I think we all look forward to working together to not only meet some of these tough budget choices but also to understand what kind of impact it is going to have on our military today.

I thank the chairman for yielding the time, and I thank him for his leadership. I urge all of my colleagues to support this conference report because I think it takes another step to change this culture of spending that we've had in this…

Mr. Speaker, today is the first day of Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are diseases that collectively are known as inflammatory bowel disease. They are painful; they are incurable; they attack the…

Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to make my colleagues aware of some legislation that I filed this week, along with 28 original cosponsors, Democrats and Republicans. The legislation was filed in the Senate, as well, so it's a bipartisan…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. On behalf of the Republican participants, I want to congratulate Captain Yarmuth and his team for their outstanding play and for their narrow victory, and I want to thank all the members of the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. I just want to urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this continuing resolution. This body has been doing a lot of things to try to get the economy moving again, to try to put people back to…

Madam Chairman, I would just simply say, as I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this, again, I thank the gentleman for bringing it to our attention. It seems strange that it hasn't been funded for the last 15 years. I think this is not…

Reclaiming my time, that's an interesting question too. I appreciate that question. And that $30 million is there to use to make sure that we protect the health and safety of people in our buildings here. So I understand it won't cost any…

Well, reclaiming my time, if this was simply a question of education, I hope the gentleman has been working diligently for the past few years as hard as he worked for the last 24 hours to make people aware and to crank this thing back up…

Madam Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate very much the gentleman from New Jersey's passion for this program. He mentioned that they turned out the lights in 1996, some 15 years ago, and I can't help but…

I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.