Well, I just want to emphasize that in response to your efforts, we've increased it this year above last year, so we've already been successful.

Every Member of this body is looking at their congressional district and thinking about economic developments and what are the needs. If you are in a transition economy, transitioning from a basic industry, manufacturing economy to a new…

The gentleman really answers the question why should we even consider it here. You say, why should we not use this? That is exactly why this ought to be considered by the authorizing committee. We ought to have testimony taken by the…

Not in 5 minutes, unfortunately. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Gordon).

I was just going to compliment the gentleman from North Carolina for bringing this issue up. I remember when he first brought it to the Congress, and I want to compliment him for bringing this amendment to the floor. I also want to…

I yielded back my time, but I would ask unanimous consent to claim any time I had remaining and to yield it to the gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN. Are you asking unanimous consent to reclaim your time, which is 2 minutes, and have the ability to…

We have no opposition, Mr. Chairman, but I will claim the 5 minutes. The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman ask unanimous consent, notwithstanding the fact he is not opposed, to have the time in opposition?

I am only trying to yield it to the gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN. Objection is heard. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy). The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes…

how is the time controlled on this amendment; and how much time is on the amendment? The CHAIRMAN. There are 10 minutes of debate. Nobody has claimed the time in opposition as of yet.

I join Chairman Wolf in opposing this amendment. The amendment would increase Byrne grants by $50 million. That is the good news. No question about it. We would like to have more money for law enforcement. The offset would be a…

this is a provision that the chairman and I understand the dilemma which he is in. For the last 2 years, the President, when he has submitted his budget request, has proffered this tax increase on the commercial explosives industry, which…

I demand a separate vote on amendment No. 28 offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King). The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a separate vote demanded on any other amendment? If not, the Chair will put them en gros. The amendments were agreed…

the gentleman knows that I have the greatest respect and friendship for him and for all the tremendous work that he does in this body. But I must rise and oppose this across-the- board cut. First of all, I oppose across-the-board cuts…

With that representation, I will not oppose the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

if I may inquire, what was the unanimous consent request stated by the gentleman from Virginia? The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Chair would state that the unanimous consent request, which has been agreed to, was for 5 minutes for the gentlewoman…

the gentleman from Nebraska and the other supporters of this amendment should be appreciative of the chairman's efforts with regard to law enforcement. They have a focus on methamphetamine and the plague that it represents across our…

the way the time was divided up, the minority got no time in opposition to this amendment. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent for 8 additional minutes, to be divided equally between the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) and myself…

as I yield to another gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) to close, I note that the minuscule amount results in 100 RIFs out of NOAA. Mr. Chairman, I yield the remaining time to the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).

reclaiming my time because I only have 2 minutes, I need a little more efficient answer. Does the gentleman think that the FBI's counterterrorism program can stand a $50 million cut from what we have appropriated and recommend in this bill?

I reclaim my time. My point is, Mr. Chairman, the cuts are simply unacceptable. The purpose is laudable. The offsets are unacceptable.

on March 1 of this year I introduced a resolution, House Resolution 131, that would repeal the ill-conceived amendment to the House ethics rules that were included in the rules package adopted at the beginning of this Congress. Although…

reclaiming my time, that opportunity exists with H. Res. 131, the resolution that I introduced on March 1, that is now pending before the Committee on Rules. Last week I wrote the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules and…

I am joined here tonight by three distinguished colleagues. The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was a member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the 101st, 103rd, and 104th Congresses. The gentleman from Maryland (Mr…

reclaiming my time, exactly. Under the new rules, to be perfectly clear about it, the 45-day period would toll once an investigative subcommittee were appointed. But the point here is that the effort of any of those who did not want to…

the gentleman makes the point that in the case that he worked on, and it is unnecessary to mention it by name, but that his investigative subcommittee, he and his colleagues, did an excellent job. And one of the reasons they did is because…