Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Ellison

I thank the gentleman from California. I rise very briefly to respond to a few points made by my colleague and friend from New Jersey. Yes, North Korea is a threat. Yes, Iran is a difficulty. Yes, China's role in the world is growing, and…

The amendment is fairly simple. It's an amendment to seek to freeze defense spending for 1 single year. It is not a cut. Only in Washington, D.C., could we spend more money from one year to the next and call it a cut. This is not a ``cut''…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a)…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The amounts otherwise…

this memo gave you no more authority than you had before you drafted it, which leads some of us to conclude that it was a political memo.

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $4,359,624,000)''. Page 3, line 20, after the…

Madam Chair, I thank the chairman and also the ranking member for the opportunity to present this amendment. Madam Chair, the amendment is something different for me. It is not an amendment to reduce spending, and it's also not an…

Madam Chair, it is true that a new point of order was created under the Budget Control Act preventing any legislation from being considered in the House that would cause discretionary spending to exceed the caps established in the Budget…

I ask to be heard on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized.

I think we do need a hearing with the FAA to bring them forward and ask questions about what they are doing.

I don't want to wait for a crisis situation.

The gist of my concern about drones and unmanned aerial systems is the privacy issue.

Well, thank you for protecting civil liberties in this country and what you are doing.

Madam Speaker, you know, last week the President said to American job creators that if you've got a business, you didn't build that; somebody else made that happen. Well, let me tell you, Mr. President, that prior to coming to Congress I…

They are, of course, temporary.

Monetary policy can't do much about longer-term growth.

We haven't had the recovery we would like, but certainly, monetary policy has contributed to growth and reduction of unemployment in the last 3 years.