I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko) for his impassioned words. Here in the spirit of Veterans Day week--of course we all honor our veterans every day of the year. This past Monday was Veterans Day. This week, in particular, we…

We have here another leader from the great State of California (Mr. Cardenas), my friend. {time} 1915

I thank the gentleman from California. And just to highlight how we can improve our security as a Nation and honor the tradition of contributions that veterans have made to the security of our Nation, by simply allowing young people loyal…

One way to honor the Speaker's word and not go to conference would simply be to take up the Senate immigration bill and advance it directly to the President. Perhaps we can also call upon the Speaker to honor his word in not having to go…

At a time when college degrees are increasing in importance, we need to make sure that students have more information about their options and an easier way to repay their loans when they have completed their degree.

That is why I have introduced the ExCEL Act, along with Congressman Petri, who asked a few questions earlier.

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 230, noes 188, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 564] AYES--230 Amash…

If we defeat the previous question, we will offer an amendment to the rule that would allow the House to consider the Make It In America Manufacturing Act of 2013. To discuss the proposal, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode…

Tonight we will be talking about a very important accomplishment that this body, the House of Representatives, could make on a bipartisan basis for our country, and that is immigration reform. By refusing to act on comprehensive…

I want to thank the chair and the ranking member for their hearing, as well as the support of this bill. For those of us who represent areas of the country where the Federal Government is a major landowner, it is absolutely critical to be…

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. The vote…

Since this week is spoken for, that leaves us with 19 legislative days before the end of the session. Reportedly, I have read in the press, that House leadership is struggling to find ways to fill that time. Well, I have an idea. Four…

I thank the gentleman from Texas 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, which is a closed rule for H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement…

I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt), my friend.

I will address the question to my good colleague and friend from Texas. We might be able to use the $200 billion in immigration reform to bring down the individual or corporate tax rate. I will be happy to pose that question to my good…

Reclaiming my time, and in that mix of the pay-fors might be immigration reform. That won't get us fully there. That is $200 billion, and I would have to see the scoring on getting it down to 25; but that is a pay-for that I think would…

I appreciate the gentleman from Georgia, and I appreciate his words, that there is a lot of important work going on. Committees are meeting. You mentioned the Judiciary Committee working on patents. It is a very important issue. I just…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for his words. This is 123 days. That is 123 days too long. Let's pass immigration reform now. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

So we can improve our security, and we can restore the rule of law, and we can create jobs for Americans, and we can reduce our deficit--all in one bill? What is not to like? I yield to my colleague from probably the longest congressional…

I thank the gentleman from Miami, a leader on the effort to reform our broken immigration system. I want to talk about the overwhelming public support for immigration reform. More than 70 percent of the American people support immigration…

I thank the gentleman from Miami. I want to talk a little bit about supporting Colorado. Colorado is a purple State. It is middle of the road, with four Republicans and three Democrats in our congressional delegation. It is a State that is…

I represent a district with two fine universities--the University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State University. Both have excellent graduate programs--engineering, physics, environmental engineering, the biological sciences, you…

I thank the gentlelady for the time. Mr. Speaker, here we are, T minus 6 hours and 7 minutes till a shutdown of our Federal Government, the greatest country on the face of the Earth with such a dysfunctional Congress that we can't even…

As we watch this train wreck in slow motion, this Republican shutdown of government, I ask myself, in trying to understand what the Republican majority is doing: Why--why are they seeking to close down government? Is it because some of…

What on Earth are we doing here? This is the wealthiest, most free, greatest Nation on the face of the Earth, and we're seriously debating a Republican proposal to close down our Federal Government? Why are we doing this to ourselves? I…