Medicare is a guarantee that senior citizens, regardless of their economic circumstances, will have the medical care that they need in their twilight years. Medicare plays a critical role in removing doubt from people's minds that if they…

I appreciate the gentleman from California's willingness to look at defense spending. I know the gentleman from Kentucky mentioned we're in three wars. Perhaps part of the answer is to be in two wars or one war or, God forbid, perhaps we…

Again, the cut is actually somewhere in the $15 billion to $20 billion range, according to both The Wall Street Journal and the AP. {time} 1310

Just one point. I think what the gentlelady said is that the Senate will have to vote on it, not that they have to pass it, just to be clear.

I yield myself 1 minute to respond. The gentleman from Kentucky called this an historic bill. I think much more of this kind of history, and we risk making our country's solvency history by drowning ourselves in a burden of debt. Again…

I would be happy to discuss this on the gentleman's own time. I want to go through this excellent chart. If the gentleman wants to come over, he can look at what we have here and what the Democrats have presented. If we were serious about…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, for all the talk of Republicans' commitment to cutting spending, there are several odd things…

I again want to bring it back to the hypothetical American family, small business we're talking about, because the $1.399 trillion figure is boggling to most people. So lop off the zeros there and say, hey, I have a small business, I'm an…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to increase pollution, endanger the public health, and not address taxes in…

It is my honor to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer). Parliamentary Inquiries

When we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to provide that immediately after the House adopts this rule, it will bring up Senate bill 388, a bill that prohibits Members of Congress and the President from…

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. 9 Offered by Mr. Markey The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I have a point of parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his inquiry.

I thank my friend from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, it has been a remarkable April in the House of Representatives. Last week, the majority rewrote the…

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so we can debate and pass a bill that actually does something useful, ensures Members of Congress don't get paid during a shutdown of government and has a real chance of…

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 adoption…

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 250, noes 172, not voting 10, as follows: [Roll No. 231] AYES--250 Adams…

This amendment is simple, and I appreciate the rule making it in order. It allows the Environmental Protection Agency to continue protecting the American people from the greatest public health and environmental challenge in global history…

It's an important clarification and I urge support of the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia has 45 seconds remaining.

The amendment is pending; that's correct. Well, again, if the rule does waive this, we discussed in Rules Committee yesterday, and I believe that all the non-germane amendments were not included under this rule.

I thank the gentleman from Georgia. My concern is that the underlying bill removes some of the authority under these conditions that this amendment would reinstate. If this amendment merely restates this, I would hope that we can clarify…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 330 of the Clean Air Act, as proposed to be added by section 2 of the bill, insert after…

The underlying bill tells the EPA in this case to perhaps ignore some science. My amendment says that the science shouldn't be ignored if it means you are risking people's lives. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.

I thank the gentleman. I am the last speaker for my side, and I yield myself the balance of my time. I would like to submit into the Record a Nature editorial entitled, ``Into Ignorance: Vote to Overturn an Aspect of Climate Science Marks…

Reclaiming my time, there might be a different use of the word ``germane'' by the gentleman. I would encourage all of us to try to be on the same page with regard to the word ``germane.'' It is germane to the bill, the topic. Again, all my…