Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 30. ____________________

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 6 minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Molinaro The Acting CHAIR. It is…

As legislators, it is our job to make sure we are not moving forward with drafting legislation that is, on its face, flawed. If we want to legislate and address immigration, let's mean what we say and do so in an effective manner. {time}…

If the gentleman has opposition and has an offer to define ``actively assisting,'' then that would be great. However, the reality is that what is going to happen is what we have seen happen in the State of Texas where we have a Governor…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 2, strike ``actively assisting, or''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 980, the…

I thank my friend from Texas for his service. We will be missing him next Congress, but we still have some more time and work to do together. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't want to talk about the bills that are sitting…

It is apparent that HHS has willfully ignored direct requests from this Subcommittee and deliberately sent documents that are intended to obscure the truth rather than uncover it.

I hope that we can find a way to restrict your travel funds, to restrict your pay, to fence off some money to your organization, something.

I never expected that CMMI was actually going to deliver the cost savings that was promised.

That is a massive dereliction of oversight responsibility.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, to illustrate the point that I made earlier that my Republican friends are not serious about governing or about getting…

For sure. It starts at the top, they say, right?

I want to, first of all, say to my dear friend, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), that I just really admire her perseverance in making sure this stays in the forefront. It is important that we continue to talk about…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 980 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 980 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Alford) for his comments.

We have 40 percent, roughly, of our programs, departments, and agencies that have not been authorized that we continue to fund.

Last night, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 980, providing for consideration of four measures: H.R. 5585, H.R. 6678, H.R. 6679, and H.R. 6976. The rule provides for consideration of all four measures under…