Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the chance as we enter the homestretch of this debate to also express my appreciation to the many colleagues and staff members who have brought us to this point. I want to commend Chairman Aderholt for this first…

Mr. Chairman, I've been listening carefully to the gentleman as he described his intentions in offering this amendment, and all I can do, I think all any of us can do, is react to the amendment before us, not to hypothetical future…

My understanding, Mr. Chairman, maybe the gentleman can clarify, but my understanding was that the 5-minute address we had just heard was addressing the amendment. The CHAIR. No, the gentleman rose to strike the last word. After yielding…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida has not been recognized on his amendment yet. The Chair will recognize an opponent following that debate.

Mr. Chairman, this amendment would prohibit any funds in this bill to be used for new construction, purchase, or lease of a new building or space in Washington, D.C., in fiscal year 2012, the life of this bill. If adopted, this amendment…

The amendment before us is a legislative attempt to circumvent a draft Executive order which would provide for increased disclosure of the political contributions of government contractors. The draft Executive order being developed by the…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Cole amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I want to commend our colleague from the authorizing committee, a leader of the authorizing committee, for focusing on the deployment of air marshals to maximum effect. I want to offer support for her amendment. I yield back the balance of…

I certainly hope so. That's good, Mr. Chairman. I am very pleased to hear that. Let me go ahead and say something about my colleague's intent, because there is a major deficiency in this bill, and we need to address this, although it's…

The gentleman has raised the issue of accountability, so I would like to call his attention to section D on page 90, and ask him for his assessment of this. We worked this out carefully, as I said earlier, worked it out with the chairman…

I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.

Reclaiming my time, I guess this would appear to be some kind of guilt by association, but I'm not sure it even rises to that level. Do we know about the associations of these organizations that would warrant their being tarred by this…

Well, the gentleman has been planning to offer this amendment. Why didn't you have the basic respect for this body to gather this documentation, knowing that these questions would be raised by anyone who wants conscientiously to vote on…

Can you please tell me a little bit more about what that means, that the employee's login credentials were compromised?

We also believe Congress has an important role to play in protecting consumers.

I object. We don't have a copy of the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Objection is heard. Point of Order

I object, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. Objection is heard. The Clerk will continue to read. The Clerk continued to read. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa is recognized for 5 minutes.

I move to strike the last word. The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.