Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Let me thank the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands for, once again, coming to the floor and organizing us to make sure that we sound the alarm, to make sure that we put out the facts about what is taking…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Look, in a climate of a fragile economic recovery, the last thing we want do is punish people for getting a raise or earning a few extra dollars by working an extra job. Now, Mr. Speaker, this…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I think this is a question of how cleverly--or perhaps deviously--the majority party constructed the rules of the House with regard to a test as to…

Does section 4 of H.R. 4 violate the rules of the House by proposing a tax increase? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman asking about the underlying bill or the pending resolution?

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin). (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Since the gentleman from New York has been unable to enter into a colloquy with the several gentlemen he has sought to, I yield 45 seconds to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley).

I yield myself a minute to respond to my good friend, the gentleman from California. I agree with much of what you said, particularly when you said we don't need a pay-for. I agree with you that to a certain extent the gains are illusory…

I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 422, nays 0, not voting 10, as follows: [Roll No. 158] YEAS--422 Ackerman Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander…

Usually when something is killed, it stays dead. But just like in a bad zombie movie, some bad earmarks refuse to die and return to life time and time again as wasteful spending. That's what's happened with this bill and what this…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote was taken by…

The inquiry is regarding the underlying bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill is not yet pending. In any case, the gentleman is asking for an advisory opinion. The Chair will not issue such an opinion.

If the gentlewoman would yield, we have just gone through an exercise and continue to go through a budget exercise here in this Congress with respect to Federal workers. So I have said to some Federal workers your struggle as a Federal…

Thank you, Congresswoman Christensen. I'm here today because I look at the fight and the struggle of the workers in Wisconsin, the public sector workers, as connected, the dots connected to the struggles of workers across this country. For…

If the gentlewoman would yield, I think that we have to be really clear here that this is not a valid substantive debate. I think that we tend to want to address substantive arguments to refute the misinformation that you describe. This is…

After continuing to be amazed that the gentleman from Virginia somehow said that a tax increase is not a tax increase and is not germane, I am happy to yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from New York.

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Polis moves to recommit the bill H.R. 662 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with…

One of the most critical issues to my constituents and Americans across the country, there is crying out for Congress to take action with regard to illegal immigration. This Nation has over 15 million people who are here illegally, and yet…