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.

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…

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 rise today to recognize Mr. Gus Bell and his 50 years of service to the Hussey Gay Bell Firm, a design and architecture company located in Savannah, Georgia, dedicated to innovating the engineering field. Mr. Bell joined the…

I thank the gentleman for holding this important debate on tax reform and the FairTax Act. Tax reform is one of the most pressing issues facing our Nation today. In fact, it is so important that my very first act in Congress was to…

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

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

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 rise to congratulate Jeff and Deralyn Davis of Fort Worth, who celebrated 60 years of marriage on August 25 of this year. Jeff met his beloved Deralyn and began a courtship that led them to the sacred union of marriage on…

Mr. Speaker, you have heard the cries of our colleagues. You have heard the cries of the American people. Redundancy is not a question here. It is telling the truth. In fact, our health professionals have indicated that the Zika virus…

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in opposition to H.R. 2357, the Accelerating Access to Capital Act. Mr. Chair, 7 weeks ago, the Republican majority recessed the House for the summer district work period--7 weeks…