Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Florida, the Honorable David W. Jolly, be permitted to take the oath of office today. His certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has…

Mr. Speaker, as dean of the Florida delegation, it is my pleasure to welcome the newest Member of this proud body, Congressman David Jolly. Today is a significant progression for David, from staffer to elected Representative; a progression…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we have two bills before us under this rule, which I will briefly discuss before getting into the more important…

Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed.

Madam Chairman, I yield myself the balance of the time. Ski area water rights are valuable assets that must be protected. Rather than disguise that in a catchall Republican job-killing water- grabbing bill, we have the opportunity through…

Madam Chair, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentlelady from New Hampshire (Ms. Kuster), a cosponsor of the amendment.

Madam Chair, it is my honor to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Napolitano), the ranking member of the committee.

Madam Chair, my colleague, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), mentioned the National Ski Areas Association, and I include their February 11 letter for the Record. It states here, in part: However, to make it abundantly clear that…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CONDITIONING…

Madam Chair, I want to be clear that the concerns are by no means limited to the Endangered Species Act. The Republicans may care about endangered species, but they don't care about jobs. The Forest Service, the BLM, Interior, and…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Chair, I want to make it clear that I was an original sponsor of this bill. Like my colleague from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), I wanted to address the 2011 directive as it affected ski resorts…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of…

Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, but I regret to say unsurprisingly, the Republicans continue to play politics with Medicare, politics with water that is the lifeblood of the American West and the economic lifeblood of the counties that I…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, sadly, with these two bills, while the Republican job- killing water grab bill and the ObamaCare tax bill are both not going to become law, they both have a genesis in a real…

I am prepared to close. I have 6 minutes, and I wanted to yield to the gentleman if he has remaining speakers who wanted to speak before I close.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to inquire of the gentleman if he has any remaining speakers.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The Republicans are getting worse and worse on these ObamaCare votes. You would think that you would get better with practice, after 52 times they would be better at repealing…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), to further discuss the rule that allows for the debate of the job-killing Republican water grab and the bill to keep ObamaCare taxes and remove the benefits.