Mr. President, Californians and San Franciscans have lost a tireless champion for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Mayor Edwin M. Lee was the son of Chinese immigrants and the city's first Asian- American mayor. Mayor Lee grew up in…

For 65 remarkable years, Mayor Lee demonstrated to all those he worked with, knew, and came to serve that through humble and steadfast leadership each one of us can create a more inclusive and just community for future generations.

Mr. President, I come to the floor this afternoon because of the reports that the House and Senate conference committees on the tax plan are nearing an agreement or may have reached an agreement. By all accounts, this would be shaping up…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his comments. He made a number of points. First, generally, I have been here long enough to have heard the debate for the 1981 bill, the so-called supply side, Jack Kemp. Vice President Bush referred…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. It is my understanding that that will be on the floor as early as Tuesday of next week. Is that accurate? Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Yes, that is accurate.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that information. First of all, Mr. Speaker, I want to say that the majority leader and I, as well as his predecessor, Mr. Cantor, have worked together on what we call a Hackathon, which is a meeting…

Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader of the schedule for the week to come. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy). (Mr. McCARTHY asked and was given permission to revise and…

``Come back, Shane.'' Maybe many of you are not old enough to remember that wonderful movie. Shane rode off and the little boy intoned, ``Come back, Shane.'' I haven't gone anywhere. Democrats have no ability to shut down the government on…

Well, I keep pushing it for you. Mr. McCARTHY. I don't even know if it is in print. I want the bills to come through committee because that is where the expertise is; that is where the open public process is; that is where amendments get…

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Let's make sure we are comparing apples to apples. That had a debt ceiling in it.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for taking this opportunity on the Special Order. I think, as an aside, I need to apologize to him for making him wait so long for this Special Order. I also want to tell the American people, Mr…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I would, again, reiterate: the majority party can do whatever it wants on this floor. It could have kept government open. It could have kept policies moving with its votes…

Mr. Speaker, in reclaiming my time, does the gentleman remember President Trump saying that a good shutdown will be good for government? Do you remember him saying that, when you tell me about how he has been down here lobbying? He said: A…

You are in charge. There is no doubt when we were in charge and you didn't support us, we passed every piece of legislation we wanted to pass on this floor with 218 Democrats. We were united as a party. Now, we lost some, but never enough…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, what it would have meant, you would have had to compromise. That is why the Senate has that 60- vote rule. I am not crazy about it myself, but that is why they have the 60-vote rule. They think it is good…

Mr. Speaker, I reclaim my time for just a second, and then I will yield back to the gentleman. Is the gentleman proud that you control the House, you control the Senate, and you haven't sent a single appropriations bill to the President…

Reclaiming my time, I don't know who the gentleman is relying on for that information, but I will tell you I have talked to Mr. Pallone. That is not correct. I don't know who you think directed him not to reach an agreement, but I will…

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. The gentleman is correct. There are many times we have worked together, on sanctions, on homeland and others. We work very well together. The gentleman knows I came to you about CHIP…