Our President wants an up-or-down vote on this one package. We believe that the fastest and most effective way to show the American people that partisan politics is over and that we're now focused on the American people, we will take those…

Mr. Speaker, I advise my colleague from Massachusetts that I have no remaining speakers. Mr. McGOVERN. Then I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, let me state for the record that this bill is not a retaliation against…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. Steve Palazzo.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 90 seconds to the gentlewoman from Tennessee, Mrs. Diane Black. {time} 1000

My good friends on the left continue to talk about shipping jobs out of America. I want to make sure that everyone still recognizes the fact that the great State of South Carolina is still a part of the United States of America. In fact…

There are a couple of comments I would like to make on my good friend's comments. For one thing, not a single union employee, not a single employee in Washington State--Puget Sound, Washington State--has lost their job because of the new…

Because the one Republican amendment submitted to the Rules Committee was not germane and because the Democrats chose not to offer any amendments at all, House Resolution 372 provides for a closed rule for consideration of H.R. 2587, the…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from South Carolina? There was no objection…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 372 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 372 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it…

I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. I'm just curious. When are we going to debate a bill on this floor that helps create jobs? Why don't you bring the President's plan to the floor and let's have it out?

I would just say to my good friend, Mr. McGovern, that there's no doubt about it that the President's jobs plan does one thing. And it's consistent with what the NLRB would do as well. It doesn't simply ship American jobs overseas. It…

Mr. Speaker, I would certainly love to hear a single case, a single specific comment, a single specific fact to undergird your comments, I would say to my friend from Massachusetts. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee, John…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, my good friend from Massachusetts continues to talk about the President's jobs plan that is nothing more than a brand spanking new stimulus plan spending $467 billion by increasing taxes…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute…

Mr. Speaker, with more than 14 million Americans unemployed, the irresponsible agenda of the National Labor Relations Board is destroying more jobs. In April, the NLRB filed a complaint against The Boeing Company for creating thousands of…

Thank you, Mr. Scott, for your leadership. The Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act will prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from dictating where private businesses can and cannot choose to create jobs. The legislation…

Madam Speaker, the Nation's unemployment rate is a gruesome 9.1 percent. This marks the largest period of high unemployment since the Great Depression. More than 14 million Americans are unemployed. More than 25 million Americans who want…

It was nice to welcome the two new members of Congress.