I will state for any other Members who come in that I have no intention of yielding. And in my time, in the 4 years I have been here, it has never occurred to me to interrupt in the way that we have been interrupted here, but maybe that…

Mr. Chairman, 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 617, insert after line 2 the following (and redesignate the succeeding subtitle…

Thank you, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Carolina has made it very clear that he will not yield until he is finished.

Mr. President, I come to the floor to join my colleagues in expressing concern over the maybe well-intended but poorly constructed policy in the Green New Deal. First, I want to start by saying I have no intention of yielding until the end…

Yes. That is very unfortunate. And your analogy to a credit card bill is excellent.

Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Illinois would remember that at the subcommittee markup, or the full committee markup, we did have a very healthy conversation about this topic. I acknowledge that no amendment was offered at the committee…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment to improve early voting in rural communities. My amendment would ensure that early voting locations in rural communities are placed strategically in communities to provide the greatest access…

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, let's be clear: H.R. 1 takes money from hardworking American taxpayers and puts it straight in the pockets of politicians. Let me be abundantly clear: This bill that the Democrats…

Mr. Chairman, 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 136, strike lines 6 through 11 and insert the following: ``(c) Location of Polling…

Mr. Chair, let me thank the gentleman for his comments and thank him for his friendship. The gentleman is right; we do serve on the House Administration Committee together. He is the ranking member of the committee and Ms. Lofgren is the…

Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague and I rise in strong support of H.R. 1. It is a comprehensive, once-in-a- generation blueprint for reforming our democratic system, ranging from gerrymandering to voter suppression, and voting rights to…

You need to act under the statute as designed, not based off of what is being yelled at you via a congressional hearing.

I was troubled by the way Mr. Mulvaney fired the 25 members of the Consumer Advisory Board last June.

I have never believed that that should be a partisan issue.

I would abolish it tomorrow if I could. It should never have been created to begin with.

Good government should not be a partisan exercise.

Dodd-Frank reiterates the powers to the Executive Branch under Title V for the hiring authorities that are there.

the authority is vested, in fact, in the Director and certain activities can be delegated further at the Director's discretion.