Sam Farr

I yield to the distinguished Congressman from Arizona, Ron Barber, for a unanimous consent request.

This is the eighth time we've made this motion to bring the clean CR to the floor. And what could be simpler than a clean appropriations bill? No riders, no earmarks, no policy changes. I know it's something that my friends on the other…

The gentleman has voted for CRs 19 times since President Obama has been in office, with the whole enchilada, passing them without rancor, without asking the President to negotiate. So there's no reason we can't do that tonight. I yield 2…

I request to be heard on the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California is recognized on the point of order.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the joint…

My colleague and chair, Mr. Aderholt, just said that this bill is necessary because funding for the FDA is necessary. He's absolutely right, but this bill doesn't do all that. You cannot just fund one component of government and not have…

I appeal the ruling of the Chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?

how much time do both sides have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 9 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Alabama has 11 minutes remaining.

Doesn't this bill before us fund a portion of the Federal Government? My motion to recommit would open the entire Federal Government so that all the consumer protections that our Nation provides are guaranteed. We need to open up not just…

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining; the gentleman from Alabama has 2 minutes remaining.

We've passed 111 CRs without any of this rancor. There are no excuses. They have all been clean. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Roybal- Allard), a member of the Appropriations Committee.

It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished doctor from Seattle, Washington (Mr. McDermott) of the Ways and Means Committee. (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. McDERMOTT…

I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the former ranking member of the Ag Appropriations Committee and now the ranking member of the Health and Human Services Subcommittee. Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I rise…

Thank you for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I'm an appropriator, like a lot of the speakers here today; and every time we have to deal with the CR, we're embarrassed. That's not our work. Our work is in appropriations bills, which we spend all…

Thank you, Ms. Slaughter, for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I am a member of the Appropriations Committee. This process is about appropriations. That's how we keep government open. Unfortunately, we've never been able to get any of…

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 1\3/4\ minutes remaining; the gentleman from Alabama has 2 minutes remaining.

For 111 times we've voted for CRs to feed everybody, not just a few. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Wisconsin, Gwen Moore. (Ms. MOORE asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Many of us that have spoken here are appropriators. Our job is to bring 12 bills to this floor, 12 conference reports. We've done none. We've totally failed. We're not the first Congress to do that. We've had to pass 111 CRs in the 20…

Give us back our committee. Give us back our chairman. Mr. Culberson worked, with all of us on both sides of the aisle, for about 6 months to do a veterans appropriations bill. This is not it. This is a disastrous bill, because this cuts…

Give us back our government. I am on the Appropriations Committee. We shouldn't be talking about CRs; we should be talking about passing appropriations bills. But those were stopped, and we are now down to the emergency tool that we have…

Bring us some leadership. There is only one issue before the United States Congress, and that's the issue to keep government open. The bill to do that is in this House. The bill to keep the government open is in this House. If it were on…

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Lowey, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, for those that may not understand what we're trying to do, all we have to do is pass one simple bill that was here in the House--the Senate gave it to us--and let's keep…

Here we go again. Last week, we averted an attack on the country of Syria. This week, we again attack the country of the United States of America. We attack the working poor. What is it about the GOP-led institution? They can find nothing…

The base bill contains divisive policy riders that would pointlessly prohibit federal investment in high-speed rail in California. Rail has a long history in CA going back to 1869. Prior to ``the last spike'' joining Central Pacific and…

I wish to engage in a colloquy with the chairman and the gentleman from Indiana on an issue regarding timeliness, accuracy, and the review of security clearance processing. As the chairman is aware, security clearances are necessary to…