After continuing to be amazed that the gentleman from Virginia somehow said that a tax increase is not a tax increase and is not germane, I am happy to yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from New York.

I yield myself a minute to respond to my good friend, the gentleman from California. I agree with much of what you said, particularly when you said we don't need a pay-for. I agree with you that to a certain extent the gains are illusory…

Does section 4 of H.R. 4 violate the rules of the House by proposing a tax increase? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman asking about the underlying bill or the pending resolution?

One of the most critical issues to my constituents and Americans across the country, there is crying out for Congress to take action with regard to illegal immigration. This Nation has over 15 million people who are here illegally, and yet…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Look, in a climate of a fragile economic recovery, the last thing we want do is punish people for getting a raise or earning a few extra dollars by working an extra job. Now, Mr. Speaker, this…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I think this is a question of how cleverly--or perhaps deviously--the majority party constructed the rules of the House with regard to a test as to…

The inquiry is regarding the underlying bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill is not yet pending. In any case, the gentleman is asking for an advisory opinion. The Chair will not issue such an opinion.

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin). (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

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 422, nays 0, not voting 10, as follows: [Roll No. 158] YEAS--422 Ackerman Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander…

Usually when something is killed, it stays dead. But just like in a bad zombie movie, some bad earmarks refuse to die and return to life time and time again as wasteful spending. That's what's happened with this bill and what this…

I yield myself as much time as remains. Mr. Speaker, we all share the goal of reducing the deficit. But if we are serious about deficit reduction, we need to look at defense as one of the line items. I am a member of the Spending Cuts and…

I yield myself 30 seconds to respond. I join the gentleman from Washington in praising the gentleman from California, the chair of the Rules Committee, with regard to the modified open process that this body was able to undertake. But…