I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 237, noes 163, not voting 31, as follows: [Roll No. 694] AYES--237 Adams…

I am proud to bring forward this bipartisan bill. Let me express why it is important. To delay the expansion of a successful charter school for 5 years and prevent States from having the flexibility to deploy these resources after 3 proven…

Again, one of the best practices that I think we have learned over the last 10 years is the importance of having alternative authorizing agencies. In fact, 32 States have created alternative authorizing agencies, including my home State of…

The gentleman from Georgia mentioned that the President hasn't introduced a bill. I would just like to point out that the President of the United States cannot introduce a bill in the House or Senate. The President can sign a bill. In…

The majority leader in the Senate has never at any time expressed support for this bill and actually opposes this bill. I would ask the gentleman to clarify that.

The Speaker of this Chamber has a choice to make with 3\1/2\ days remaining until we risk default on our debt. And what does that mean to American families? It means higher interest rates on your variable home mortgage. It means higher…

Before I begin, I have a point of personal privilege. I thank the gentleman from Texas for the time. We on the Rules Committee and as Members of Congress rely on the hard work of our staff people, particularly on Rules Committee, working…

I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. We are now 4 days away from an historic, unprecedented, and needless default that could grind this economy to a halt. And yet, even as they…

I have an article entitled, ``Debt Ceiling Impasse Rattles Short-Term Credit Markets,'' again from The New York Times, discussing how this uncertainty that is not being caused by external factors but is being caused by us, by politicians…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 236, nays 186, not voting 10, as follows: [Roll No. 672]…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I want to be perfectly clear about what we're talking about here today. From the moment Speaker Boehner walked away from the negotiating table…

I would like to yield 2 minutes to a member of the Budget Committee, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko).