I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I simply want to commend him for offering this amendment and offer my enthusiastic support. In various ways, we ensure that the Federal Government doesn't pay substandard wages, doesn't do…

Madam Chair, if there is an air of familiarity about this amendment and what the gentleman has just said about his amendment, listeners may want to tune in and remind themselves of virtually this same amendment being offered last week. I…

Madam Chair, we are coming to the end of several days of floor debate on the 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. I want to, again, express my appreciation to Chairman Diaz-Balart, subcommittee members…

I want to thank each of our witnesses for being here with us today.

I want to follow up as well on your answer to a previous question dealing with section 2008 of the water bill.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the chairman for his good and hard work on this important piece of legislation. As chairman of the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee in which the Mandatory Price Reporting Act originated, I too…

I think there is some good thinking in there. I look forward to speaking with you about it.

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Schiff

Mr. Chairman, I intend to strike the last word so as to give the speakers more time.

I thank the gentleman. I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Joyce).

Could I inquire how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price) has 45 seconds remaining.

Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word in order to express my strong support for this amendment and my appreciation to our colleague from California for offering it. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I simply want to add--or to reiterate, I might say--that our subcommittee's fiscal year '15 report required the FAA to work with the Phoenix community on this issue and to report back to the committee on…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman of our subcommittee for yielding, and I want to join him in opposing this amendment. This is an indiscriminate amendment. It cuts programs in transportation and housing without any thought as to their…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. The rule in question, HUD's rule, is intended to help communities more fully comply with the law and to avoid costly and time-consuming legal challenges. The charge that this rule…

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the chairman yielding. I would simply add an observation about the situation that this and other amendments we may be considering today point to with respect to the pending FAA authorization. It is expiring at…

Mr. Chairman, I rise, honestly, in some disbelief that this amendment is actually being offered. Members of Congress and industry stakeholders have been calling for months for the DOT to complete its rulemaking to update the integrity of…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. Our colleague from Texas has offered amendments like this in the past, an attempt to micromanage Amtrak from the floor of the House. I don't think it is a good idea. We had a vigorous…