Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H. Con. Res. 51, ``Directing the President, Pursuant to Section (c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed forces from Libya,'' I support the War Powers Resolution…

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. When we finish what sometimes may seem a complicated debate, where both sides can seemingly make sense when we have the time to reflect upon the week's work or the work and philosophies of the different…

This could be no more a somber debate than what we are doing here today, and I thank the manager, Mr. McGovern, and the gentleman from South Carolina for recognizing, through the leadership of our House, that the American people must be…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to join with my colleagues of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to ask the President to appoint a Presidential appointee to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is law. It is to protect the American…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Mr. Speaker, on amendment No. 1 offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rokita), I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

I thank the chairman of the committee and the ranking member. Mr. Chairman, this is a very challenging process that we are going through. It is challenging because we are addressing homeland security in the backdrop of the crisis in Libya…

I thank the distinguished manager of this rule, and I certainly thank Members who are on the floor of the House. Mr. Speaker, we are in the baseball season and you can imagine a throng of teeming audience, and they are watching pitch one…

Mr. Speaker, it's important to be able to discuss with my colleagues just what we're doing in this House and what is considered important and urgent and what is the impact on what we're doing. As my friends, the Republicans on the other…

Mr. Speaker, before I comment on why I am standing next to the brave and the true of our United States military, let me give a message to Syria and express my outrage over the heinous killing of a 13-year-old boy. President Assad should be…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,500,000)''. Page 24, line 23, after…