Well, the gentleman from South Carolina didn't give me a chance to answer the question that he posed to me. He said, what's rich and what's fair? What I and many others have proposed is that people making over $1 million a year in income…

Before further yielding, I yield myself a minute. Mr. Speaker, to hear the other side, they doth protest too much. Why does a party for whom 147 Members voted to spend $915 billion, causing the deficit, which is roughly a trillion dollars…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. The 10-year figure for that deficit from the CBO itself, $5.1 trillion in deficit spending. And again, the same Republicans who spend $915 billion here in December are again saying now that the…

I yield myself 30 seconds. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from South Carolina complained about the President's budget, he complained about a lack of budget in the Senate. What he failed to acknowledge is that the budget the Republicans adopted…

I thank the gentlelady from New York for the time. These last 2 weeks have really shown us the tax-and-spend Republican Party up close. First we passed a defense authorization with over $800 million in earmarks, according to a study by…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to provide a description and some color for this important bill, which passed this body last session in the 111th Congress without any objection and did not make it through the Senate last…

We have no remaining speakers on our side. I would like to inquire if the gentleman has any remaining speakers.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 249, noes 161, not voting 23, as follows: [Roll No. 903] AYES--249…

I thank my colleague for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill. Today, there are very serious challenges facing our country…

I yield myself such time as I may consume, Madam Speaker. We get it and the American people get it. Just because you repeat something enough times doesn't make it true. What businesses need in this country is long-term certainty and…

I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. {time} 0940 Mr. McDERMOTT. In my view, if you're serious, you sit down and you talk about everything. The last 3 weeks of that committee, they never even met. That was dust in people's eyes…

I don't see how this bill would create any jobs, because it's purporting to undo regulations that don't exist and that aren't going to exist. So, obviously, if somebody at the EPA were to get the idea to start regulating farm dust, we…