I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, they didn't vote ``present.''

Voted ``present,'' Mr. Speaker, voted ``present.'' Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I can't believe that to be true.

Mr. Speaker, this has gone on longer than it should have. But it has given us time to look at a MILCON-VA vote on May 15, 2008, in which the majority leader, on a substantive vote, not a resolution that was nonbinding, but a substantive…

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I asked the gentleman to yield because I just think the Record needs to be corrected. The gentleman knows, Mr. Speaker, that we brought two immigration bills to this…

Isn't that wonderful. I voted for all of them, either by voice vote or by card. They were bills that we all agreed with. But more closed rules on this floor, including today's bill that we passed, than any Congress in recent memory. My…

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, that is a lot less than under his leadership.

Mr. Speaker, I don't know who ``we'' is. Somebody who introduces a bill on either side of the aisle doesn't make it a ``we'' bill. And the reason they brought the nonbinding resolution to the floor, when they really wanted to bring the…

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I know he misspoke earlier on a couple of things, and I think he may have misspoken again. He made a comment. He said we…

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, then why did he vote ``present''?

Mr. Speaker, they didn't vote ``present.'' I voted ``present'' because I wanted to say to the leader, Mr. Speaker, I am not going to take it or leave it. He wants to make me look like I am not for law enforcement when I have been for law…

Mr. Speaker, it is my time. This is the most autocratic Congress in which I have served. It has had the most closed rules. And the majority leader brings to the floor his version of what he wants to say and how he wants to characterize it…

He says something about the Democratic Socialist Party--it is my time. It is my time, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Dunn). Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair. Mr. McCARTHY. May I ask the gentleman--the…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, the gentleman knows damn well that is not the case, and I am tired of hearing him demagogue about that. I expect him to do it between now and the election, but the gentleman is not honest when he does it…

Mr. Speaker, the gentleman talks a lot about law enforcement, correctly so. We ought to honor those who protect us and who put their life and limb at risk daily to do so. We ought to honor them whether they are ICE agents, whether they are…

Separating children from their parents. Mr. McCARTHY. As we all know, America is a Nation of immigrants. Almost all of our ancestors came from somewhere else in search of a better life in this land of freedom and opportunity, and we want…

I voted ``present,'' Mr. Speaker, because I was not going to take it or leave it. I was not going to just take what the majority leader wanted to shove down my throat and the throat of others. Because, Mr. Speaker, the rhetoric in that…

I will do that. I will tell you, you are correct in saying that I did not support the omni, but I did support the proposition. Mr. McCARTHY. In saying that, you just recently said you supported CHIP, but you voted against it because you…