This is a bipartisan effort. We are not here with Republican and Democrat.

While the path to success is not always easy, it remains achievable to all who are willing to put in the hard work to build a business.

Exports is something else that everybody here has mentioned off and on.

One of the founding principles that allows our country to be successful is the spirit of entrepreneurship.

We just had a series of meetings in my district led by the U.S. Chamber specifically encouraging people to export into the Middle East.

I give the President tremendous credit for specifically mentioning those things in his jobs bill.

It would be a shame for it to go away.

President Obama has been talking about this, in particular.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. John Shimkus. (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

We are prepared to close; so we reserve our time until then. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, let me close by, again, first of all, saying that this rule should be an open rule and that, at a very minimum, the amendment that would require that…

I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. I would just remind my friend that you have already brought up 30 measures under a closed rule since you took over. Again, I'm just trying to keep you to your promise that you made…

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…

The good news is the gentleman from Massachusetts has once again highlighted the fact that while he looks in one direction, he refuses to look in the mirror and answer the question that simply, no, not one, not one in the 111th Congress…

Mr. Speaker, history is a measure of progress. And when it comes to the two topics that I keep hearing from Mr. McGovern, my good friend to the left, it's openness and job creation. So let's examine history. In the 111th Congress, I would…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 431 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 431 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

Thank you, sir. For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. Jeff Duncan.

House Resolution 431 provides for a structured rule for consideration of H.R. 2273, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, and makes in order six amendments. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this rule and the underlying bill…