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…

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…

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 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.

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…

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…

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 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 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…