Rob Woodall

As I was listening to the Reading Clerk read through the rule, it sounded a little restrictive. Today, I went back and referenced my notes just to make sure that I was right. Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 876 is a structured rule, but it…

I ask the gentleman from Massachusetts if he has any further speakers remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I would just inform the gentleman that we have one additional speaker who says he is on his way.

I appreciate you issuing that reminder. I don't particularly enjoy this time of year on the House floor because we do have important business that needs to occur here, and we often get off base. I don't think this is the right time to talk…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 876 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 876 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding me the time, and I appreciate the leadership of the gentlewoman from California. Mr. Speaker, I stuck around tonight because we are doing two of my favorite things in this institution. We…

I tell the gentleman I, too, have a rumored speaker who is on his way, so we are in the same boat in that space. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I read further from the Statement of Administration Policy, the veto…

The gentleman had me at more jobs and higher wages for workers. You had me there. One of the things we don't ever talk about is the snooping that you describe. Now, ``snooping'' is a powerful word. As you were talking about that, it dawned…

I have appreciated the gentleman's friendship and his leadership since he and I arrived here together just two terms ago. While the gentleman from Alabama was speaking, I put up a poster that has a postmark that reads April 15. You were…

I am glad you mentioned that scam. I am going to find the camera that is focused down here and tell folks, if you get a call from the IRS, it is not legitimate. Do not deal with somebody at the end of a 1-800 number who says there is an…

Your leadership has been invaluable on this, not just because of the people you represent, but because of your background as a CPA. The American people know instinctively there is a better way to do it, and to have it from someone who…

I thank my friend. And I would encourage folks, if you have any--if you want the black and white on this issue, go back to the Joint Tax Committee Tax Symposium. The Joint Tax Committee invited in everyone from the far-right economists to…

If I could say to my friend, a lot of folks believe that this town is just about talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Yet you, in your budget that you have prepared, moved out of the Budget Committee, put down in writing, black and white, put…

We also have on the floor the chairman of the House Budget Committee. Now, I will tell you that if there is someone who is working harder for the American economy than Dr. Tom Price, chairman of the Budget Committee, I don't know who it…

I thank the gentleman for making the FairTax number one out of the gate. I know he leads a passionate constituency. I listened to you talk about what the FairTax would do, and I am thinking that is almost unbelievable that there is that…

For folks who aren't following those numbers as closely as you are, yes, when this Tax Code was written in 1986, the average corporate income tax rate around the globe was almost 50 percent. Today, it is less than 25 percent. The rest of…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have got down here with us what I would say is a gentleman who is second to none in terms of FairTax support. He is Steve King, from the great State of Iowa. Even before I was elected to Congress, I could turn…

I thank the gentleman. He is a new, first-term Member here, and he is already leading on all of these issues, and I am grateful to him for that. He has got his ear to the pulse of what folks want back home, and what folks want is more…

I am down here with some of my colleagues to talk about one thing, and one thing only in our time, and that is about igniting America's economy. We can talk all we want to about putting people back to work; but nibbling around the edges of…

I look forward to working with my friend from Colorado to fight terrorism in this country. We have bill after bill after bill after bill that we are working on collaboratively here. We need go no further than the Defense Appropriations…

To share with the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Eshoo) that I don't know how things work on the other side of the aisle, but I will tell you, at every Republican Conference meeting we have, we open it in prayer. We pray for ourselves…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 803 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 803 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

We are going to have an opportunity to vote on this rule here in about 15 minutes. And when we dispose of this rule and then we bring up the underlying bill and then we vote on that underlying bill, we are going to make a difference on the…

I will tell my friends, I have only had a voting card in this institution for 5\1/2\ years, but I have learned enough in those 5\1/2\ years to know that we can't consider every issue every day. The gentlewoman from Connecticut just had her…

I want to begin at the end of the Reading Clerk's recitation of the rule. It makes in order that at any time on July 7 or 8 the Speaker can entertain motions to suspend the rules and bring up the FAA bill. In addition to serving on the…