We are seeing for the first time significant participation in democratic life on the part of disadvantaged communities.

Do you know who would be happy with this strategy... The Iranians love this bill.

I have long said that one of our major problems involving security south of our border is the obscene number of American guns which flow down illegally south of the border.

The outrage that was revealed this week about a plot to assassinate the representative of another sovereign nation in this capital of this sovereign nation is unacceptable.

We must do so without the polarizing rhetoric that is reminiscent of the U.S. policies of decades ago.

We have to stop just looking at the past. Our hemisphere has never been this democratic.

For a country that is preoccupied with a 'Great Satan,' one has to conclude that no regime on Earth is more familiar with the Satanic than is the regime in Tehran.

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.

A significant number of countries in the Western Hemisphere could very well hold a similar hearing on threats that stem from our own Nation.

I want to thank you and your staff particularly for your accommodation on the en bloc amendments.

This approach is basically if you don't like what is going on in a place... just cut and run.

It is not in our interest to cut foreign aid.

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

Ask Americans their priority, and they'll tell you it's jobs. There are 14 million Americans out of work. There are 9.3 million more Americans working part-time because they can't find full-time employment. There are millions more…

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.

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

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…

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...

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

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

During the past 10 months, the Republican leadership has already tried to pass more than 125 anti- environmental bills, amendments, and riders. We debated yet another anti-EPA bill just the other day, and the majority rejected every single…

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

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.

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

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