in his speech on Monday night, President Bush continued to try to justify the invasion of Iraq by drawing nonexistent links to the 9/11 attacks. The President's misuse of the fifth anniversary of the attacks shows that he will go to any…

I support H.R. 5337, and I would like to applaud the floor managers of the bill for their efforts on the legislation. The CFIUS process is in need of reform, and this bill provides reforms that effectively balance the country's need for…

Yes, I am, because the fact that a government takes your passport, any number of governments do that. The German Government used to do it. I don't know if they do it now. That doesn't mean that is forced labor. They hold your passport, but…

The Sultan's decree is law. Mr. Levin, the purpose of a trade agreement is to advance progress and communication and economic interdependence, it seems to me. And to the extent we can, to promote social progress. There is an enormous…

reclaiming my time. You know as well as I do that it would be better if we could make labor protections a more integral part of many of these trade agreements. But I would also suggest that anybody that looks at this trade agreement with…

I will shortly. I am about out of time. If you can refute that, I will yield 15 seconds to the gentleman.

And I am reserving because I have so little time left, as the gentleman knows, so I am trying to be strategic with my time.

in the first place it is not some other panel. It is the U.S. and Oman, and we have the right to determine what is in our security, but having said that, I reserve the balance of my time.

It is no longer legal to use such a tactic. It is not used. That is the kind of progress we are wanting to achieve, and I thank Mr. Pascrell's help in achieving that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr…

there is a conflagration in the Middle East. We are losing the war in Iraq. We are losing ground to the Taliban in Afghanistan. The stock market is crashing, gas prices are skyrocketing. We have raised the debt ceiling four times to $9…

I thank the chairman of the Government Reform Committee and applaud him for his leadership, as well as Mr. Wolf's, particularly when Mr. Wolf was chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee for Transportation, Ms. Norton representing the…

over the last 9 years gas prices have doubled; college prices are up 38 percent; food prices, up 20 percent; housing, up 25 percent; and health care costs, up a whopping 75 percent. But the minimum wage hasn't budged over that period of…

I rise today to oppose the Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006. This legislation will exempt estates up to $5 million for an individual and $10 million for a couple; will tax the next $20 million in assets at 15 percent and assets…

the full day's debate yesterday was of no consequence because the premise of the resolution before us is a false one. It suggests that the goal of a secure, stable, and unified Iraq is an achievable one. It is not. Iraq has always been a…

It's been argued that, if we redeploy, that it might hurt our credibility around the world. As has been said, our approval ratings around the world are the lowest they've ever been.

as the Department proceeds with the site selection for the mirror data services center, we feel it is important that all appropriate GSA site selection procedures be followed and that an RFP be issued clearly stating objective criteria for…

I rise in support of the Dicks- Slaughter-Shays-Leach-Price amendment to increase National Endowment for the Arts by $5 million and increase the National Endowment for the Humanities by $5 million. The dividend this Nation receives from…

today's record gas prices are the direct result of 5 years of failed policies by the Bush administration and this Republican Congress. We seem to be more interested in giving still more tax breaks to oil executives than providing real…

almost 2 years ago, the 9/11 Commission reported that our intelligence community failed our Nation because of its aversion to share information, lack of oversight and limited imagination in how to deal with emerging sources of information…

it is appropriate on this floor that we all be entitled to our own opinions, but it is not right that we should all be entitled to our own set of facts. The facts are that if this budget passes it will be 5 straight years of the largest…

at the beginning of the 21st century, America stands as the greatest economic and military power in the history of the world. We have been blessed with tremendous resources, wonderful natural resources. But the most precious of all of our…

I thank my good friend the distinguished minority leader of the House Appropriations Committee. Mr. Chairman, a lot of us on this side and virtually everyone on the other side are going to vote for this bill, but we should do so with…

in 2 months, about 10 million senior citizens are about to get a Bush Medicare tax imposed on them for the rest of their lives. If they don't sign up for the Medicare prescription drug bill by May 15, then they can't sign up again until…

I thank my good friend. I rise in support of this amendment. As I suggested in addressing the last amendment, we need to be driven by people with expertise, not by fear and prejudice. What Mr. Sabo is suggesting is that we get the facts on…

when future generations of Americans look back at this time in our Nation's history, they will have to conclude that this Republican Congress and White House has been the most fiscally irresponsible in our Nation's history. In 5 years we…