It is now my privilege to yield 2 minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from New York, Charles Rangel. (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I will enter into the Record a letter from the AARP in support of the SGR provision for physicians under Medicare and their patients. AARP, Washington, DC, May 28, 2010. Dear Representative: On behalf of millions of AARP's members, we urge…

I now yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of our Ways and Means Committee, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

I now yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Berkley), another distinguished member of our committee.

It is now my more than distinct privilege, and I repeat that, more than my distinct privilege, to yield 1 minute to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

I yield myself 30 seconds and then the balance of the time to the majority leader. In a word, the minority objects when we pay for jobs bills after years of their creating deficits. They object when there is an emergency under statutory…

I now yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney), chair of the Joint Economic Committee.

I am privileged to yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of our committee, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott). (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr…

It is now my privilege to yield 2 minutes to the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee--this is about infrastructure and transportation--Jim Oberstar. =========================== NOTE =========================== May…

``It is patently inequitable that current law forces these members to fund their own VA disability compensation by forfeiting most or all of their military retired pay. H.R. 4213 properly acknowledges that such members should be vested for…

So the complaint is now we are closing loopholes. We're closing provisions worked out with the administration, that asked for a much larger package, that will make sure that the foreign tax credit is not abused so that jobs are shipped…

I will be speaking at greater length, though only for a few minutes, when the rule passes. I want to say just a few things about what this bill is all about. The basic bill has been here for more than a week, and so anyone who says they…