Rob Woodall

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 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 want to thank the chairman for yielding me the time, and I want to thank him for his leadership. Madam Speaker, the amendment that you mentioned, the bill as amended, was actually an amendment from the chairman to perfect the bill. I…

I am pleased to speak after my friend from Texas. He is absolutely right. We have an incredibly vibrant fabric of folks across this country. My district looks very much like his district. I appreciate him recognizing those things that…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 348 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 348 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

Reclaiming my time, I will tell my friend two things that he already knows. Number one is we do accept amendments from the entire Congress. That is the purpose of the Rules Committee being in existence, and we have added two amendments to…

I thank my friend. He is absolutely right. When the experts on the Agriculture Committee considered this, when the folks who spend their entire careers on Capitol Hill working on pesticide and pesticide safety considered this, they had…

I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I would just say to the gentleman that a number of amendments that are germane were offered in the Rules Committee to protect the health and safety of women and…

If my friend would yield, I was advised that I had yielded an abundance of time. I just wanted to make sure that I was not being more generous than you and I would have intended. Mr. McGOVERN. So, Mr. Speaker, it is disappointing that…

I thank my friend. Mr. McGOVERN. If the gentleman wants to yield me some of his time, I am more than happy to go on for as long as you would like.

I appreciate that. I would like to inquire of the Speaker: Is my friend from Massachusetts working on my yielded time or is he working on his time? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is on his own time.

I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. I would just say that the bill has changed over the years, and I voted against it in committee. I guess the question is: If we are all in agreement that we want to protect women…

I found myself listening to the Reading Clerk as he read through the rule. It is a fairly straightforward rule, but it sounded pretty complicated as he was going through it. And I am reminded that standing to your left is one of the…

I would advise my friend from Massachusetts I do not have any speakers remaining, and I reserve the balance of my time to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Throughout his campaign, President Trump…

The Committee on Rules has issued announcements outlining the amendment process for three measures that will likely be before the Committee on Rules next week. The amendment deadline has been set for Monday, May 22 at 10 a.m. for H.R. 953…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 280 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 280 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I have a confession to make to you. In fact, I have two confessions to make. The first is I have got a big group up in the Rules Committee right now. It is my Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce. It is an amazing county, tremendous…

I would tell my friend that I think this is exactly the right way to be moving legislation, and I am proud that we are doing it. Big bills are hard and big bills are sloppy. Can we do better on big bills? Of course we can. Of course we…

I have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining. Mr…

I appreciate you yielding and being willing to stick around with me this afternoon. I have a great pleasure this afternoon, and that is to talk about successes that we have had together. I was down on the floor earlier when we were…

I hold in my hand House Resolution 229. You heard the Clerk read it moments ago. Page 1 and page 2. Folks can find it on rules.house.gov if they haven't had a chance to see it already. It provides a closed rule for consideration of H.R…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 229 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 229 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I would say to the gentleman, as he may know, the language is different in this section. When the CBO scored the bill last year, they presumed that the EPA would have the obligation of compiling all the data and making it all public…

I appreciate all the hard work the Rules Committee chairman has done in this bill. Mr. Speaker, I have the great pleasure of serving on the Rules Committee, but I am the designee to the Budget Committee. This whole process that we are…

I appreciate your agreeing to be down here with me tonight. I came down to talk about health care, but I actually have a personal story I want to tell before that begins, right there in the middle of the realm of health care, a friend of…