I think I have made my frustrations readily clear in regards to how we got to the current NDAA. It is troubling to see how the Senate's failure to act is going to end up costing our troops. To me, it is just not right to the men and women…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Florida has 8\1/4\…

House Resolution 770 provides for the consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015. It also allows for the consideration of the Executive Amnesty Prevention Act and for the California Emergency Drought…

Shortly, I will be offering an amendment to the rule, which is necessary to alleviate the budgetary point of order that currently lies against the defense bill. In addition to clearing a point of order, we hope it will expedite the…

I offer an amendment to the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 14, insert before the period ``and the amendment specified in section 5 of this resolution''. At…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on the Budget.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. May I inquire how many additional speakers the gentleman has?

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 770 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 770 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I have none. Mr. McGOVERN. We have a couple, but they are not here yet. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am sad to say that this Congress is kind of ending the way it began, under a very closed and restrictive…

I think Mr. Cole really addressed the issue. In regards as to how it went down in the Rules Committee, he clearly addressed the issue on this floor in regards to his support of the rule, even though he didn't get everything that he wanted…

We have heard a lot here today. A lot of it, I don't know exactly where they are coming from. But we have heard a lot of things today. Democrats would like to believe--or would like the American people to believe, or go to that…

I do not, Mr. Speaker. I want to reiterate my earlier announcement that all time is yielded for the purpose of debate only, and we are not yielding for other purposes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida does not yield…