I am not sure if that is a formal objection, the way it was stated. I would ask a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

That recognition was sought. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Would the gentleman repeat it, please. ____________________

I don't want to get too carried away, but I appreciate that we were able to resolve this. And, again, I know tensions got a little heated because these are important issues. We want to get a resolution to get the government back opened…

Reserving the right to object, I first want to thank the gentleman from Maryland for working with us, and I especially want to thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield) for his fairness. Obviously, emotions ran high as the…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on Roll Call No. 43, MTR for H.J. Res. 28. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the joint resolution. =========================== NOTE…

I would just offer support for the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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 57, line 13, strike ``and any grantee'' and all that follows through line 19 and insert the following…

I want to thank my colleague from Louisiana (Mr. Richmond) and the chairman from North Carolina for their help in getting these amendments put together, both the last one and this one. As my good friend from Louisiana indicated, this is…

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina and thank the Rules Committee for making this in order. Madam Chair, I urge adoption, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the…

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 58, line 10, strike ``That such'' and all that follows through ``of Engineers:'' on line 13 and insert…

The chairman brings up a good point in that is the authorized amount the full authorized amount that the Federal law for a Corps of Engineers project provides? For example, if Congress authorized a flood protection project for $100…

I claim the time in opposition, but I don't intend to oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I appreciate the gentleman's question, and certainly there is no intention under the provision as written to appropriate or provide more funds than are authorized under the existing act or allocated to that State or county or parish or…

Yes. Absolutely. That is the intention that we would not exceed the authorized amount of the project authorized by the Corps or by FEMA. As I indicated, we couldn't build a project more than once, so whatever that authorized level is in…

Since 1980, we have had about 220 disasters that have caused over $1 billion in damages. In fact, when you add all that money up, we have spent about $1.5 trillion in disaster recovery, nearly all of that being emergency spending, adding…

I want to thank Chairman Cummings for bringing this important legislation to the Floor. In 2005, shortly after Hurricane Katrina, a group of New Orleans police officers opened fire on a handful of unarmed African American civilians walking…

Reclaiming my time, those were not our bills. The House had a negotiation going on with the Senate. The Senate, as the gentleman knows, passed some bills--not all of the bills that were brought to the House floor, but brought some bills…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland. And when you look at the women who are coming across through this trek to try to cross the border, first of all, asylum has been offered by Mexico to all of the people as part of that caravan. Thousands…