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…

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 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…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

I rarely come down during the 1-minute time of the day, and I am glad I came down this morning for Father Conroy's prayer because there really is a lot of anxiety in this country as it relates to health care. Every family in this country…