I yield myself 30 seconds. Earlier there was a statement made about a nurse making $27,000. After checking, we discovered that's a nurse's assistant. I think it is important to understand that a nurse at the Veterans Administration would…

To close. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Texas was right. The President signed sequestration; the President asked for sequestration; the President negotiated sequestration; and the President has had from this body alternatives to…

Good-paying, full-time jobs should not be limited to those fortunate enough to work for the Federal Government. At a time when hardworking American taxpayers are struggling to find work and keep their heads above water, the Federal…

I said earlier, and now I have to repeat it, the other side is entitled to their opinion but not their facts. Mr. Speaker, that's the number. Almost half a million out of 2 million of our Federal workforce receive over $100,000, but the…

I'd now like to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. DeSantis), a member of the committee and a newcomer, but not someone who hasn't watched this play out time and time again as people call $274 a catastrophe for the Federal…

Had we been able to pass what we intended to be the House bill and send it back to the Senate and the Senate would have then taken that up, although they had left town, we could have done this in the previous Congress. The gentleman from…

Today we're doing the important thing, the critical thing. I wish today that this had been what we'd voted on in the previous session, to recharge the flood insurance that needs to be there so that men and women in Connecticut, New Jersey…

I reclaim my time to say the gentleman is absolutely right. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

I wish I could say that this was a proud moment, a moment in which we started the year off right, in which the 1st of January was the first of a great many good things. It isn't. We're kicking the can down the road. Worse than that, when…

I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick).

I might note for the gentleman, it was posted last night, which means it was actually posted before the cliff bill. The technical dropping is a different rule. But it was posted, so it was available to all Members last night. And, of…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…