Mr. Chairman, I have a unanimous consent request. The CHAIR. The gentleman will state his request.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, the ranking member of the full committee. I want to respond to a couple of things the gentleman from New York brought up. This 1099 provision, we agree on it. It's an egregious issue. It needs to be…

Mr. Chair, I appreciate the efforts on the part of my colleague from Louisiana (Mr. Melancon). But what we have seen is, we have a current moratorium on deepwater drilling and a de facto moratorium on shallow water drilling. And I'm afraid…

I ask unanimous consent that we extend the time of debate equally between the two sides for a total of 30 minutes on this very important issue affecting our State and other States on the gulf coast. We are really talking about jobs, and I…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, on the CLEAR Act, in my opinion, this is a textbook case on how to kill jobs and raise energy prices. Reforms are needed to ensure American offshore drilling will be the safest in the world, but this…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the committee and as the ranking member on Oversight, I was sitting in my office. This debate began, and the bill was not even in electronic form for us to review.

Mr. Speaker, again, I am in my office. This debate begins, and we can't find the actual bill language in electronic form. I understand it is now available, but to have the debate begin I don't think is very fair to Members of this House…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, we in Louisiana have seen this tragedy firsthand, and we know about it more than anybody else in this Chamber. I will say this, there is an even bigger tragedy, it's the moratorium that's…

We would like to extend the debate. We ask unanimous consent to extend it for 20 minutes, equally divided. The CHAIR. Is there objection?

Mr. Speaker, the gulf oil spill has been terrible for the gulf coast. But as bad as it has been, the Federal Government's moratorium on deepwater drilling can be worse. And the tragedy of it is that it actually is not going to measurably…

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. CASSIDY moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3534 to the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report…

Mr. Chairman, supposedly today we unite to bring relief to gulf coast families. But I tell you, if you vote for this bill, there is no unity with gulf coast families. This bill actually prolongs the misery of the gulf coast. It kills jobs…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of H.R…

I appreciate the gentleman from Washington for yielding time. Mr. Chairman, I share in many of the comments that were expressed by my colleague from Louisiana, Mr. Melancon. In fact, when you talk to people on the ground in Louisiana, most…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding. I rise in opposition to the CLEAR Act, and the only thing clear about this legislation is that it's going to raise $22 billion in new taxes on American families and…

I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding. I rise in support of this amendment by my colleague from Louisiana (Mr. Melancon). As we all know, this is an unprecedented disaster. It's already extracted a human toll, it's extracting…

Madam Speaker, last month, along with fellow physician Congressman Phil Gingrey of Georgia, I introduced the MedMal Act of 2010, legislation aimed at enacting a meaningful medical liability reform. Unlike ObamaCare, this legislation will…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member of the full committee for yielding time. I rise in opposition to the bill. And while a few of the tax provisions in this bill may not be unobjectionable, let's be clear, this bill is a continuation…