I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I thank the gentleman for accepting this important amendment on behalf of the many small towns and volunteer fire departments across the United States. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment…

This is ironic because we hear from Republicans all the time about the importance of cost-benefit analyses before this regulation, before that regulation. Well, of course, we acknowledge and I acknowledge that there are costs to regulation…

And I thank the gentleman for yielding the customary time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the rule that provides for consideration of three bills: H.R. 5631, H.R. 5119, H.R. 4992. Mr. Speaker, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…

I would like to inquire if the gentleman has any additional speakers.

You can't just pretend that things don't have costs. Of course, carbon emissions have a cost. Of course, methane emissions have a cost. It doesn't mean that people are proposing we abolish carbon emissions from our economy. It means we…

I am proud to offer this amendment, along with my colleagues, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Huffman, and Ms. Lujan Grisham. It is a very simple amendment. It just strikes a policy rider, section 439 of the…

Voluntary measures are just that, voluntary. While there might, and perhaps there are a few good actors willing to abide by them in some States, like my home State of Colorado, have implemented air standards. What we care about is the…

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' to defeat the previous question so that we can keep our country safer. Vote ``no'' on the rule. Vote ``no'' on the underlying bills because they interfere with our efforts to prevent Iran from developing…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. Amendment No. 34 Offered by Mr. Lowenthal The Acting CHAIR. It…

The gentleman from Texas is correct. Effectively, rather than actually find resources to develop a vaccine against Zika, they basically said, we are going to be taking the money from Ebola, which, by the way, still exists, still is a…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, the time to act is now. If we can defeat this particular previous question, we will bring up the bill that prevents terrorists from assembling arsenals of weapons. We also, of course, want to…

I have an excellent amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 156, strike line 23 and all that follows through page 157, line 11. The Acting CHAIR…

Although I am glad the House of Representatives is taking a step in the right direction by reauthorizing the FAA for a few months, I am frustrated that we are not going as far as we could to protect lives that could be easily saved. On…

I inquire of the gentleman from Alabama how many more motions for unanimous consent we need to make until it is granted and we, simply, allow an up-or-down vote on this issue? Again, the silence speaks volumes not only from the gentleman…

Now that, in addition to so many rank-and- file Members having made this request, the Democratic leader and the Democratic whip have joined in this request personally and have come down here, I would like to ask the gentleman from Alabama…

I would like to inquire again of the gentleman from Alabama how many more requests we need to make until this very simple request is granted to allow us a vote on these bills. I am happy to yield for an answer as to how many more people we…

Would that we ran out of victims. Sadly, that is not the case. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks) for the purpose of a very important unanimous consent request that would save lives.

Again, I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Alabama: When will the Republican obstructionism end? I am happy to yield for an answer.

I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Alabama how many more unanimous consent requests we need to make until he agrees to allow for consideration of this bill. I am happy to yield for an answer.

That strikes close to home, I would say to Mrs. Davis. That is the name of my daughter as well, Cora; so that is particularly emotional to me as a father. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin) for the…

I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Alabama how many more requests we need to make until the Republicans stop their obstructionism and allow a simple vote on the bill.

I would like to point out on my own time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized.

I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Alabama how many more unanimous consent requests we need to make until the Republicans stop this obstruction and allow the bill to come forward. I am happy to yield for an answer.

How is the gentleman from Alabama able to seize my time before I have even made my opening statement and simply speak on his own time while I control the time? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair was alternating recognition between the…