Rob Woodall

I appreciate you making time to be down here with me today. Mr. Speaker, I am down here to talk about the war on coal. And when I say ``the war on coal,'' people think of that as if we can actually go and attack a natural resource. I am…

I want to thank my chairman for yielding me the time. I have a great deal of respect for the gentleman from Maryland. I am just categorically opposed to the motion to instruct, but it is good that we are down here doing motions to…

I am not sure if I was clear when I got started, and I apologize if I was not. We are going to vote on every idea that folks have. We are going to vote on every budget that was introduced. If you have a plan about how to better run this…

I understand why folks want to vote ``no'' sometimes in this Chamber. You want to vote ``no'' because you don't like the ideas the other side has, and it turns out that if they have more votes than you have on any particular idea, they win…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 163 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 163 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

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 thank my chairman for yielding me the time. It has been a great privilege to work with Chairman Tom Price on the Committee on the Budget. I was down here earlier bringing the rule to the floor, but I was trying to defend a rule that was…

I would say to my friend from New York that I have no further requests for time, and I would ask my friend if she has further requests for time.

As the gentleman knows--and, again, I thank the gentleman--I have introduced the only bill in Congress that abolishes every single corporate tax break in the Tax Code. I would welcome support and enthusiastic cosponsorship from any of my…

I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. I would argue that the problem of hunger in America is actually increasing our deficit and our debt; but I would also argue, if you want to find ways to balance the budget, maybe…

I yield myself an additional 15 seconds, and I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.

I thank the gentlewoman. Candidly, I am certainly on the other side of that issue. I understand that somebody is going to win and somebody is going to lose, but I think the process is always better when we allow everyone's ideas to come to…

I sure do appreciate that, and I appreciate you being down here with us. I enjoy this time of the evening. It is a little quieter on Capitol Hill. Folks are coming and going, but I always learn something that I wouldn't have learned…

What my friend says about people being able to rely on this budget, about the honesty and integrity in the budget, it really is contrasted with these deficit numbers that you see coming out of the White House, because there is not an…

Well, I appreciate my friend for yielding. I know my friend is well known in this body for his work on Medicaid and the effort to save that important health care program as well, and I thank him for that. Medicare is a great example. It is…

I thank my friend, the vice chairman for yielding. I know the vice chairman won't brag about himself, Mr. Speaker. So let me brag about him just for a second. He got elected when I got elected 4 years ago. But when you think about what the…

If you are going to take care of your roads and bridges and we are not footing the bill, somebody is footing the bill.

House Report 114-36, the report to accompany H. Res. 134, the special rule governing consideration of H.R. 749, contains an inaccurate summary of Amendment #6 offered by Mr. McClintock of California. The summary should read as follows: The…

While I appreciate the accolades of my friend from Massachusetts, the truth is I am not an expert on this bill. The Transportation Committee is staffed with those experts at a staff level and at an elected Member level. At this time, Mr…

At this time, it is my great pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), a member of the committee and a leader on transportation issues.

I want to reiterate the partnership that went on here not just with the underlying bill, but with the amendment process that is happening here, seven amendments available for our colleagues this afternoon. If you don't want to see Amtrak…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 134 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 134 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I told a group of constituents just a moment ago--I don't know if I look a little wet up here. It is not perspiration from running back to the House floor. I feel obligated to tell my friends that. It is dripping a little bit outside, and…

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…

I thank my friend from Indiana for yielding, and I appreciate his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I don't know if you have thought about it--you have not been in this institution very long. You came here with a lot of hopes and dreams. The…