Thank you, Mr. Cole. Mr. Speaker, I want to make three points about the continuing resolution. Number one, as an appropriator, I would be remiss in my duty if I did not say we do not like continuing resolutions, because we on the…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I join the chairman and Mr. Wilson in opposition to this, and I appreciate Mr. Fortenberry's withdrawing because of so much of what has already been said. This project actually is about 70…

Today, when the House passes the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, included in it will be the largest infrastructure project in the history of Georgia. Deepening the Savannah River from 42 to 47 feet will open up our port to lots…

I would like to echo my colleague's comments regarding the ACT and the ACF river basin language. This language does not change current law or interpretation of current law and should not be reviewed by the courts or the corps as changing…

So here we go again. Yet another change, another modification in ObamaCare, another deadline extended. I don't understand it. If there was such a clamor for socialized medicine, why aren't people standing in droves to sign up for…

In Georgia, 352,000 jobs are related to the Port of Savannah. It is a major export facility exporting 62 percent of the goods that go through there. We would have even more jobs if we deepened the Savannah River from 42 to 47 feet. In…

Your budget last year was $5.3 billion, and this year it is 23. That is not a decrease.

Does anyone across the fruited plain think that ObamaCare has been a success? Two of its major objectives were to bring down the costs of health care and increase the accessibility. Well, I ask you: Does anybody know anyone whose premium…

One of the great pleasures of serving on the Defense Committee is that we get to be associated with a large number of people who are in the Armed Services, and one such acquaintance and friend is Major Tom E. Lamb. Tom Lamb is the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, in 1733, when General Oglethorpe sailed up the Savannah River, I have been told the river was 12 feet deep. We have been playing in the mud down there ever since. Today, it is 42 feet deep…

Over my years in Congress, I've had the honor of chairing several conference committees. Conference committees are set up when there's a disagreement between a House-passed bill and a Senate-passed bill. You sit down with your list of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this bill because people do need a paycheck. They need to be able to plan their expenses based on their income, and we have disrupted that income flow, so it makes…

But if we can get some of these things off the table-- if we can agree on military pay, if we can agree on the civilian support staff for military, if we can agree on furloughed employees, and if we can agree with NIH, that science and…

How much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia has 7\3/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from Connecticut has 8 minutes remaining. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, there is no defense for keeping…

I say to my good friend from Tennessee that if you take out the TANF funding, which the Obama administration charges the NIH to conduct business, this is level funding. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Rothfus).

If I could ask how much time we have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia has 2\3/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from Connecticut has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I will repeat that if I can get a Democrat Party Member to cosponsor a continuation of the CDC, I would be glad to work together to move that bill. And with that, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Maryland, Dr. Andy…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let me say to my distinguished friend from California that I would like to move the CDC and would ask him to cosponsor that legislation if we could do similar to the CDC what we are…

In reclaiming my time, that's a leap. I'm talking steps. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlelady from North Carolina (Mrs. Ellmers), a former nurse.

In reclaiming my time, I will say this to my friend: a long journey begins with small steps. If we can just take a few, small bipartisan steps together, I think it would change the entire tone of this debate, and I say that with sincerity.

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia has 4\3/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from Connecticut has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman…

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I want to say that we are here tonight to keep the government open. I keep hearing that we want to shut the government down. And yet this is actually our third attempt to send something to…

In 1977, the government shut down three separate times--once for 8 days, a second time for 8 days, and another time for 12 days. The Democrats controlled the House, the Democrats controlled the Senate, and there was a Democrat in the White…

I thank the chairman for the time. Mr. Speaker, I want to say that we're here tonight on a continued debate over ObamaCare for a good reason. In fact, there's three reasons. Number one, health care is one-sixth of the economy. I think that…

I thank the gentleman. Another Fortune 500 company in Georgia has announced that 20,000 part-time employees will no longer have company-sponsored health care. We're hearing this over and over again. I talked to one man who has a successful…