Again, so long as even there are the most frivolous lawsuits and anybody could continually file a lawsuit, and so long as any one of them is pending, the rule does not take effect. It is indefinitely stayed. So, yet again, we are debating…

Did anybody who was angry bring up brick kilns as something they were angry about? I yield to the gentleman from Alabama.

If we pass this previous question motion that I am making, we can actually begin the important discussion of how we can bring our budget into balance and restore fiscal responsibility. Let's have hearings on the President's budget…

I want to talk a little bit more about when we say this bill will never become law what exactly we mean and I mean when I indicate that. There have been an enormous number of bills that have passed the House of Representatives. As an…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on adopting…

Can you commit to pushing for more renewable energy development and facilitating and expanding the opportunities?

I wonder what we can do to make it more of a level playing field.

I am proud to have introduced and co-sponsored amendments and written letters fighting for full and permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

ESSA repealed the flawed one-size-fits-all accountability system of No Child Left Behind, finally, and places responsibility for making decisions around accountability to the States.

As legislators, we make laws, and the department as part of the executive branch, you have the responsibility to implement them.

It really was an enormous achievement for this committee and Congress along with you and the executive branch to participate in the reauthorization of ESSA last fall.

I think we are obligated to have an open dialogue about the use of Chapter 9 or other innovative options.

I especially want to thank you for the administration's proposed funding increase for the Charter School Program requested at $350 million.

Thank you so much for coming before us and thank the Obama administration for putting forward a great budget in this area.

I am excited here to have this hearing regarding compensatory mitigation. As everybody knows, this is a mainstream item.

I just want to encourage you to consider that a realistic way to deliver on the President's commitment to make community college free is through our K-12 system and through concurrent enrollment.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the time, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule. This is one of the strangest debates we have had in my time in the House here on the…

I urge my colleagues to bring down this rule and restore the faith of the American people and this institution and defeat the previous question. Vote ``no'' on the rule. I yield back the balance of my time.

We are a Nation of immigrants and a Nation of laws. When those two come into conflict, the responsibility for addressing it belongs in this body, the United States Congress. We are a compassionate people. We need to unite families. We need…

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 174, not voting 22, as follows: [Roll No. 78] AYES--237…

There's a civil rights aspect that transcends politics.

With one item, the American people speak with a single voice. They want Congress to tackle our broken immigration system, secure our borders, and restore the rule of law. Yet here we are, more than halfway through the 114th Congress, and…

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 242, noes 175, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 56] AYES--242…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in reluctant opposition to this rule today because it is close--it is close--to a rule that would…

To further discuss our proposal, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Honda).