The Constitution is an enormously important document. The oversight of Congress is an enormously important responsibility. Lives lost in the course of various activities of our law enforcement are issues that we take with great concern. As…

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota and the manager, and my friends on the other side of the aisle. This is an important, crucial motion to instruct. Crucial is the word. And I thank the gentleman for recognizing that while we are here…

I've had the pleasure of chairing the Congressional Children's Caucus for a number of years, having founded it almost a decade ago. I'm delighted to have, as part of our agenda, a number of issues dealing with mentoring, nutrition…

Bring to the floor this conference report, put to work people in Texas, fix bridges and put to work people in Minnesota, Virginia, New York, across the Nation, south, north, east and west, and begin to solve separate difficult problems, if…

The crisis in Syria is getting worse and worse and worse. I join with the United Nations, but I ask that the Arab League and NATO raise their voices to remove women and children and the elderly and the disabled and the sick from this…

We can do better. As we work to ensure the tranquility of this great land and the opportunity for those who desire and deserve jobs, I frankly, think, it is likewise a devastating disaster, a crisis, that the world has not risen to stop…

I thank you very much. Mr. Price is absolutely right, I serve as the ranking member on the Transportation Security Committee on Homeland Security, and a risk- based, well-trained professional team is what we have been working toward and…

I thank the ranking member and the ranking member of the full committee and ranking member of the subcommittee for their courtesies, and I think clearly over this process that we've had an opportunity, as authorizers, to work with our…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Transportation…

I thank the distinguished ranking member, and I really thank the chairman for his comments. I don't want to give a whole historical perspective, but I've certainly been on the Homeland Security authorizing committee since 9/ 11. I am quite…

I thank the chairman of the subcommittee and the ranking member for their courtesies. I am the ranking member on the Transportation Security Committee and have had the privilege of serving as the chairperson of that committee. I now work…

I have an amendment at the desk, and I would ask unanimous consent that my amendment be considered out of order. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Texas? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR…