Mr. Tierney's bill will not only provide the House, as was passionately argued by the leader, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Tierney, the opportunity to decide between women's health or special tax breaks for oil and gas companies, but will also…

I yield myself the remainder of the time. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment of Mr. Tierney's bill into the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question…

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the Democratic leader.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to provide that, immediately after the House adopts this rule, we will bring up H.R. 4816, Mr. Tierney's…

My constituents have certainly voiced to me a frustration with an open-ended and often interminable NEPA project.

If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to ensure that the House votes on H.R. 14, a bill brought forth by Representative Tim Bishop and Representative Corrine Brown containing the text of the Senate…

I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Vermont, my former colleague from the Rules Committee, Mr. Welch.

It is my honor to yield 5 minutes to my colleague on the Rules Committee, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern). Mr. McGOVERN. I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, yesterday at the Rules Committee, Chairman…

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…

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 246, noes 177, not voting 8, as follows: [Roll No. 166] AYES--246…

Usually when something is killed, it stays dead. But just like a zombie movie, some earmarks refuse to die and return to life as wasteful deficit spending. That's what has happened with this bill and what my simple commonsense amendment…

This is not smoke and mirrors. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of the bill, if…

The House cannot hide behind smoke and mirrors, behind wasteful pork--from Alabama to the Yukon. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend.

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Polis moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4348 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with…

This amendment is the Bishop bill and the Corrine Brown bill, which would simply allow the House the opportunity to vote on the Senate bill, which, given the strong bipartisan majority in the Senate, I believe would pass the House of…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Again, there were several amendments offered in Rules Committee to make this bill better. To help reduce the budget deficit, my colleague, Mr. McGovern, introduced an amendment ending $40 billion in…

I yield the gentlewoman an additional 1 minute. Ms. DeLAURO. I am going to repeat it, our job, the job that all of our constituents gave to us--they gave us this job--we are here to represent their interests and the consumers, not the oil…

I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I would just add one more thing: the amount of subsidies that we are giving to multinational corporations who are taking their jobs…

I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) to respond to the gentlelady. Mr. McGOVERN. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, give me a break. I mean, oil companies are making record profits. We are…

I thank the gentlewoman 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 bill, H.R. 4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of…

I thank the gentleman from Florida. We're in an unusual situation here where the same people on the other side of the aisle who decry the regulation of what insurance providers have to provide to those they insure across State borders and…

I am concerned that there are several classes of legal immigrants who would not be eligible for a license under this law.

the issue is whether the ID would be useful for Federal purposes, and I think it is in many ways a backdoor Federal takeover of the licensing requirement for the states.

Again, so the concern is, again under the REAL ID requirements, which are being heavily pushed to the states...