Dan Webster

Well, I thank the gentleman for yielding. And the answer to that question is that this--different from the last Congress--this Congress allows amendments to bills, lots of them. There have been a huge amount of amendments filed to this…

I'm not talking about future amendments; I'm talking about the ones already filed. There are many, many amendments. In reviewing those, there's a process, and we're going to do that. Mr. McGOVERN. Well, I appreciate that. Let me ask the…

Not to my knowledge, no. Mr. McGOVERN. I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, at this time, I would like to insert in the Record the Statement of Administration Policy making it very clear that this bill would be vetoed. Statement of…

I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. Mr. LaTOURETTE. It's fraught with difficulty because, out of these 240 amendments that are out there to H.R. 7, I may have a different view on your rule today unless there is some assurance…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I would tell you this, I'm only here as the manager of this rule. No other position do I espouse or claim. However, I can tell you over my dead body the Rules Committee will not go forward unless we have…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews). (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Improvements to our infrastructure are waiting. Stable construction jobs are waiting. Unemployment lingers above 8 percent nationally and near 10 percent in central Florida. A long-term reauthorization is necessary, not just another…

I am prepared to close. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Florida has 4 minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the remaining time. Madam…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, may I inquire from the gentleman how many more speakers he has left, because we have a lot. We ran out of time, so I'm the last speaker.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee.)

I would only remind the Members that there is nothing that leaves this Chamber without an up-or-down vote. I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1330 Mr. McGOVERN. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

I just want to remind the Members that this bill, H.R. 7, will also be allowed to be amended. It will require another rule. There's no previous question in here; we're not moving towards that. We're going to have the opportunity to amend…

In hearing what I heard in the Rules Committee last night and here on the floor this morning, it reminds me that people who have been here a long time love cookie cutters, and so many of the people that are opposed to this bill are opposed…

For the purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 547 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 547 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

For the purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my colleague from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During the consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 537 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 537 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During the consideration of the resolution, all time yielded is for…

I have no further requests for time, so I would like to inform my colleague I am ready to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I am glad that we're finally getting ready to provide certainty and stability to our aviation industry and to those who depend on it for their livelihoods and safe travel. The agreement…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 533 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider the…

I just want to let the House know and the Speaker know that this conference report was signed by all the Republicans and Democrats. There are a few people against this, but not many. It's a bipartisan effort. All the Democrats in the…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 487 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 487 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

That's a good reason as to why we should pass this bill. The real cure for unemployment is employment. If we can remove the uncertainty from the marketplace for farmers and for those in other places in this country through limited…

Yes, Yogi Berra, it ain't over till it's over. We've got time. We have a plan. House Republicans have a plan. It's down here on this card. We have a plan, a jobs plan. Twenty-five of those issues have already passed this House and they…