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In the decade since the September 11th attacks, we have made significant progress on securing our ports, airports, and borders, improving the way we collect and share intelligence, and eroding al-Qaedas capability to act around the world.

Tragically the product we will produce today is far less than the sum of the parts of this body. It is, I suggest to you, a product unworthy of the intellect that has been applied to it. It is a product that will hurt America, not help America.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a man who put his life in harms way for our country as a member of the iconic 101st Airborne Divisions Easy Company during World War II. MSG Clarence Odell Lyall, a longtime resident of Leonardtown, Maryland, passed away on March 19.

The Chairman of the Budget Committee has spoken of a choice between two futures. He is correct in framing it this way. The budget he proposes would end the Medicare guarantee, cut taxes for the wealthiest, and place our economic recovery at risk.

Todays introduction of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act is an important step forward in our continuing effort to prevent domestic violence and protect victims.

I am pleased that Prince Georges County was awarded this grant, which will help reduce the number of homeless veterans in our community and provide them with the housing and resources necessary to put them on the path to success.