I would like to close as I opened. I said at the outset that we've been getting some tremendous, what I would call tremendously positive numbers for our economy in the past several months, and I believe the American people are beginning to…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself as much time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution…

House Resolution 502 provides for a motion to go to conference on H.R. 3630 and for a closed ruled on H. Res. 501. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this rule and the underlying bill. {time} 0920 To be honest, Mr. Speaker, being here…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I'm not quite sure if I heard the gentlelady from New York correctly, but she seemed to allude, or to suggest, that the President might not pass the omnibus bill because of this bill, which sounds…

There is no doubt the American people are afraid. They're afraid of the party on the left. They're afraid because the party on the left raided $500 billion out of Medicare to pay for a national health care Ponzi scheme. They're afraid…

I enjoy listening to my friends on the left talk about how they need to get on our side and stop the tax increases. But the funny problem is that the American people may like what they say, but they don't like what they do. I would only…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 502 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 502 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

I will just simply say that if you are looking for a bipartisan approach to legislation, if you are looking for someone who wants to work with the White House, 90 percent of our offsets have been agreed to by the President. And I will…

I have two speakers left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from South Carolina has 5\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 7\1/4\ minutes remaining.

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Maryland (Ms. Edwards).

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. Now, the only way for us to really instill certainty in the unemployed and in those 160,000 million Americans who would like to continue to have their tax cut is for us to pass the Senate compromise…

It is now my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman).

I remind the gentlelady from Tennessee that that is exactly what this bill is designed to do, put into the pockets of 160 million Americans an extended tax cut. With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from South Carolina has 12\3/ 4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 16 minutes remaining.

We often talk about poison pills, and I don't know that all of the American people really understand what we're talking about. I want the American people to know that this 1-year bill that the House Republicans seemed to be in love with…

I want to remind my good friend from South Carolina that the Keystone pipeline is in the Senate bill. With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California, Mrs. Susan Davis.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin). (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I remind my friend from Texas that according to all reports, last month 43 States registered a decrease in unemployment, the first time that's happened since the year 2003. With that, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from…