I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Conyers moves that the House concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 3961. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House…

I am pleased now to yield to Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member on the Judiciary Committee, who will be our closing speaker; and I will yield to her as much time as she may consume.

I am pleased to yield as much time as he may consume to the chair of the Constitution Subcommittee on the House Judiciary, the gentleman from New York, Jerry Nadler.

I would like to yield to Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania for a unanimous consent request. (Mr. KANJORSKI asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Nancy Pelosi is the first female Speaker of the House in American history. She is the third ranking person in our Federal Government. And we are all honored to recognize her for 1 minute at this time.

Mary Jo Kilroy of Ohio has worked hard on this legislation, and I would like to recognize her for 2 minutes.

I am now pleased to recognize Betsy Markey of Colorado. She has done yeoman's work on this measure in her first term, and I will yield her 3 minutes.

I recognize the distinguished Member who allowed us to testify in his subcommittee on universal single-payer legislation, Rob Andrews of New Jersey, and I yield him 2 minutes. (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given permission to revise and…

I am pleased now to recognize the distinguished Member of the House who has had insurance experience as a State commissioner, Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota, for 2 minutes.

This has been an important debate, and I would like to take this opportunity to commend the leader of the Republicans in the House, and especially one Member on the Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith. We have had a very civil debate. I…

I am very pleased to recognize the most experienced member of the civil rights struggle in the 20th century, the gentleman from Georgia, John Lewis, a strong advocate of universal health care, and I yield him 2 minutes. {time} 1400

I am pleased now to recognize the gentleman from Rhode Island, Jim Langevin, a former Secretary of State, for 2 minutes. (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I am pleased now to recognize David Scott, the gentleman from Georgia, who has been waiting patiently to get time here on this. I yield him 2 minutes at the point.

No one comes before the Judiciary Committee that I can think of offhand more frequently than Bill Pascrell of New Jersey. He's worked with us on a number of other issues besides this one, and we welcome his counsel. We yield him 2 minutes.

I am inclined to yield to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) 1\1/2\ minutes. Mr. DeFAZIO. Madam Speaker, you know, the law has evolved over time, and the law has evolved significantly since the era of Jack Brooks in terms of decisions…

No one has worked harder on this measure that is not a member of the Judiciary Committee than Peter DeFazio of Oregon. And I yield to him 3 minutes. Mr. DeFAZIO. I thank the distinguished chairman for bringing this issue before us. We have…

The former chairman emeritus has raised a number of points that amount to verbal jujitsu that I will be addressing very shortly, but for now I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and…

Before I yield to Sheila Jackson Lee, I yield myself 1 minute because my dear friend, the ranking member, asked, What is the point of this legislation? We have made a long list of points of this legislation. To begin with, it is to…