I yield myself the remainder of the time, Mr. Chairman. You know, Mr. Chairman, to bring about real and durable job recovery, there can be only one conclusion about what the House can do today, and it should vote to pass the RAPID Act. My…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. It is almost amusing to hear my colleagues from the other side say how much they want to work together, how much they want to get this country moving, how much they want to create…

Mr. Chairman, I am just going to close on this thought here. My colleague on the other side says that 4\1/2\ years is just simply not enough time to go through the permitting and licensing project. Just think about this: ask the people in…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the American historical record has always been ``the worse the recession, the stronger the recovery.'' However, although the National Bureau of Economic Research states…

Mr. Chair, just to highlight some construction that has taken place in the past before we had all this regulation: San Francisco Bay Bridge construction started July 9, 1933, and the bridge opened up on November 12, 1936. Chesapeake Bay…

Mr. Chair, with all due respect to my colleague with whom we have worked closely on several matters on several committees, Mr. Chairman, the American people desperately need new jobs. Just this week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported…

Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

``Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered,'' words…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, the issue of immigration continues to simmer, but it is not because of any substantive news in Congress. It is driven by the media and the coverage is slanted. In the last 3 months, the three Capitol Hill publications have run…

Well, the question is where did the intelligence go? That's always the problem. I talked to the state department today, a senior official, and said you know, Kerry didn't know about the invasion when he was talking to Lavrov right up until…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Team 26 for continuing the call for commonsense gun violence prevention. This Saturday, Team 26 begins their second Ride on Washington. This courageous group of men and women will be biking 400 miles from…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 99 I was not present due to unavoidable air travel delays. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro…

I thank my friend, the gentlewoman from New York, for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, as the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4152, legislation that would provide the Government of…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Rule for H.R. 2641, the ``Responsible and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013, or as some have termed it, the ``Regrettably Another Partisan Ideological Distraction Act.'' If the…

Mr. Speaker, with great sympathy and sadness, I rise to pay tribute to the late Dr. Lafayette Fernandez Chaney, Sr., the extraordinary leader who touched the lives of many through his education and religious endeavors. Under his…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. McKinley The CHAIR. It is…

Let me restate again what is in this legislation. If a Federal agency fails to approve or disapprove the project or make the required finding of the determination within the applicable deadline, which is either 90 days or 180 days…