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…

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) Appropriations made in…

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.

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''…

This is a follow-up amendment to an amendment that I had offered and we had a chance to debate, and once again I thank the chairman for the opportunity yesterday to discuss the issue before the amendment was ruled out of order. As you…

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

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 dollar…

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 ran my own…

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 amendment to increase…

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 Control Act…

The Hill newspaper published a special report a few weeks ago, bringing more attention to the very real threat of defense sequestration. Many people are under the false impression that defense spending represents a significantly larger…

Why are we here? We keep hearing that from my friends on the right--why are we here again today--and the reality of it is simple. The numbers keep changing, and it simply does not add up. A long time ago, in 2010, a long time ago, the…

Then you find another $101 billion, another $101 billion in annual tax on health insurance providers not paid for by those folks who make more than $200,000, but paid for by the hardworking, everyday folks like my granddaddy and my momma…

Mr. Larson, thank you for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this partisan charade to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This is the 31st time the majority has orchestrated a vote to repeal in whole or in part…

Americans know that the government takeover of health care is wrong. They spoke very loudly when the other side of the aisle forced this on America in the last Congress. It was bad policy before the Supreme Court ruled, and it was bad…

I've heard a lot of good reasons today to pass this bill and to repeal the law. What I haven't heard is a discussion about why we should pass it in order to help the President. We have an opportunity here to do something wonderful. We have…