The permission I request is to make two simple requests to my friends in the Republican leadership and to the Rules Committee, and that is to bring to the floor two bills. One is to extend middle class tax cuts for 98 percent of the…

If the gentlelady would yield to me one more time, as to Mr. Platts and to yourself, I mean, the word that has come to me as I'm sitting here and always has struck me is ``respect.'' You both have respect on both sides of the aisle. You…

I just wanted to echo Mr. Hoyer's comments. You and I have served together on the Financial Services Committee. We have worked together on legislation that I was proposing and that you were proposing, and working with you was always a…

I too rise to promote the extension of the production tax credit. Thousands of jobs in Colorado and across the Nation are dependent upon this incentive for good, clean energy here in the United States, thousands of manufacturing jobs made…

Good morning, Mr. Speaker, and to a fellow softball coach. The columbine is the State flower of Colorado. It's a beautiful flower found in our mountains with whites and blues and yellows. It's just a gorgeous State flower for us to have…

It's been a hard summer in Colorado, but we have a lot of bright spots. And I want to focus on three today-- one thing and two people. The ``thing'' is the patent office. In this country, we've had one patent office. It's been here in…

Thank you for the opportunity the other day for us to have a moment of silence. I know it was important to the members of our delegation as well as to the people of our community in Aurora, Colorado, and the whole metropolitan area. I had…

I again inquire about the balance of time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter) has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I'd like to yield 3 minutes to Diana DeGette, my friend from Denver, who had a number of constituents in the movie theater that evening. Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to thank my dear friend and colleague, Ed Perlmutter, for yielding…

I would just like to end, Mr. Speaker, by thanking my friends--and they are my friends--and colleagues from Colorado. From all of us, Aurora and everybody who has been so affected by this senseless act, we are praying for you. We love you…

I would just mention the story, and this is one that I'm so proud of people from Colorado. There were two young women in the back of the theater when the gentleman came in and threw a tear gas canister across the theater. And the taller of…

I thank my friend Doug for describing in detail one of these injuries. I'd like to introduce, Mr. Speaker, if I could, for the Record some brief biographical information of each of the victims who was killed: John Blunk, Alexander Jonathan…

I stand here with a lot of sadness with my friends from the Colorado delegation. We Democrats and Republicans are a pretty tight-knit group. We had a terrible incident in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, you all are well aware of, where 12…

And in my opinion, it wasn't the smaller banks that led us into the deep recession that we suffered in 2008 and 2009.

Thank you for maintaining a steady hand through all of this, whether it was kind of the collapse on Wall Street or some of the clashes that we have here in Congress ideologically that don't give the economy some of the fiscal tools that I…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of the bill, if…

In its current form, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Perlmutter moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 2578, to the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to…

In its current form, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Perlmutter moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 3523, to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence with…

The House has heard this before. It's very simple, sweet and direct, and I will take a moment and just read it so that everybody has a chance to understand it again. What we're doing is avoiding and prohibiting an employer, as a condition…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clauses 8 and 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of H.R. 3523…

In reclaiming my time from my friend from North Carolina, I would love to work with you, but this is the amendment we are proposing to this bill at this time. I am asking for a vote on this bill at this time. Mr. Speaker, again, this is a…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote was taken by…

What I'd like to do is to read again this amendment, because once I've read it, I imagine that everyone in this House of Representatives will embrace this amendment, this final amendment to the bill, and will vote in favor of this…

I yield to my friend, the gentleman from North Carolina. Mr. McHENRY. I appreciate it. I've been working on legislation similar to this. If the gentleman would withdraw, I would be happy to work with him to find legislative language that…

In its current form, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Perlmutter moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 3309, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to…