Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 25 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Monday, September 26, 2011, at noon. ____________________

Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's always an honor and privilege to speak in this body. There has just been so much information about the American Jobs Act that the President has touted that he demanded that we pass here in this room, and at…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 3 o'clock and 34 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Monday, September 19, 2011, at noon. ____________________

We're at the end of another week of session here. You know, the President's been traveling around the country. I know that costs millions and millions of dollars to put Air Force One in motion, hopping all over the country. I've also seen…

Mr. Speaker, it never ceases to be an honor for me to be able to speak on this floor. The freedoms we have, the blessings, we've received because of those who've gone before us. The country is in trouble. People around the world cannot…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, because I saw my friends across the aisle using a chart that said the ``American Jobs Act.'' It makes a wonderful chart if it's still on the floor, because that's what we're talking about, an American Jobs Act. The…

I just wanted to make sure the record was clear. My dear friend from Maryland said there were those on this side who wanted to welsh on our debt, and that's not the case. The thing that we want to do is stop incurring debt. We are all…

But if you want the numbers, if we are only able to save a trillion dollars over 10 years, which is quite possible under the debt ceiling deal that passed, then it will take 150 years before the budget balances if we continue to cut 1…

I know of the intentions of my colleagues across the aisle. You want to try to make America a better place. We had the prior speaker indicate that tremors were sent through the financial markets because some politicians, for their own…

If I might inquire of the Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry: If there are charts around on the floor, can anybody use those? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is free to use charts in debate.

Mr. Speaker, this is a tough time in our American history. I was a history major at Texas A&M. I knew I owed the Army 4 years for the scholarship I had. I had been really inspired by American history in high school by Sam Parker, my…