I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question. I urge a ``no'' vote on this bizarre rule that combines two, at times, contradictory bills and rejects bipartisan amendments that would have…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying legislation. Today, the House is convening to…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 238, noes 182, not voting 11, as follows: [Roll No. 164] AYES--238 Abraham Aderholt Allen Amodei Ashford Babin Barletta…

I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question. I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule and the underlying bills. Instead of talking about providing a tax cut for dead Americans, we talk about providing a tax cut for living…

As we talked about yesterday in the committee, it seems like the answer that would move us toward tax reform would mean making the deduction of income tax temporary rather than make them both permanent, moving us away from reform.

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 242, noes 182, not voting 7, as follows: [Roll No. 155] AYES--242…

The rule here today provides for consideration of three bills, all of which I oppose in their current form. I want to talk about each of those. We also have, under this rule, a closed process. This resolution contains the 19th and 20th…

Before further yielding, I yield myself such time as I may consume to address some of the points of my colleague, the gentleman from Ohio. He asked, Whose money is it? I think if you ask any small- businessperson, any person whom we are…

I thank both the gentleman from Texas as well as the gentleman from Massachusetts for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of Equal Pay Day. Today, April 14, marks the day in which women's earnings from January 2014 have reached men's…

I hope that we renew our commitment to healthy and nutritious school lunches across the country.

by increasing nutrition standards, they actually got more families to participate in the lunch program.

I think that is what we can accomplish nationally to improve the viability and the efficiency of school lunch programs across the country.

I implore members on both sides of the aisle to work together to improve the delivery of health care in this country.

With the lowest rate of increase in decades, with more health care choices for small businesses, with millions more Americans being covered by the Affordable Care Act, I think we know that it is working.

So without health care, essentially the cost of individuals that are uninsured are foisted onto the rest of us.

I think one of the biggest reasons that the Affordable Care Act led to such a large reduction in the rate of increase of health care cost is because it reduced the number of uninsured.

After no fewer than 56 unsuccessful attempts to repeal the ACA since the law was passed five years ago, I would hope that we on the HELP subcommittee could move onto more pressing matters.

Costs are down and choices are up for employees and businesses.

After 56 attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act since the law was passed, I was hoping that we could move forward with improving the Affordable Care Act.

Gotcha. And if--you said it would increase $2 an hour potentially under the ACA-defined small business employer plan.

The Affordable Care Act is working--for consumers and for businesses.

What we can't do is dismantle the reforms that have helped millions of Americans afford health care, helped tens of thousands of small businesses afford to cover their employees.

I am very much looking forward to working with him.