It is my honor to yield 3 minutes to a leader on immigration issues, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez).

I would like to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Curson), a new Member of our body.

Seeing as I am the last speaker from my side, I yield myself the balance of my time. As articulated by the gentleman from Oregon, this bill presents a difficult decision for Members of this body, and I certainly have great respect for…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 243, nays 170, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No. 611] YEAS--243 Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander Amash Amodei…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule for the underlying bill, H.R. 6429, the STEM Jobs Act of 2012. It is…

I would like to inquire if the gentleman from Florida has any remaining speakers he's expecting.

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bills--H.R. 5544, the Minnesota Education Investment and…

Then I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, at a time when millions of Americans continue to struggle to find work, our Federal deficit continues to mount. Here we are in Congress after a 5-week…

I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Florida how many speakers he has remaining.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, Congress will soon leave town again for a long district work period. We believe it is essential that before we go home we must extend tax cuts for the middle class. If we defeat the…

Remarkably, the underlying bill produced by Mr. Cravaack actually uncovered a permanent earmark that the CBO found provides $6 million a year to three Minnesota counties. I think that in a Congress that is supposed to move past earmarks…

I urge my colleagues to cast a thoughtful vote and to vote ``no'' on the rule and the bills and to defeat the previous question. I yield back the balance of my time.