Mr. Tonko, thank you so very much for joining me once again. I'm going to wrap this up with a note of sadness. The American Government is shut down. It is shut down because of the conflict that has developed between the Democrats and the…

One would think after all of the hours and hours of discussions that have taken place on this floor that perhaps enough has been said. That may be true, but so much of what was said seems not to be clarifying and providing a clear…

Mr. Honda, thank you so very much, and thank you for your lifetime of service, your early years in the Peace Corps in El Salvador, the work that you did there, and, as you said, bringing it home and continuing to serve right up through…

Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee, thank you so very much. There is no doubt that this House has the ability at any moment to vote on the continuing resolution that the Senate has sent back here. If that were to happen, the President would…

Thank you very much, Ms. Kaptur. We should have pointed out in the introduction that you are the ranking member of one of the Appropriation Committees--transportation, the energy programs, all of the research that goes on, and a lot of the…

If I might just add to the exposition that you laid out: the two budget proposals, the Senate and the House budget proposals both passed. The Senate appointed conferees. To this moment, the House has not appointed conferees to the budget…

18 years and 3 days ago, I was Deputy Secretary at the United States Department of the Interior. It was a vibrant place. The attorneys were doing their work. The accountants were busy. The national parks were open, and the rangers were at…

The one result of all this will be a further diminution in the status of the Congress. There's a way to resolve this, but it's not to resolve it by delaying for 1 year all of the good that is in the Affordable Care Act, all of the…

Thank you very much, Mr. Castro, and thank you for pointing out that one junior Senator doesn't represent all of Texas. I know you represent the heart of Texas--that is, the people of Texas. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time I…

We just heard a remarkable hour of problems that were so overblown as to be really not worthy of much discussion. But I think the American public really needs to understand what this last hour was all about. In fact, the Affordable Health…

Mr. Pallone, thank you so very much for your comments about New Jersey. Mr. Ryan, I think we have maybe 2\1/2\ minutes left if you'd like to close, and I'll take the last 30 seconds and then we'll thank the public for their attention.

Thank you very much, Ms. Wilson. Thank you for laying out the way in which the Affordable Care Act will benefit and how people can use that act, how they can access the exchanges and the benefits that are found in it. I would like now to…