I have seen no serious rebuttal of the points I made in that post or to similar and related points made by Simon Johnson, Fred Bergsten, and many other notable economists ranging from Art Laffer to Paul Krugman. Nevertheless, those who…

I thank Mr. Hastings for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, this debate is not about support for the R&D credit. Democrats have a long track record of supporting the R&D tax credit. Indeed, I have often been the author of legislation to…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 274, nays 145, not voting 13, as follows: [Roll No. 260]…

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 240, noes 179, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 161] AYES--240…

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), a distinguished member of our committee.

How much time is there, please, on both sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 8 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas has 7 minutes remaining.

Well, this is, indeed, a rare event. It was an event really waiting to happen because, a year ago, our committee, Ways and Means, chaired by Dave Camp, alongside the Energy and Commerce and Senate Finance Committees, reached a bipartisan…

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis), another active member of our committee.

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, this is an important moment. As I look back, it has been decade after decade of a struggle for health care for all Americans, a real struggle. Today, we have legislation that covers kids…

I strongly support this bipartisan resolution urging the President to provide defensive weapons to Ukraine. This week marks the one-year anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea and it has been almost a year-and-half since the protests…

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), another distinguished member of our committee.

Well, here is the problem: you took the baseline in the budget, and you don't want to take it for this. You want to squeeze $800 billion permanently unpaid for, change the baseline, and that increases the deficit by that amount, and then…

I say to the gentleman from Ohio, I favor 179, not doing it piecemeal unpaid for this way. By the way, this is not the worst job recovery. There has been an increase in jobs in the last month, month after month. The problem is it hasn't…

Last year, as we remember so well, Republicans reacted to the tax reform proposal from then-Chairman Dave Camp with a ``blah, blah, blah, blah.'' That reception, echoed in the overall chilly reaction of the Republicans, stemmed in part…

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley), another member of our committee.

I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), our ranking member on the Committee on the Budget so dedicated to these issues. If he needs more time, he should just ask.

If could I ask how much time we have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 22\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan) has 21\1/2\ minutes remaining.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 279, nays 137, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 80]…

It is now my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), our distinguished whip, who is going to supply, if the gentleman will wait here, for a very clear answer.

It is now my real pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California, Nancy Pelosi, our distinguished leader.

I was unavoidably absent earlier today during roll call vote 59. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on roll call vote 59, the motion on ordering the previous question on the Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 50 and H.R…

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley), a member of our committee and also the vice chair of our Caucus.

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I insert in the Record a Statement of Administration Policy. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC, February 2, 2015. Statement of…

This came from the President. The President said, when he ran for office, ``Yes, we can.'' He came here and eventually secured a majority to pass a bill to rectify 75 years of inaction, 75 years for Americans without health care by the…

How much time is there remaining, please? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 4 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas has 7 minutes remaining.