Gerry Connolly

The United Nations is an important place. It doesn't do everything right.

My amendment will not get the U.S. out of the U.N., but it will be a far more effective tool for promoting real reform and countering anti-Israel bias in the U.N.

I urge my colleagues to support the substitute amendment that I am offering.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. {time} 1600 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Markey

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 section: SEC. 6. PROTECTION FROM RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR…

This plot was planned for this capital, this city. It is unacceptable.

I think the United States must hold the Iranian Government fully responsible until and unless they're able to isolate a rogue element.

What I find so interesting and appalling in the details that we know of that have been made public yesterday, rarely has a sovereign state sunk this low in attempting...

The announcement yesterday of the unbelievably bold plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador here in Washington at a crowded restaurant that could involve hundreds of people, innocent people, is really extraordinary to contemplate.

What is happening south of our border in the northern part of Mexico, large swaths of which look more and more, frankly, like a failed state that ought to be equally sobering for all Americans.

It really is a sobering reality that I hope, as you suggest, Mr. Chairman, has the policy community refocusing on this issue.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Welch

My colleague, whom I respect, said that we're losing jobs because of this onerous regulation. I'm just wondering if my colleague has any data on how many jobs were lost in the last 40 years due to the Clean Air Act--net.

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 section: SEC. 6. PROTECTION FROM RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR…

It strikes me, based on our analysis in terms of per billion dollars of contract dollars, you have a much higher debarment and suspension rate than does DOD.

What is the value of the total procurement in that time period?

Please think about how all of us felt when that devastating earthquake took place.

A wholesale cutting of funding to an entire program is not a path forward.

Why are we going to hinder the kinds of aid that they need?

We are being awfully selective in the reporting we want to cite.

So it is convenient to cite a 2008 report, but not convenient to cite a 2009 report. Is that correct?

Respectfully, I would ask for a recorded vote on that.

It's estimated that more than 2 million young women live with untreated obstetric fistula in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa alone.

We cannot turn our back on this important work that stands up for women's rights and helps protect women's lives.

We are about, in passing this bill, to turn our back on all of that progress because of a political issue that I think does not hold up under scrutiny.