I yield such time as he may consume to my friend and colleague and the sponsor of this resolution, the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Braley).

Madam Speaker, I would like to respond to the comments about the bill and the inability to comprehend it in a short period of time. I am relatively new to Congress. The Senate bill has been available, I think, for better than 80 days. This…

Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Owens) that the House suspend the rules and…

I yield 2 minutes to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter).

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1099) recognizing the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as…

I yield 1 minute to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel).

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I, as well as many who are here on the floor, am just pleased to be here on a Saturday morning to discuss the bill that is the significance and the reason why we are…

Madam Speaker, may I inquire of the gentleman from Arizona, my good friend, wrong on all the issues, but still a great guy, if he has any other speakers?

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The first gentlelady from California who spoke talked about how important it was to start this program. May I reiterate, once again, we are not starting anything new. We have a…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This is a very simple amendment, an easily understandable one. It simply has two parts to it. Number one is you continue the funding authorization that is in the current law; and…

Madam Speaker, once again, the process here is that it is not about whether a program is popular or not. The Endangered Species Act has popularity within certain groups. Obviously, higher ed has popularity and elementary education has…

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 1192, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Utah will be postponed…

Madam Speaker, I have an amendment made in order under the rule. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 2 printed in part C of House Report 111-445 offered by…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, there are several concerns with this. In fact, in the bill there are several good programs and things of quality that I would applaud, but there are some basic…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. CHAFFETZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Madam Speaker, H.R. 3644, the Ocean, Coastal and Watershed Act establishes and authorizes funding for two programs, one of which has been a total creature of appropriations earmarks. There are two simple and compelling arguments for why I…

Madam Speaker, I would like to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lungren).

Madam Speaker, I am a freshman here. I didn't create this mess, but I am here to help clean it up. And to suggest this is the direction we should go, I thought the campaign they said was about change. I thought we were going to try to…