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It is now my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), one of our former colleagues on the House Budget Committee, currently the leader of the Republican side of the House Committee on Rules.
I appreciate my friend from Massachusetts yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, this may very well be the last rule I do down here on the floor of the House, and I was sad when Susan was reading from the rule because I have…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 225, nays 160, not voting 45, as…
If we defeat the previous question, I will amend the rule to allow for consideration of a bill that will assist our struggling small businesses as we enter the winter months and folks are anticipating increased risks of having to shut…
Again, thinking about things that the American people are looking for and the opportunities we have to craft those in a bipartisan way, Mr. Stauber brings his lifetime of law enforcement experience to this Chamber, giving us an opportunity…
I led talking about therapeutics as it relates to COVID. I am very fortunate on the Rules Committee, as is Mr. Morelle, to be able to serve with a gentleman who spent his lifetime in the service of others through medicine, Dr. Burgess. Dr…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 227, nays 169, not voting 33, as…
I believe that we are both, irrespective of who leads the Congress, irrespective of who leads the White House, we are all disadvantaged as Americans when Congress becomes feckless in its attempts to do oversight over the executive branch.
I think it is absolutely critical that we are able to compel the executive branch to comply with congressional subpoenas.
Let's not eliminate the motion to recommit to silence the minority. Let's change the motion to recommit to empower legislative discussion.
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 225, nays 188, not voting 17, as…
The politics of division that we play have dangerous consequences in many ways.
We have no further speakers. I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I can't say it any better than my friends from Missouri and Florida have just said it. My colleague from Pennsylvania is absolutely…
And I want to thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for yielding me the time. She and I have the pleasure of serving on the Congressional Modernization Committee together--a bipartisan committee--and it is not infrequent that we will have…
The Attorney General, I have no doubt, feels exactly the same way about this as Ms. Scanlon and I do, as Mr. Lieu and Ms. Chu do. And that is why I am saddened that we have a resolution before us today that includes these ``whereases''…
These measures before us today are critically important. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rutherford), a gentleman who can speak to these critically important issues with not just his words, but with a…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219, nays 170, not voting 41, as…
I say to my friend from Pennsylvania, I want to solve every single one of those problems that she just laid out. Those are absolutely bipartisan concerns. This bill solves none of them. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 230, nays 171, not voting 29, as…
I would like to share with my friend, the chairman, that I have no further speakers remaining, and I am prepared to close when he is. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I am prepared to close. {time} 1130
Again, if we defeat the previous question, we will bring much-needed legislation to the floor. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber), a rising star here in the Republican Conference, to talk about…
Though this bill is going nowhere, if we defeat the previous question this morning, I will offer an amendment to take up three bills that are partnership bills that can go through the Senate to the President's desk and make a real…
I very much appreciate the time tonight to honor one of Georgia's favorite sons. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).
I would inquire how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia has 8 minutes remaining.
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