Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, Mr. King, and I, too, want to echo that, for Congresswoman Michele Bachmann being here, what a treat. What an absolute treat. We miss her, by the way. We do miss her. I want to thank Michele for being…

I want to thank the chairman for calling the hearing, and I want to thank all of my colleagues for the great work that we all did together as a team to pass that mental health reform package through the House, get it through the House in…

I do have tremendous concern about what we see happening here.

Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hultgren). The gentleman from Texas has 7\1/4\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous question. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced…

Mr. Speaker, thank you very much. I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate and thank my colleague, Mr. Polis. Today has been a thoughtful exercise where there was some disagreement. That is okay. That does…

Mr. Speaker, I would expect at this time that I have no further speakers and will close when given that opportunity.

Mr. Speaker, we have been talking about thoughtful young members of the Financial Services Committee, who work with people all across the United States who are engaged in financial services to bring more capital to bear, not only for small…

Mr. Speaker, you just heard from one of our brightest new members of the Committee on Financial Services. This committee is full, on a bipartisan basis, of men and women who care very much about growing our economy. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5…

Mr. Speaker, in fact, in this colloquy, I do have an additional speaker, and then I would choose to close.

Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Financial Services has presented a number of their members who have come to the floor today to offer thoughts and ideas on a bipartisan basis, thoughts and ideas that have emanated up from literally financial…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman from Colorado's not only observations as a business leader from Colorado, but as a member of the Rules Committee. He recognizes the need for ideas to flow up from the industry to Members of Congress…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule, which is a fair rule that makes in order every single amendment submitted to the Rules Committee. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5424, the Investment Advisers Modernization Act of…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 844 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 844 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the distinguished gentleman and friend from Texas, the chairman of the Rules Committee, for that eloquent introduction. I also thank him for all of his hard work on his committee as well as bringing this…

Mr. Speaker, we have got a public health crisis on our hands. We have to get funding to address the Zika crisis. We now have over 16,000 identified cases. It is a terrible virus, and we have to get ahead of this. As a doctor and public…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank Congressman Kennedy and Congressman Green and all of my colleagues for continuing to focus on mental health parity for our neighbors back home.

Mr. Speaker, the ongoing crisis in Flint, Michigan, is a clear reminder that this Congress has unfinished work to do. Our constituents will rightly judge our job performance by our work, not by our finger-pointing, not by empty expressions…