Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk designated as No. 10, part B. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. {time} 1940 Part B Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Flake

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk designated as No. 4, part B. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following…

Before I start on this amendment, let me address what was just said here. We're told by challenging these earmarks, $300 million in this bill, that we, those who want to save some money here, know the cost of everything and the value of…

Again, this bill has 461 earmarks, $328 million in those earmarks. I wish we could challenge them all. We can't. We've only been allowed the opportunity to challenge four of them. So we will have a rollcall vote on four amendments to…

This amendment would prohibit $1 million from being used for a restoration and improvement project at the historic Darwin D. Martin House and complex and would reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount. According to the…

Mr. Speaker, I raise a point of order against H. Res. 1559 because the resolution violates section 426(a) of the Congressional Budget Act. The resolution contains a waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill, which…

Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. The CHAIR. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. There was no objection. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Hill The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 7…

I think that is a valid point; although, I would argue that Members with military bases don't necessarily align with the 13 percent represented in this chart. But I would again, before asking unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment…

Madam Chair, I plan to withdraw this amendment. I had planned to from the beginning. What I wanted to do was come down here and explain the spoils system that this kind of earmarking represents. The problem, the gentleman mentioned that…

Madam Chair, this amendment is straightforward. It would simply prevent the funding of all Member-requested earmarks in the bill. It would return the funds to the original accounts. I'm not here to dispute the merits of these projects. I…