I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 224, noes 173, answered ``present'' 2, not voting 31, as follows: [Roll No. 40] AYES--224 Aderholt Allen Amash Amodei…

Point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado will state his point of order.

Point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas will suspend. The gentleman from Colorado will state his point of order.

I withdraw my point of order, and I withdraw my request that the gentleman from Texas' words be taken down. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman clarify that his request is that the demand for the words of the gentleman from Texas…

The point of order is that poster that is being brought is disparaging of a Member of the Senate. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend. The Chair requests that the poster be presented to the Chair for his observation. The…

Yes, sir. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas will be seated. The Clerk will report the words.

Yes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The demand is withdrawn. The gentleman from Texas is recognized.

The gentleman is referring to Members of the Senate, which I believe is out of decorum and out of order by name. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman from Colorado demanding that the gentleman from Texas' words be taken down?

You know, I am hearing Republicans blame Democrats, Democrats blame Republicans, people blaming the President, but you know, I have great respect for the intellectual abilities of everybody in this body, my colleagues on both sides. And I…

I realized a long time ago something unique and unfortunate about the way Congress can work. It seems sometimes that in Washington, and only in Washington, the more people agree on something, the less likely it is to get done. In the real…

If you think that there's more authority this committee needs to give to the agency to bolster that, and if you think there's more resources or stability of resources to do this hiring, let us know, because we--this is one of these…

I thank Chairman Hensarling for his leadership on this issue as well. Mr. Speaker, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act continues to be an important resource for regulators to identify discriminatory lending activity. But the previous…

Now, this was frustrating to all of us because lives were at stake.

There are some issues we debate here in the House that, frankly, should not be a matter of question in anyone's mind. One of those is whether or not a baby born and is outside of the womb deserves protection. Sometimes abortion attempts…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for having this important hearing.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. As you know, food safety is not a new issue for this committee.

We are prohibited from using Brownfields money for Superfund cleanup, right?

Overlooking corruption and abuse is unacceptable in any governing body, particularly one funded by the United States. It is clear that serious reforms and oversight are needed at the World Bank. The International Development Association…