I apologize for the treatment you have gotten here today.

I believe on the 18th, under oath again, in response to questioning from Mr. Cartwright...

I thank my friend from Maryland. Madam Speaker, the distinguished manager on the other side of this bill says you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, in taking to task my friend from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) in his…

One can stand up on a pile of paper, and that act could be construed... to be an intimidating act.

I thank my friend from Tennessee, and I thank him for his able leadership on this bill. Listening to our friends on the other side of the aisle, I urge them all to re-read Upton Sinclair's ``The Jungle,'' because that's where you would…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 13, after ``effects to the economy.'' insert ``This section shall not apply with respect to any rule…

I thank my friend and colleague from Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I want to echo what the distinguished minority whip had to say. These bills were rushed to the floor. They've been long in the planning on the Republican side of the aisle. They…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed.

I thank the Chair, and at this time I am pleased to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), my co-author of this amendment.

I am also proud to cosponsor this legislation, and I thank you and the ranking member for bringing it up this morning.

This is a good example of coming together and legislating, and legislating to create some common good.

I understand our friend from New Jersey apparently doesn't like Metro or the clientele it serves. So much of what he said I think is, in fact, distorted. The Metro system in metropolitan Washington is one of the great success stories of…

I would say to my friend from New Jersey, I do not question his motivation; I question his action. His action suggests, just as he just said, we're no different than any other transit system. Well, we are different. This is the Nation's…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, line 4, strike ``and''. Page 6, line 6, strike the period and insert ``; and''. Page 6, after line 6…

I thank the gentleman. With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 2 Offered by…

I thank my colleague, and I look forward to working with him. I yield to the distinguished ranking member.

We want to help. This is an important part of Government that doesn't get sufficient attention.

CBO's May report shows the deficit has dropped another $220 billion. The Federal deficit continues to fall faster now than it has since post-World War II demobilization in the late forties and early fifties. Earlier this month, OMB…

I guess I would suggest to you that my own observation over four decades is the Chinese respect power and sometimes little else.

You know, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Lewis' answer to me at the beginning, the State Department said the talks went very well...

We need to work with India, but we have to be very careful that the perception is not that we are somehow tilting against the Chinese.

I happen to believe cyber security probably is one of the most important challenges, maybe the biggest threat, we face.

I am not arguing for a forceful, you know, armed conflict, but I am arguing for much tougher enforcement and teeth with it than has occurred heretofore.

It is wholesale, state-supported theft, and a direct threat to the national security of this country.

I represent Virginia's two largest school districts, which have a combined enrollment of more than 265,000 students. As a parent and former member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, I know the success of our community and others…