It seems to me that one of our goals in this subcommittee and in pursuing this subject is how do we put in place processes that push us toward that goal.

I urge my colleagues to oppose the previous question to allow us to bring up H.R. 3858, which would freeze salaries for Members of Congress for another year through 2013. I have consistently supported and voted for freezing member…

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. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Walz of Minnesota The CHAIR. It is now…

I would simply point out that the same logic my friend from Georgia uses that a simple 1-year appropriation may not have much measurable impact on the economy could also apply to tax cuts, short-term tax cuts. I would further point out…

I would inquire of the Chair how much time remains on this side. The CHAIR. The gentleman has 2 minutes remaining.

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, lines 14 and 15, strike ``(except the Committee on Appropriations of each House)''. Page 1, line 16…

This is a simple, yet important, amendment that will in fact deliver the actual transparency the proponents of this bill claim to be providing. My amendment will ensure the dynamic scoring called for in this legislation and will capture…

Isn't that interesting that in the majority in this Congress we haven't had a hearing on that subject.

reinstatement of the assault weapons ban as American law.

We are not prepared, either as families or as a society, to pay for the long-term care supports and services most of us will need before we die. Today 10 million Americans require some level of long-term assisted care, and that number is…

President Ahmadinejad's charm offensive here in the Western Hemisphere ought to be of concern to the United States.

the need for stricter gun enforcement and tougher penalties.

For those who believe in the Mayan end of days and the prophecy of the end of the world in 2012, the fact that our Republican friends have finally met a tax cut they don't like surely must be a sign of the apocalypse. Republicans fought…

Once again the Republican leadership is attacking America's 2.3 million civilian Federal employees. In a brazen act of political opportunism, Speaker Boehner is using the public's well-founded dissatisfaction with Congress to bludgeon…

Well, so the only example of any safety concern with respect to that occurred in a laboratory run by NHTSA?

It is far higher. We have, on average, over one person die per day from vehicle-related fires.

I continue to believe on the broader point in terms of public service, you know, we have fine, upstanding civil servants who serve this country, whether they wear the uniform or they don't.

the public can feel somewhat reassured based on the testimony we have heard today that they are actually safer than the normal car you drive with gas.

the probability of an explosion or a safety incident with the mechanism of fueling the vehicle is higher when it is gas fired than it is with, frankly, an electric vehicle fueled by a battery?

I just think that is actually an extraordinary statement and an extraordinary fact and a very heartening development when we are looking at the role of technology and lessening our foreign oil dependence.

None. Well, so the only example of any safety concern with respect to that occurred in a laboratory run by NHTSA?

I believe that a statement by 44 Republican Senators in the U.S. Senate announcing that they are going to try to thwart the implementation of a duly passed law--the Constitution envisioned how a law gets passed.

I frankly share the misgivings about recess appointments.

I thank my friend. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's winter in Washington, but apparently our Republican friends have returned thinking it's August at the beach, and they've packed their neon-colored flip-flops. Last year, this Congress came…

I thank my friend from New York. Mr. Speaker, this is shameful. Shame. Shame. Shame. Who are we kidding? The Republican leadership is ignoring an 89-10 vote in the United States Senate, and they want us to believe they support the…