Richard B. Nugent

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I'm happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. Edwards).

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 260 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 260 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

House Resolution 260 is a structured rule that provides House consideration of amendments to this year's National Defense Authorization Act. As I explained when I was down here yesterday, the Rules Committee receives hundreds of amendments…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee).

This may be my third National Defense Authorization Act as a Member of Congress, but it's my first NDAA as a member of the Armed Services Committee. Let me tell you, it's been an experience. It's an educational, time-consuming and…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 2\1/4\ minutes. Mr. McGOVERN. I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman…

With that, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro…

I have none. Mr. McGOVERN. Okay. Then I will yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to urge that we defeat the previous question. And if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to make this an open…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. Pingree).

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Veasey).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire from my friend how many more speakers he has on his side?

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Florida how many additional speakers he may have.

In closing, I support this rule and encourage my colleagues to support it as well. It allows the House to take action on two different but very important pieces of legislation. It provides us with an opportunity to force the SEC and the…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time, Mr. Speaker. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Small Business, Ms. Velazquez.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I'm happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. Edwards).

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I'm happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Castro).

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 256 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 256 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I'm happy to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin), the ranking member of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging…

House Resolution 256 provides for House consideration of two separate pieces of legislation. The first of these bills is H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act, which will be considered for 1 hour, with time divided between the…

I just want to make sure that everybody knows that there were almost 300 amendments that have been submitted, and they'll be discussed later today, and Mr. McGovern is a part of that process and will be discussing those amendments today…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Brownley).