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By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 580 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 580 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…
We have heard a lot about the distributional analysis of tax reform, and, as I have suggested, it is hard to do. Folks who make a whole lot of money, like my friend from New Jersey's constituency, they pay a whole lot more in taxes. I hope…
What Mr. McKenna knows is that Russell McMurry, who leads our State DOT, presided over a project when the I-85 bridge burned down and collapsed in Georgia, three spans of bridge--not a square bridge, but a parabola of a bridge there, and…
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 553 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 553 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…
I have the honor of serving on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and I rise today in support of the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act. We call it the AIRR Act in the committee. H.R. 2997…
I appreciate my friend from California for yielding to me. As you know, Mr. Chairman, he is not just down here as the ranking member on the House Budget Committee. He is also the leader of the Republican Study Committee's Budget and…
It is going to be a great day. I don't know how your Wednesday has gotten started, but we are now in the throes of budget day. Budget day only happens on the floor of this House once a year, and it is one of those times where I would tell…
If you have not tuned in to this debate until just these past few minutes, you might not know that this is the budget debate today. We have been prepping for the budget debate today for about 10 months now, and we are ready today not just…
I would say to my friend from Massachusetts that I have no further speakers remaining. I would be happy to close when the gentleman is prepared. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the…
I will say to my friend that I have no better days than the days that you and I are working together. I absolutely look forward to that.
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 504 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 504 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…
I welcome my friend's constructive counsel, but I know for a fact that her calendar looks just like mine does, and that means that we are going in in the early afternoon and we are not getting out till late at night. Why? Because you and I…
I would say to my friend from New York that I do not have other speakers remaining, and I reserve the balance of my time.
I am always compelled to yield to my friend from New York because I am so fond of her and because her leadership has meant so much to this institution. My friend has served on the Rules Committee for even longer than I have, and so my…
It is going to be a good day. It is going to be a good day. I don't know if you came down to Washington as a young man. I remember sitting right up there on the second row of the gallery, and I came into the Chamber and I was so excited…
My friend is absolutely right, there is a lot of work to get done. That is why we both ran for Congress, to get that work done. I am incredibly optimistic that we will get that work done. I wish from time to time we would celebrate our…
I appreciate that admonition. As my friends all know, the truth is, the vote in the Senate was a bipartisan vote against the consideration of that bill. We are going to find a bipartisan solution to this difficult problem and continuing to…
We have a long and proud history in this House, but it is sometimes tough to remember exactly how that history goes, Mr. Speaker. {time} 1330 My friend from New York has her picture up on the wall in the Rules Committee room. If you…
For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1163, beginning line 23, strike ``such'' and all that follows through ``That'' on line 8 of page 1164…
This is an amendment to provide the maximum flexibility to States that are being asked, under this bill, to rescind $800 million in an obligated budget authority. As you know, Mr. Chairman, we put money in a lot of different pots and send…
I am one of those authorizers. I sit on the Transportation Committee, so I will make myself available to anyone who has questions about the intent of the Transportation Committee on that measure. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may…
I thank my friend for those comments. Again, I want to provide maximum flexibility to what is a very difficult job, and that is reclaiming those obligated funds from each one of our districts back home. The question is: Will we trust our…
I appreciate the gentleman yielding. I was not here for opening statements. I imagine that all time was yielded for the purpose of debate only. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, we just want to bring up the DREAM Act so we can resolve this issue…
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