Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to finish my remarks and that I be granted enough time to do so. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

For 4 consecutive years, President Obama has introduced a budget with a $1 trillion deficit--4 years in a row. This has never happened in our Nation's history. Well, how much is $1 trillion? If you spent $1 million a day every day, it…

Mr. Speaker, sometimes it is hard to estimate jobs when you're thirsty, but I realize if there was even one job that is cost because of bad Federal behavior, that is one job too many. I would be happy to yield 2 minutes to my friend from…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it shall be in order at any time through the legislative day of March 1, 2012, to consider in the House House Resolution 562; the resolution be considered as read; and the previous question be…

Mr. Speaker, I had the honor of attending a public hearing in California with the gentleman to my right from California. It was an honor to listen to these people, and I'm pleased to yield 5 minutes to the chairman of the subcommittee that…

I remind the body, once again, that 9 out of the 10 amendments were made in order, and the only one that was not made in order had a question of its germaneness to the body here. I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from…

To be honest, I'm not quite sure. I know I have a speech and there may be another one coming down here.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I had the opportunity of going down to California to one of the hearings where we met the farmers who are living in this particular area. I heard their anguish. I understood their…

Mr. Speaker, in addition to restoring agricultural productivity in this area, what has been referred to as ``America's salad bowl,'' this bill is a comprehensive piece of legislation which would reduce Federal spending by $300 million by…

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro…

Mr. Speaker, in 1972, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act was used on this part of the river, even though there was already an existing bridge on that river. Now the safety of that bridge is creating problems for people, and the traffic buildup…

With gratitude to the last speaker, this may be about California water, but it impacts all of us who eat, and as you can tell, I am one who does that very well. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. McCotter). Mr. McCOTTER…

Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Nunes), who is the sponsor of this bipartisan piece of legislation, to talk about his particular underlying bill.

I appreciate the gentleman from New Jersey's comments. I would remind him also that the CBPA, the bill that started this problem, was actually authored by the Senator from New Jersey at the time, and I appreciate that. This is one of those…

Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 566 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 566 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

I thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am here tonight to talk about one of the issues that is of extreme significance. In fact, in every town hall meeting I've ever held, one of the first questions that's asked, if not the first question, is about…

I thank you for that, and I appreciate your joining me here because, once again, you live in that State, your constituents know the fear that is taking place, Americans who live on that particular border, the danger that is down there…