constraints on the Federal Government that would not constrain a private seller need to be modified, replaced, or suspended, as proposed in Representative Chaffetz's bill.

Mr. Chaffetz's legislation would create a pilot program run by OMB to require that selected properties be sold for cash.

This is not acceptable.

The status quo is no longer an option.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We find that this particular bill is a great illustration of one of the problems that we have here in the House of Representatives and, indeed, with government. Our land policy in the…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 363 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 363 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

Mr. Speaker, I think we've also proven in this bill that we are moving in the right direction to try to control the excesses that continuously take place here and still maintain the core responsibilities that have to be there, and we have…

Mr. Speaker, this resolution provides an open rule for the consideration of H.R. 2584. It allows any Member of the House to offer amendments which are germane and comply to the House rules. The rule allows priority recognition for the…

I am once again appreciative that data from newspaper articles were put into the Record, because the newspapers have a tendency of quoting one another and also quoting environmental groups. Unfortunately, the data still says the same thing…

Mr. Speaker, I know that what we do here on the floor is often riveting drama for those who are watching on television. Let me, in some respects, not try to add to that drama and go back to facts, something we don't necessarily like around…

May I inquire how much time actually remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Utah has 11 minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from New York has 9 minutes remaining.

To the gentlelady from New York, I have a brilliant 11-minute speech welling within my bosom; but if you are willing to close, I will be willing to close as well.

Mr. President, the American people deserve an accounting of what happened on the floor this morning. The citizens of Utah, whom I am honored to represent, and citizens all over this country thought the Senate would be voting on the cut…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we recess subject to the call of the Chair. There being no objection, the Senate, at 2:16 p.m., recessed subject to the call of the Chair and reassembled at 2:21 p.m. when called to order by the…

Mr. President, I want to take a few minutes to explain my objection to the legislation just offered by my esteemed colleague. I want to make it absolutely clear that a long-term FAA reauthorization is a priority for this country and a…

Mr. President, I am getting a little tired of the National Labor Relations Board usurping the power of the Congress of the United States and enacting labor laws by fiat of the Board that are hardly going to be upheld by the courts, but…

Well, in other words, by our calculations, the savings from this proposal would be even more meager. If Congress enacted this change, we could cover the debt from the Obama budget for all of 15 hours and 47 minutes. Again, this is not…

I thank my colleague for his kind remarks. I have to say that not only would it not impact it, but it would impact a lot of jobs. I remember when we did the so-called yacht tax back in the early 1990s, the left thought that was a wonderful…