I would like to get some items on the schedule for the gentleman from Dallas during his visit to Colorado as well. I'm the last speaker for my side, and I would like to inquire if the gentleman has any further requests for time.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 241, nays 180, not voting 11, as follows: [Roll No. 181] YEAS--241 Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander Altmire…

It is my honor to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono).

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I want to share with you a few stories from constituents in my district that the HAMP program has helped. My office has helped a number of constituents with this program, and I'm not…

It is my honor to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Colorado who serves on the Financial Services Committee, Mr. Perlmutter.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Here we are again. At a time when Americans are calling for more jobs to improve the economy, my Republican colleagues want to pass legislation that won't create a single job and that will hurt…

It is my honor to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. Edwards).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. With regard to the jobs bill, I acknowledge that that was the bill that my colleague from Texas cited as the one jobs bill the Republicans have brought before us. This was a bill that had dozens…

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich).

I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Clarke).

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 240, noes 180, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 166] AYES--240…

Mr. Speaker, while it has been over 2 months, we have yet to pass a single piece of legislation that promotes job growth in this country. My friends across the aisle repeatedly speak of their mandate to create jobs; and yet instead of…

Mr. Speaker, now more than ever it's critical that we focus our efforts on creating jobs, continuing to stabilize our economy and the housing market, and I am happy to say there's some good news on that front. Just last month, Mr. Speaker…

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…

If it looks like a tax increase, if it smells like a tax increase, it is a tax increase. And it is contrary to the rules of the House to allow a tax increase in this kind of bill. Now, I understand there's some fancy dancing and semantics…

One of the most critical issues to my constituents and Americans across the country, there is crying out for Congress to take action with regard to illegal immigration. This Nation has over 15 million people who are here illegally, and yet…

Usually when something is killed, it stays dead. But just like in a bad zombie movie, some bad earmarks refuse to die and return to life time and time again as wasteful spending. That's what's happened with this bill and what this…

Look, in a climate of a fragile economic recovery, the last thing we want do is punish people for getting a raise or earning a few extra dollars by working an extra job. Now, Mr. Speaker, this bill is intended to help small businesses, and…

Mr. Speaker, in 4 days, the Federal Government will run out of money. We must ask ourselves, how did we get into this dire situation where we are 4 days away from critical Federal services being closed and our Federal Government being…

But if we are serious about deficit reduction, we need to look at defense as one of the line items. I am a member of the Spending Cuts and Deficit Reduction Working Group, and I have worked with my colleagues to identify more than $70…

I rise in opposition to the amendment. There are over 20 million acres of Federal land in Colorado. I want to be clear with, of course, great respect to my colleague from Ohio. This is not in any way, shape or form a giveaway to our…

This amendment would help increase the ability of the administration to leverage the resources they already have to support expansion and replication of charter schools that have shown to be effective. Basically, this amendment will remove…

We all share the goal of reducing the deficit. If we are serious about deficit reduction, we need to look at defense as one of the line items. My amendment would save hundreds of millions of dollars by reducing our troop count in Europe…

Since he didn't want to answer on my time, I will be happy to yield my 20 seconds to the gentleman from Ohio, and again, who are we deterring from attacking Italy and Germany?