There is widespread bipartisan agreement that the 1099 reporting rules need revision. In fact, the agreement is so widespread that I'm mystified why we're having this debate. The Senate passed a repeal of this policy earlier this year on a…

May I inquire of the Chair how much time each side has left? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 7 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Kansas has 7\3/4\ minutes remaining.

In my last 30 seconds, let me just say this is an issue of the public's right to know. Let this database be available to them so they don't go buy a toy that they could have checked out on a Web site and found out that it was poisonous. I…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding to me to participate in this debate. It's really quite amazing, Mr. Chairman, the alternative reality that has been created on the Republican side. They never liked the health care bill--I think people…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. I want to tell you a story. On December 22, 2008, in Kingston, Tennessee, a coal ash impoundment structurally failed, and they released 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic sludge. This sludge…

I yield myself 2 minutes. This amendment would deny the Consumer Product Safety Commission the implementation of a searchable public consumer safety information database. Now this database was part of a bill that passed this House by…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South Dakota will be postponed. Amendment No. 430 Offered by Mr. Pitts

My colleagues, this amendment would eliminate funding to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or the IPCC. The U.S. contributes only $2.3 million to the IPCC, and our $2.3 million contribution leverages a global science…

I don't understand how the gentleman from Missouri can say that this is a nefarious group of people. After all, these are people who are scientists, who've won the Nobel Prize for their scientific activities. I used to think that people…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri will be postponed. Amendment No. 569 Offered by Mr. Issa

You would think that EPA is about to regulate these fine particulate matter for the very first time, but that's not accurate. PM10 is already regulated because EPA had to set a standard to protect the public health. These small…

A number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the Republican side of the aisle, have said they don't want abortion to be funded and, therefore, they're going to vote for the Pence amendment. But they believe that people ought…