It is now my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell), a member of our committee.

How much time do I have remaining, please? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 3\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the debate today is about one issue; it comes down to one question: Do we support hard-working Americans or do we abandon them? A vote for these…

I yield for the purpose of a unanimous consent request to the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman). (Mr. SHERMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Brendan F. Boyle), who I think has lost his voice.

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell), another member of our committee.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on adoption of the motion may be followed by a 5-minute vote on agreeing to the Speaker's approval of the…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 7 minutes remaining.

I want everybody to understand how these three bills are sequenced and how and why they were set up this way by the majority so people will understand our votes. The sequence is the first vote will be TAA; next, TPA; and next, Customs. The…

I take special pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Dingell).

How much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 10 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 219, noes 211, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 362] AYES--219…

It is now my real pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), our leader. {time} 1300

I am ready to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Today the votes on TAA and TPA are combined, and we did not do that. The Republicans did so to win votes for TPA, so they used TAA as a bargaining chip. I don't support their…

It is now my pleasure to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), a member of our committee, the most distinguished Member from Georgia--or I should say the very distinguished Member.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the second portion of the divided question will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the remaining…

I have worked in all my years here to expand trade in ways that spread its benefits to the many, not just to the few. Charlie Rangel and I led the fight to include strong and enforceable labor and environmental positions and to strike the…

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), a member of our committee.

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 17\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 22\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have the honor of yielding 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez).

Could the Clerk read what the motion is? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The vote is on the question to reconsider the motion just made by the gentleman from Ohio. The Clerk will re-report the motion. The Clerk re-read the motion. The SPEAKER pro…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on the preceding question will be postponed. ____________________

Would you tell us how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 8 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Ohio has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining.

This rule covers three bills. It covers TAA and TPA. I asked Rules to place in order a substitute bill on TPA that would have helped a full discussion of this vital issue affecting 40 percent of global GDP. Under the rule before us, if a…

It has been over 12 years since the last debate over trade promotion authority, the last time we considered the role of Congress in trade negotiations. Much has changed since then: the world has changed; trade negotiations have changed…