I thank the gentlelady for yielding. To the gentleman from New Jersey as to his question on the doughnut hole, I understand. Under the current circumstances of the doughnut hole, there are many people in the lowest incomes who are not…

To compress my response, I think it's a bit unclear because we don't know how the Secretary of Health and Human Services may respond when the funding is shut off. Ms. DeLAURO. Reclaiming my time, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.

Mr. Chairman, amendment No. 266 is the amendment that has had a lot of discussion around the Chamber and around this country. And what it does is it recognizes the results of the CRS report, Mr. Chairman, this report dated just last…

I yield myself 30 seconds. Mr. Chairman, amendment No. 268 goes to the end of the bill. It simply says that none of the funds made available in this act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of any Federal department or…

Madam Chair, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. Bachmann).

Madam Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Chair, I recall back at the beginning of the Obama administration when President Obama said that we are in an economic calamity, an economic mess, and we couldn't fix our economic…

I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Chairman, this amendment that is before the House this evening is an amendment that shuts off the funding within this continuing resolution to what we know as the Davis-Bacon Act. The Davis-Bacon Act is an old…

I yield myself 30 seconds. It's a little bit amazing to me that the gentlelady can get so focused on this. I'm the one that should be focused on it in that way and animated. The taxpayers should be animated by this. They should understand…

I yield myself 15 seconds to announce to the Chair that I have just been called a ``bottom-feeder''--a bottom-feeder for providing 12-months-out-of-the-year work, health care benefits and retirement benefits for my employees. I take it as…

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Bartlett).

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Stutzman).

I yield myself 2 minutes. I want to point out to the body also, Mr. Chairman, that I have lived under the Davis-Bacon wage scale for years. I've met payroll for 28\1/ 2\ years--over 1,400 consecutive weeks. I've worked for a wage…

I yield myself the balance of my time. I will point out that there has been a misunderstanding here with regard to an agreement on the length of this amendment discussion. We'd agreed to take it down to 10 minutes each, but when the…

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 Iowa will be postponed. Amendment No. 567 Offered by Ms. Hayworth

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: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __…

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: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. None…

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: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec.__. None of the…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to the amount of time remaining for each side. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining; the gentlewoman from Connecticut has 2\1/4\ minutes remaining.