Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The American Legion received its Federal charter in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization. Today, the Legion is America's largest Veterans Service Organization with 2.5 million…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on S. 1639, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 1639) to amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize the American Legion under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to the individual departments and…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We're in a time of massive overspending, a time when some want to raise taxes, creating more of an economic problem. But it's been shocking that after the biggest wave election since the 1930s, 80-plus brand-new…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 3 o'clock and 10 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Monday, December 5, 2011, at noon for morning-hour debate…

Let's cut to the chase. This is a tax credit for people who want to contribute to the President's campaign fund. They're told you can check this box and it doesn't cost you anything. No, but it takes $40 million-plus a year away from the…

I want to share a Proclamation of Thanksgiving from the year 1798, signed by President George Washington. In 1798, it was toward the end of President Washington's time as President. It was a difficult time; we were not a strong Nation. We…

I wish I were coming to the floor just full of excitement because we had a vote today on the balanced budget amendment. I came to Congress nearly 7 years ago believing we needed a balanced budget amendment, knowing that Thomas Jefferson…

Thank you. I certainly appreciate my friend from New York. There are some areas of research that if the Federal Government doesn't do it, it's not going to get done, and I'm sure there are areas we can certainly agree on. Balanced Budget…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Even though this body is composed of a lot of people who have a lot of different political steadfast beliefs, it is still an honor and pleasure to serve with friends like Carolyn Maloney. So it is an honor to serve…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One thing we've got plenty of around here is paper, unfortunately. We've got bills, we've got laws that we should have taken up that we haven't. And when we talk about the health care bill, people know we talk about…