As the gentleman may know, the Speaker invited Mr. Lighthizer to address members of the Democratic Caucus on where we stood. As you know, that agreement has not been submitted. The Speaker said the other day that, in order to consider that…

I have nothing further to say. I thank the gentleman from Louisiana.

I thank the gentleman for his comment. Of course, there was no budget last year until very, very late in the year. What was done was what we will certainly make sure we do very early on, which is to try to establish the numbers, which, of…

As I said, I agree with the gentleman's objective and position with respect to BDS. The committee has legislation before it and is considering it. As you know, Mr. Schneider and Mr. Nadler, I think, are the cosponsors of that legislation…

I thank my friend, Mr. Scalise, for yielding. I also thank him for not mentioning the LSU-Maryland game one more time.

I have taken no backseat to my support for Israel for half a century. I rise in opposition to this cynical, political ploy. We are about to vote on a resolution concerning U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen and how to promote an end…

Today's vote, obviously, we had two very substantive pieces of legislation, one of which is going now to the President, and the other of which--the Violence Against Women Act--had a signature bipartisan vote, as the gentleman knows, passed…

As the gentleman knows, we share views, as he has expressed, and we are awaiting committee action. When the committee acts, we will make a determination of how to go forward.

We are both lamenting that fact. On Monday, Madam Speaker, the House will meet at 12 p.m. for morning- hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, the House will meet at 10 a.m. for…

Well, of course, as the gentleman well knows, we have, Madam Speaker, passed many substantive pieces of legislation. We have sent to the Senate H.R. 1, a very broad-reaching reform bill trying to ensure voting rights and access for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank all of those who have been involved in getting this to the floor. This bill is a critically important bill and, unfortunately, its authorization expired last year. It is…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I would hope that we could do what the gentleman from Oregon wants to do and work together in a bipartisan fashion. I will say to him, however, that his party was in control from 2011 to last year…

It was a true honor to hear the wisdom of Dr. Lora Hargrove this afternoon. Her call for unity, shared humanity, and peace is perhaps more important today than ever before. Dr. Hargrove is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, just like our…

It is a very interesting question, Mr. Speaker, that the minority whip asked me. I would ask, in response, a question: Does the minority whip remember when last year, when you were in charge, you brought the budget to the floor?

I appreciate, Mr. Speaker, a lot of words of the minority whip. He didn't pass the budget last year. There was no fiscal year 2019 budget. He is correct that we had reached a caps deal. That is not the budget, Mr. Speaker. A budget is a…

I asked the gentleman a simple question. He asked me about when the budget was coming, and I asked him when did he bring the budget to the floor last year.

I want the public, Mr. Speaker, to understand that a caps deal is not a budget. They are two separate items: A budget is a plan for expenditure on defense and nondefense objectives. A caps deal is to simply set not necessarily those…

Will the gentleman yield? The Mueller report is not out. The only report that is out is the Barr four-page letter report.