This bill is not about financial benefits. It is about what I consider to be a simple oversight that they do not have the legal ability to call themselves veterans of America's Armed Forces.

This is smart stuff.

I am here to speak in support of H.R. 679, Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act.

For those who have completed 20 years or more in the reserve component but have not served a qualifying period of Federal active duty, we honor their service with similar benefits given to active duty military retirees.

I would like to thank Chairman Runyan and the group of bi-partisan Members of Congress who introduced this bill with me.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Messer), another member of the committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg), the chair of the Workforce Protection Subcommittee.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly).

I am now pleased to yield 3 minutes to a member of the committee, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rokita).

Mr. Speaker, can I inquire as to the time remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Minnesota has 6\1/2\ minutes; the gentleman from New Jersey has 5\1/2\ minutes.

Mr. Speaker, we have another speaker reportedly en route from another committee, so I will reserve the balance of my time and give him a chance to get here.

Mr. Speaker, I would advise my colleague that the speaker we're waiting for has not yet arrived. I'm not sure how many speakers are left on your side. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, our speaker has not yet arrived, so I will be ready to close after the gentleman from New Jersey. I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I think it is important to remember why we are here today. More than a year ago, the President took an unprecedented step despite all of the discussion from the other side of the…

Mr. Speaker, I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to another gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Bucshon), a member of the committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Womack), a real leader on this issue.

Mr. Speaker, this is an interesting political stunt. My friends on the other side had ample opportunity, both in committee markup and before the Rules Committee, to offer an amendment of this nature. They did not. It does nothing to fix…

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 146, I call up the bill (H.R. 1120) to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from taking any action that requires a quorum of the members of the Board until such time as Board constituting a…