Mr. President, thank you and thank you to the Senator from Alabama for doing this. I think it is very important that we understand what is happening in our economy right now with the energy issue and the energy crisis we find ourselves in…

While I understand my colleague from Oregon, where he stands on this issue, there are just some factual things that need to be checked on that. One, he said that we are the No. 1 exporter of gas. That is just not true. Russia is the No. 1…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Mr. President, one quick response to this: My colleague is correct about the LNG, or liquefied natural gas. What my colleague said in his remarks was ``natural gas.'' Natural gas is much different than shipping liquefied natural gas…

Madam President, it is interesting to me that my colleague from Massachusetts is lecturing us on energy prices when the last time I checked, Massachusetts has the highest cost of energy to heat their homes in the Nation; when he starts…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. Proceedings will resume on questions…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).

Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, let me state a fact. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy), a distinguished member of the Rules Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as usual, these debates, particularly at these moments, get a little overheated, and I think we have seen a lot of that. I think the essence of what we are talking about here…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan), who is the distinguished chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1430, I call up the bill (H.R. 9494) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I just remind my friends, for the VA, which we both support, we offered more money than the administration asked for. It is pretty notorious for not doing a very good job of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bean), my very good friend.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 9494, the Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act of 2025. Today's bill arises at a particularly challenging time for our country…

Madam President, I come to the floor today to be able to talk about an issue that, apparently, there is a large belief among some that doesn't exist. So I wanted to be able to pull the veil back and to say this is actually an issue. And I…

Mr. Speaker, I would quickly make a point to my very good friend, who knows quite well I hold her in very high regard. On the veterans issue, I just point out that we actually appropriated more to the VA than the administration asked for…

Madam President, so here is the issue. We have brought this bill to the floor several times before. In fact, we have had some bipartisan support for this bill several times before. The bill is very, very simple. The bill says: When the…