But let me also suggest to you that if had not been for Federal meddling and for Federal policy related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, there wouldn't have been a real estate bubble in Arizona.

I believe he is correct. That is why we are here today because the Congress has ignored every other mechanism, and the most powerful mechanism we have is a constitutional amendment.

The challenge here that we are trying to deal with is: are we as a country going to balance our budget by wise policy or are we going to allow cataclysmic financial failure to balance it for us, and that is, indeed, the question.

I am always reminded, Mr. Chairman, that every budget, whether it be a person's budget or a business budget or a State budget or a Federal budget, every budget eventually balances.

My colleague Mr. Marino of Pennsylvania has led efforts to even bargaining power between PBMs and pharmacies.

The ultimate determination as to whether this merger impermissibly restrains competition or otherwise violates the antitrust laws lies with the FTC and not with the House of Representatives or the Judiciary Committee on which we sit today.

I thank Chairman Kline for yielding me this time and for his leadership in moving this legislation to the floor. I thank Congressman Scott of South Carolina for his leadership in introducing this legislation, and I thank all those who join…

March 2, 1995, was a pivotal day in the history of our country. On that day, the United States Senate failed by one vote to send a balanced budget amendment to the States for ratification. The amendment had passed the House by the required…

I rise in strong support of the Cut, Cap, and Balance legislation. I commend the gentleman from Utah and all the others who have brought this forward, and here's why, right here: We had a vote here on the floor of this House a few weeks…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. The Senate-passed patent bill granted the PTO fee-setting authority into perpetuity. The Senate's goal was laudable. It wanted to allow the PTO to…

Over 140 tax strategy patents have already been issued, and more applications are pending. Tax strategy patents have the potential to affect tens of millions of everyday taxpayers, many who do not even realize that these patents exist. The…

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The gentlewoman has expressed concern about the fee diversion provision in the manager's amendment. I think it is actually a very good provision; and it will, for the first time, end fee diversion at the Patent and Trademark Office by…

I thank the chairman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue, and I rise in strong support of H.R. 1249. For the better part of the past decade, Congress has been working to update our patent laws to ensure that the incentives…

I also very much appreciate this debate on the constitutionality of this issue. I had the honor of leading the reading of the Constitution on the second day of this new Congress. I want to make it very clear because there's a lot of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in support of the rule but also in support of the manager's amendment. I think the gentleman from Kentucky, the chairman of one of the two committees that you have referred to here, is…

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I am pleased to introduce and welcome the Reverend Dr. John Sloop, Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, a church that has grown to over 1,100 members and over 500 attendees for Sunday services. Dr. Sloop…

On rollcall No. 309 I was unavoidably detained and missed the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________

I thank the chairman for his comments. I commend him for this legislation, and I support it.

I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, as a cosponsor, I rise today in support of H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. I have long believed that the right to life is one that we must vigorously protect, and I have…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the Republican Study Committee budget alternative. The fact of the matter is we're broke. The Federal budget deficit is projected to exceed $1 trillion for the next 2 fiscal…

I thank the chairman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. To the gentleman from Washington, I would tell him yesterday this House voted to cut government spending and keep the government open. Today this House will vote to…

I thank the chairman for yielding me the time and for his leadership on this issue. I rise in strong support of this legislation. Despite President Obama stating that he would prefer Congress to take the lead in determining how to handle…

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