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.

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.)

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.

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…

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…

I thank Mr. Huffman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the committee and Chairman Doc Hastings on bringing this bill to the floor. I was instrumental in creating the Coastal National Monument along the California coastline…