How much time is remaining, please? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 2\1/4\ minutes remaining.

religious institutions play an important role in communities across the Nation. They are places where families bond; they are places where culture and traditions are handed down from generation to generation; and they are places where many…

There is a criticism that the bonus depreciation provision doesn't go far enough. My answer to that is: let's pass this and then join together. You have supported bonus depreciation in the past. You haven't acted on it. We do. Let me just…

I yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of our committee, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. The Democratic amendment in the nature of a substitute offers a 1- year extension of 100 percent bonus depreciation for certain U.S. businesses. Most importantly, the amendment offers a stark…

I now yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel).

I yield 3 minutes to our distinguished whip, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

I yield 3 minutes to the ranking member of the Budget Committee, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen).

I yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of our committee, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley).

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

May I ask the distinguished gentleman from the State of Ohio how much time remains on both sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from the State of Michigan has 15\1/2\ minutes, and the gentleman from Virginia, the majority leader…

Let me finish. You didn't yield at all to us, so let me finish. It has to be a factory that's built here. I yield to the gentleman from California.

I yield myself 5 seconds. Is it worth $1.1 million a job in Washington? I now yield 2 minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from Oregon, an active member of our committee, Mr. Blumenauer.

I yield myself 30 seconds. We have a Statement of Administration Policy in total opposition to this. The Small Business Administration would not provide a loan for innumerable people who benefit from this. They have a $7 million limit…

I now yield 3 minutes to another very active member of our committee, the gentleman from California, Xavier Becerra.

I yield myself 30 seconds. The gentleman is correct in that the contrast is very stark. They've tried to raise taxes on millionaires in the Senate so they pay like the people who work for them. This bill would provide a tax break of…

I yield myself the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 2 minutes.

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

I wish to thank the Senator from Tennessee for his constructive comments. He and I have spoken about trying to work on a relevant standard at the beginning of a bill as a way of moving a bill forward with the greatest possible leniency…

what we have just witnessed is an example of why the Senate is too often tied into knots. We have a bill that is critical to every one of our States that is pending, the postal reform bill. The leader tried to move this bill forward by…

I just wish to simply say that then what happens is that then the majority leader is forced to fill the tree. That creates problems on the other side because the tree is filled. But that is in response to an unwillingness on the part of…

one of the unfortunate characteristics of the American economy for the last few decades has been the rising gap between upper and middle-income Americans. Increasingly, those in the upper echelons of income and wealth have seen their…

first, let me thank Senator Sanders for his leadership in this area of excessive speculation. I am going to have a word to say about that in a few minutes. Before he leaves the floor, let me say he has taken a major role in trying to get…

Yet the provisions that, in fact, disproportionately benefit the wealthy, including the reduction for capital gains and dividends, the Republicans would protect from any changes. The Republican priorities could not be clearer when it comes…

I've been listening to this debate; and you know, the Republicans' claim that they're saving Medicare is political mythology. Essentially, what they're doing is shifting coverage to the private sector. They have a cap more stringent than…