Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman. Today, I rise in support of going to a conference committee with the Senate on VA reform. I am pleased that the Senate has followed our lead in swiftly passing legislation that will help the thousands of…

Absolutely. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Benishek). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Mr. Kildee

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of a very simple amendment, in which I am joined and sponsored by Mr. Lowenthal of California. I believe strongly that there is an epidemic…

Actually, if you read through that, my interpretation of it and apparently we have all got the freedom to be able to look at this is, farmer-rancher could divert legally out of a stream to be able to fill a stock pond, to be able to…

Climate change is a critical issue, and it demands action, and EPA's clean power rules, I believe, are a major step forward.

The rates are addressed, Mr. Chairman, by this $15.5 million amount. That is covered. Even CBO admits that. So I don't know where the chairman is getting his numbers. They are certainly not supported even by the fuzziest of math of our…

Mr. Chair, parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Because under the math of CBO, as fuzzy as it is, by reducing one account by $57 million, even CBO says, yes, that takes care of equalizing the outlay of $41,492,000 in the account to increase that for the National Guard. So it should have…

Mr. Chairman, I certainly do. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized.

Mr. Chairman, anticipating the fuzzy math from CBO that taking $41,492,000 from one account and putting that same amount in another account would not be considered equal, I went ahead and have another amendment that reduces the one account…

Mr. Chairman, it is only the Congressional Budget Office, CBO, accounting that would say moving $41,492,000 from one account by that same amount into another account is having more in outlays than is being taken from one account. I think…

Mr. Chairman, right now, as I speak, there are thousands of unaccompanied minors, many of whom are 15, 16, and 17 years of age, but nonetheless, they are classified as minors, under 18, and our Border Patrol is being overwhelmed. Our ICE…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 7, line 2, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(increased by $41,492,000)''. Page 9, line 6…

My inquiry is this, Mr. Chairman. Can the Chair tell me how reducing one account by $57 million is not adequate to cover a $41,492,000 increase in another account? It is $15.5 million more we are reducing than the amount we are increasing…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 7, line 2, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(increased by $41,492,000)''. Page 9, line 6…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 15 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, June 19, 2014, at 10 a.m. for morning-hour…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the motion to instruct the conferees and ask that the conferees agree to the Senate amendments to H.R. 3230, the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014…

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the attention that the committee has given to the issue and that, in the past, the National Guard may have had extra funds that were moved and able to be used elsewhere, but these are recent developments that…