Mike Levin

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson).

I now yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind), a member of our committee.

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis), another distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee.

So I oppose this rule, and I hope everybody who is thinking of voting ``yes,'' including on the Republican side, will think back on what they have said before about the deficit. I hope we Democrats will think we are for this incentive R&D…

Senator Inhofe and I are introducing, by request, the administration's proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015. As is the case with any bill that is introduced by request, we introduce this bill for the purpose of…

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind), another member of our committee.

I now yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra), a member of our committee and also the chair of our Caucus.

It is now my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), the ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Thank you so much for your eloquence. I hope this country is listening as well as your beloved State. Now I yield to another friend of mine and, most importantly, to somebody whose life embodies caring for others, the gentleman from…

I thank the gentlewoman for her moving remarks. I hope the country is listening. Now, another person who has devoted so much time as Ms. Sanchez has to this effort to bring to the attention of this country what this is really all about…

It is not correct that, if we don't act today, there will be any impact on seniors. We could let the Senate act to try to do something permanently and come back next week, if we have to, and take up this bill. So this is the challenge…

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Pelosi), our very distinguished leader.

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

I just want to close by stating--it can be done very briefly--the importance of this legislation. I think we have heard eloquent testimony to it, and I hope we can proceed on a bipartisan basis, as has been true before. I yield back the…

I ask my colleague how many further requests for time he has, and I will reserve the balance of my time.

It is a special privilege to yield as much time as she shall consume to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard), a veteran who I think is going to relate her own experience.

This bill, as has been discussed, encourages veteran employment and the growth of midsize businesses. For post-9/11 veterans, the unemployment rate has continued to decline. However, the rate of unemployment is still higher than the…

It is now my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), the ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel). I also ask unanimous consent that the balance of my time be managed by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott), the ranking member on the Health Subcommittee. The…

It is now my special pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman) with whom those of us on Ways and Means have worked all of these years on health care reform. He is one of the authors of this bill and the…

Thank you for your assurances. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown). Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to the motion to waive. The yeas and nays were previously ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk…

There was debate and amendment on this bill the week before Thanksgiving. So it would not be---- Mr. McCAIN. Excuse me, without extended debate and addressing the issues of sexual assault, NSA, detainees. Have any of those issues been…

I will be happy to yield. Mr. McCAIN. First, I want to thank Senator Levin and the Senator from Oklahoma for their leadership and hard work on this legislation, and I congratulate them on the great work they have done. But could I ask the…

I wonder if the good Senator from Texas would consent to my being allowed to speak for 5 minutes prior to the motion to table, which I understand is going to be forthcoming?

I again thank all of the members of our committee and staff who worked--I don't know how to describe the effort that every year is put into our authorization bill. It is a round number--52, maybe now 53 years. It is a big number. It…