I yield an additional 2 minutes to the gentleman. Mr. McDERMOTT. These two were not cut from the same piece of cloth. Tip O'Neill was a working class Irishman. He was passionate about fairness, knew how to get things done, and, well, he…

I yield myself 30 seconds. The gentleman from Texas talks about loopholes. Is the mortgage interest deduction a loophole? Is the charitable contribution deduction a loophole? State and local taxes a loophole? Municipal bonds a loophole…

Yesterday, Republicans voted to make tax cuts for millionaires their priority over giving 114 million middle class Americans certainty. Today, they are doubling down on that agenda. The so-called principles laid out in this bill would rig…

I yield myself 15 seconds. The Republican bill indeed picks winners and losers. The winners are the very wealthy, and the losers are the middle class Americans of this country. I now, with pleasure, yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from…

There is a choice to be made here, and it isn't what the chairman has put forth for one second. Everyone in this body agrees that we should extend the middle class tax cut. The Senate passed a bill that does just that. The President is…

I now yield 2 minutes to the very distinguished member of our committee, Mr. Crowley, from the great State of New York.

as we gain perspective on the recent horrific shooting in Aurora, CO, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and on all those who have been impacted by this tragedy. I, like many Americans, have been uplifted by the…

I yield myself the balance of my time. There are a few undisputed facts. Small business--97 percent of small businesses will receive all of their tax cut. Don't listen to the propaganda to the contrary. Everyone will receive their tax cuts…

It's now my privilege to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from California, our distinguished leader.

I would ask my colleague from Michigan how many further requests for time do you have left?

I now yield 2 minutes to another Member of our committee, the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis).

Could the Chair be clear as to who has the right to close on this amendment? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) has the right to close. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin).

I now call up the substitute amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC…

Why don't you call on the one, and then Mr. Hoyer is going to wrap up on this bill.

How much time is left on this bill? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 2\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) has 3\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Velazquez), who is the ranking member on the Committee on Small Business and who has toiled in the vineyards and beyond on behalf of the small businesses of this country.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), our ranking member on the Budget Committee.

Could you tell us, please, again how much time there is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 9 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) has 9\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 256, noes 171, not voting 3, as follows: [Roll No. 545] AYES--256…

I now yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of our committee, the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra).

Could the Speaker indicate how much time there is on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 11 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) has 13\3/ 4\ minutes remaining.

I yield myself 15 seconds. Look, I want to repeat, Joint Tax says 97 percent of small businesses would keep all of their tax cuts. And in Mr. Paulsen's district, there are 1,345 people with income over 1 million compared with over 325,000…

I now yield 2 minutes to another active member of our committee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett).

I yield myself 15 seconds. Look, no one here should distort the facts. From Joint Tax: 97 percent of small business people would keep all of their tax cuts. And in the Speaker's district, there are 144 people with income over a million…

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