Let me thank Congressman Al Green and Congressman Poe for convening us today on such a very important topic that includes the issue of domestic violence in this Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As a senior member of the Judiciary…

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. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following new section: SEC. 4. STUDY. (a) In General.--Not later than 5…

I thank the Chairwoman, and I thank the committee for its courtesies and the Rules Committee for their courtesies. It would seem unusual to have a poster that says ``Make It in America'' on this discussion. But I think I'll lay the…

Let me be very clear. The only ``no'' that is being said is ``no'' to the vulnerable women who are traveling in emergency ambulances to the hospital, desiring emergency treatment, dying, and not being able to be treated, needing to correct…

Thank you very much for yielding to me this morning. I wanted to share with my colleagues an important challenge that we have. And I think some would say how obvious with 9 percent unemployment, which I think we should be honest with…

It's unfortunate that we have to come to the floor of the House to discuss the personal decisions that a woman has to make. And I can assure you that the question of choice, the question of abortion, the question of what a woman does to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, lines 23 and 24, strike ``not earlier than 5 years after the effective date of the regulation'' and…

For a clarification, I did not argue that regulation creates jobs. I do believe that you can produce the kind of regulatory climate that will. But my point was that clean air and a better quality of life encourages businesses to move into…

There are many times that we come to the floor to address our current plight. I do wish to say to the American people that we're well aware of the importance of jobs and the focus of creating those jobs, and I would offer to you that most…

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.

As I listened today, I listened to some enormously bipartisan commentary about jobs. As Mr. Waxman knows, our ranking member, we have been working on creating jobs for a very long time. Democrats are hoping for a vote in the other body on…