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I thank my colleague on the Rules Committee, my friend from Oklahoma, for yielding. I am not sure what it is that is happening here on this floor right now because the bill that is before us that everyone is rising to object to is the bill…
I thank my friend. It is exactly that commitment to working together to make a difference that I think folks long for in this place. And it is exactly what you have there, H.R. 803, the Workplace Innovation Act. It is true. That is one of…
That is about as close to unanimous as we generally get. I am looking, and it hasn't been at the Senate for 1 week or 2 weeks. It has been there for almost 3 months so far. What have they said? Have they said, We have got a better idea…
I would like to ask the gentleman if he would stay just 1 more minute. I see you are down here with three lovely young women from the next generation of Americans. When they grow up, they are going to be the leaders of this country. You…
These are not partisan issues. Education is not a partisan issue. Children are not partisan issues. We have votes with 360 Members of this body. Again, this is the hyperpartisan House--so the news tells me--and two bills right there in…
I may have misunderstood what you said, because what my constituents believe is that it is partisanship that has shut this down. That it is Republicans fighting with Democrats and Democrats fighting with Republicans. We are talking about…
I am looking at the Northern Route Approval Act poster you have got behind you, and I am looking at the ``days in the Senate'' column. It says it has been 434 days that that bill has been in the Senate. You are a new Member in this body. I…
The gentleman said it so well. This isn't about one person. This isn't about one Chamber. This isn't about one part of the government. We are all in this together. Families in western Pennsylvania and families in north Georgia are in this…
I think about those seven appropriations bills you talked about. I want to remember the numbers. We have gotten 12 out of committee. We passed seven on the floor of the House. We have sent those over to the Senate. Again, I don't know if…
I thank my friend for focusing on those commonsense points. Again, when I open up the newspaper, what I hear is it is about partisan nonsense and it is about election-year politics. When we are talking about over 350 bills and we are…
I would just like to ask my friend because, in serving on the committee, you have an insight that most of us don't have. I am looking at those numbers, at 360 Members of this House voting ``yes.'' That is more than you need to pass a…
It is a ``we'' question. I thank my friend. There are folks who get wrapped up in the partisan issues of the day, and there are those folks who have committed themselves to finding willing partners wherever those partners may be. What I…
I thank my friend. He is such a great leader. Bringing voices together is that skill set that sometimes this institution lacks, and he has it in spades. As I close tonight, Mr. Speaker, I just want to make it clear, this isn't a partisan…
I appreciate you being down with me here tonight. It took me awhile to get my materials over here because the topic I have tonight is the topic of what this House has been doing to make a difference in the life of families across this…
Thank you for yielding me the time and for being down here with me today. I hate that you can't see my charts today. They are not particularly colorful or exciting, but they are important in that they are going to tell the story of…
I thank my friend from Oklahoma for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, the Rules Committee has a tough job, but it is interesting to hear folks down here talking about both their agreement on tax reform and deficits and their agreement…
I have a festival of charts with me, not because they are pretty, not because they are attractive, but because I have something very important I want to talk about today, and I just can't do it without the direct quotes. I want to talk…
I appreciate the time, and I appreciate your being down here with me. I think about the just a couple of years that you and I have served in this Congress, and I think back, and I hope ``Schoolhouse Rock'' was on TV when you were coming…
I appreciate the time. I don't know if you have seen the headlines yet, Mr. Speaker, you have been busy with votes all day long, but the Supreme Court, in a 9-0 decision, today struck down the National Labor Relations Board so- called…
It is a big burden of responsibility being the designee of the majority leader because there are issues on which this Congress can lead. I am not talking about issues about which this Congress can fight. I am talking about issues on which…
I am here to talk about the Federal Reserve, and if you want a real stemwinder of a conversation here on the House floor, Mr. Speaker, I recommend the Federal Reserve to you. It is nonstop laughs and giggles and interesting information. I…
I have the Federal Reserve on my mind this morning. You can't really get through the Federal Reserve in 5 minutes, Mr. Speaker, but I wanted to start down the road today because I saw a headline Bloomberg reported to say that what had been…
I appreciate the time this afternoon. I am sorry you are not going to get the benefit of the posters I brought down here with me because I am talking about a topic that is not one we bring up a lot in this Chamber. It is the use of the…
I would advise you and my friend from Massachusetts that I do not have any further speakers remaining, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the remaining time. Madam Speaker, as I indicated at…
Sheriff Nugent is the expert on these issues on the Rules Committee. I am proud to yield him an additional 3 minutes.
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