We will all breathe easier if we are able to reach a bipartisan consensus about this budget impasse that we now have. But we will not all breathe easier if the Republicans succeed in essentially eliminating the ability of Uncle Sam to…

The Senate sent over a bill that passed unanimously that would make sure that Members of Congress didn't get paid if the government shut down. We can take up that bill today. It's been sitting here at the House desk because Republican…

I am really dumbfounded as to why we are here today. I sat back and I closed my eyes, and I remembered that my favorite grade was fifth grade, and now I remember why my favorite grade was fifth grade: because, as my colleague from Colorado…

Yes, you are correct that the House has passed a continuing resolution; however, that specific resolution has actually failed in the United States Senate. It's actually a rejection. On top of that, the third body, the executive, has…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Minnesota for raising this point of order. I join in support of the point of order. First of all, it is time for us to create jobs, and we haven't created jobs and we are 13 weeks into this Congress…

You know, we do face a real issue here before us today, a government shutdown in a week that could hurt our security and safety as a nation, and hurt our recovery and job growth. And this real issue deserves a real discussion, a discussion…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote…

Will the gentleman yield? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia controls the time.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. To stand here in this hallowed place as a Representative, as all of my colleagues, all 435 of us, the incredible privilege and honor to represent the hardworking Americans across this country. In southern…

I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Walz of Minnesota moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1255 to the Committee on House Administration with instructions to report the…

Here's your rare opportunity. If you don't do this and you say, ``But I'm going to vote for the underlying bill,'' the gentleman from Georgia said himself, Mr. Woodall, that it would probably not pass the Senate. This is done. There's no…

Madam President, I am here to join my colleagues who have been on the floor of the Senate today, with the leadership of Senator Boxer, to oppose amendments that would undermine the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act has been one of the…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Klobuchar). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, we have spent the last 3 months debating the need to get spending under control, and it's a good thing. That's why my constituents sent me here, and that's what I plan to continue to do. But…

And how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. There is 30 seconds remaining for the gentlewoman from Maryland.

The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes.

The need for a long-term Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, reauthorization act is clear; but H.R. 658 reauthorizes the FAA for 4 years, and the arbitrary spending cuts that our Republican colleagues have imposed on the agency in H.R…

Mr. President, what I came to the floor to talk about-- and I would like to do that now--deals with clean air, it deals with jobs, it deals with the responsibilities the EPA has with respect to clean air and to make sure that as they…