We need to have the ability at some point to compel them to come into compliance.

The past 20 years has seen a dramatic decrease in crime levels across the United States.

Many argue that taking ethnic and racial trends to account in policing is a rational and efficient method.

Those old, 20th century assumptions have been proven wrong.

Is it more important to develop implementation plans with the correct science or to meet an artificial deadline?

the House of Representatives has voted to cut off the funding not for programs that help farmers comply with existing regulations, that keep cattle out of streams and so on, but simply to cut off the funding for the implementation of…

What are we supposed to do in the meantime?

But the TMDL itself includes thousands of allocations based upon a tool that you admit is not ready for those finer allocations.

This afternoon we are going to talk about a very important development here in the House of Representatives--in fact, in the entire Congress. Because of the vote this summer on the Budget Control Act, we are going to have in both the House…

That's an excellent note on which to close. I want to thank the gentleman from Indiana and everyone else who has participated and the other gentleman from Indiana. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. Announcement by the Speaker…

I find that unbelievable.

But how can you make effective decisions about what should go into a TMDL and how can you expect the states to comply when you haven't even given them the evidence of what needs to be done and how it will benefit the Chesapeake Bay?

Are you serious? I mean for 25 years farmers, localities, and others across the Chesapeake Bay region have substantially reduced the amount of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment going into the streams that go into the Chesapeake Bay and…

But the bottom line is if the states don't dance to the tune, the nonscientific tune that is being set, there are backstops that will be imposed, penalties imposed from the Federal Government.

Because you have threatened them if they don't undertake it with actions that most of us here on this panel who are in the United States Congress and involved in writing laws don't think the laws of the land allow you to do.

I thank the gentleman from Indiana for his remarks. We are joined now by a very important member of our conference, a leader, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee and a strong supporter of fiscal responsibility…

Thank you for your good work. Thank you for your efforts on behalf of this cause. I want to make reference to the fact that this Special Order that we're all participating in is sponsored by the House Constitution Caucus, which is chaired…

I thank the gentleman for his very passionate support of the cause of fiscal responsibility. As I mentioned earlier, this Special Order is being sponsored by the Congressional Constitution Caucus. And it's now my pleasure to yield to…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, and I like the sound of that 28th Amendment to the Constitution. Let me just say that, as I mentioned at the outset, because of the vote by the Congress--the House and the Senate--signed into law by…

I thank the gentleman. I very much appreciate his comments and would note the fact that we have, speaking here tonight, Members from many corners of the country: Indiana, Alabama, Texas, Illinois, Mississippi, Wisconsin, New Jersey, and…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. As I indicated earlier, this is an issue that has to have a bipartisan solution. It simply is not possible to pass constitutional amendments that require two-thirds of the House, or 290 Members, and…

I thank the gentleman. In the next few weeks, as we anticipate a vote coming up quite soon, we have a lot of work to do to make sure that we are giving every Member of this body an opportunity to speak out for fiscal responsibility and not…

I thank the gentleman. I have to say that we've seen support from all across the country, from east coast States like New Jersey and Virginia all the way to the west coast to Oregon. We've heard from Members of both parties, we've heard…

I considered that an attack on Pennsylvania farmers in a broad brush, and I also considered it insensitive and certainly overstated.

On rollcall No. 748, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mrs. Capps The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by…