For some reason, God spared us again with the JFK plot and allowed us to actually interdict that before another September 11 or even worse…

And as physicians have to swear an oath that, above all else, do no harm, we need to remember that as lawmakers, when we look at the problems that our country faces, that we need to ensure that the solutions that we propose do not cause…

I want to make five points. First, we need to realize that this threat is real. And I say to the members of the Get Out of Iraq Caucus that if we were not in Iraq tomorrow, this threat is not going away. We don't spend enough time focusing…

I have to say, though, here today that campaign rhetoric is one thing but when the rubber meets the road on this huge, important bill to have this kind of a process in this kind of a bill is not right. To have over $21 billion of…

And I'm not a real partisan guy. But the truth is, this is where the Democrats are really completely running counter to what they campaigned on last year. This is really unprecedented.

I want to first say, since I am coming at this point in this time, that I am a Republican who opposes this resolution. Most importantly, because this resolution is nonbinding, I am one of the ranking members on the Appropriations Committee…

I have got to tell you all across the country we are asking men and women of all ethnic backgrounds, all religions, all cultures who are proud to be called Americans to stand in harm's way on behalf of our civilian population and, in this…

the first 100 hours is over. That was the easy part; softballs, for the most part, that you campaigned on and that many of us joined you on. But this is where the tough work of governing begins, really, and I don't want to join in the…

And reclaiming my time, the Katrina Select Committee on our side was roughly a $400,000 committee. My understanding, the authority under this bill for the Select Committee on Climate Change would be about three times that amount, $1.2…

I did not come, Mr. Speaker, to the floor tonight to in any way alienate or accuse anyone here or the other party in this case, because if ever there was a time in my life where we need Democrats and Republicans to come together on an…

For 12 years I have come to the floor defending our free enterprise system and standing up for market forces in setting prices, costs, and wages. But I have to tell you, 9 years without a minimum wage increase is a problem, especially…

Even though on this particular issue, I would come today and say we need to go forward with investments that will save us billions of dollars in the future. I also want to remind people that this is the illegal use of this legal product…

I thank Mrs. Biggert and Mr. Gordon for their leadership. For 6 years, I have had the privilege of serving as the co-Chair in the House of the Renewable Energy Efficiency Caucus with Mark Udall of Colorado, which is over half of the House…

I am not the most partisan person here at all. As a matter of fact, I don't think either party has an exclusive on integrity or ideas. I grew up a Democrat, and now I'm a Republican. Argue with us about the role of the Federal Government…

I wish to emphasize why, as the gentleman from Texas pointed out, our border security efforts to date have been a good step, but they must be increased. History shows us that once before an enemy of the United States, the communist Soviet…

as I rise tonight to begin this hour, I rise with a very heavy heart, but with the most renewed sense of pride and patriotism I have ever had as I honor the life of Sergeant David Thomas Weir. Sergeant David Weir died 8 days ago on the…

I think it was General Casey who said if we leave Iraq prematurely, they will follow us home. I will finish what the American Enterprise Institute analyst said about this presence in Iraq. He said jihadists from around the world have…

Thank you, Judge Carter, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just want to, as I begin, stand, as I think virtually everyone in this Chamber would do, and thank the men and women in uniform who volunteered to serve because whatever that call is…

before I get to the topic that I want to spend at least the lion's share of the next hour on, I want to respond somewhat to the commentary from my friends on the other side over the last hour and really agree with them on a whole lot of…

I thank the gentlewoman. Put this in perspective: think like North Korea today. Kim Jong Il is defying the international will in terms of developing a nuclear program and nuclear weapons capabilities, so the world is rightly isolating him…

I think, Mr. Speaker, in all fairness, we should point to some successes by the Department of Homeland Security since last September in changing the policy from catch and release to catch and return. As I tell people back home in…

to review, the President of the United States rightly asked for $250 million for GNEP to help us stand the nuclear industry back up in this country. Decades after Three Mile Island, we need energy independence. The committee did not have…