Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the time during quorum calls on the motion be equally divided between the proponents and the opponents. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I am going to speak briefly in support of the resolution. Senator Lee, a cosponsor of this resolution, is on the floor, and he will speak after I do. Let me say at the outset that I believe in a strong U.S. global presence…

Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for the rollcall vote on passage of H.R. 5985 due to my appointment by President Obama as representative to the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. I am in full agreement with…

I think this would have been a good model.

It is a cautionary tale for all of us in terms of just, you know, using the lame duck session as a vehicle to make a change that is just that widespread in terms of impact on retirees.

the bottom line is here, we are talking about doing something that affects millions of people and, you know, it is handle with care for all the reasons that you have all said from both sides of the issue here.

We are not measuring twice here. That is not the way this is moving forward.

I want to thank all the witnesses here. I mean, this is obviously a very serious group of individuals who are sincere and thoughtful in terms of the hard work that you have done.

the fact of the matter is this process is over, in terms of really what the language is going to look like.

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 525, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

I thank the chairman of the Financial Services Committee. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5461 today, and I am a proud original cosponsor of this legislation. Mr. Poliquin's approach is simply a commonsense thing to do. When…

I will say that having such a myopic approach to countering violent extremism is a disservice to the American people.

There is a Presidential nominee who has chosen to call 11 million people rapists and murders and proposes Cold War ideological tests on Muslim visitors to this country.

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5- minute votes on passage of the…

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. Thompson of Mississippi moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3438 to the Committee on the Judiciary with…

Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to the committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Just over a week ago, the Nation observed the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for allowing me the time. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so we can bring up my bill, H.R. 5256, the Expanding DHS…

We have Members of Congress who suggest that we should profile entire communities.