I thank my friend from North Carolina for yielding me the time, and really appreciate her leadership on this issue. You know, Mr. Speaker, I tell the young people when I speak to them back home, I say, turn on C-SPAN. If you don't have…
Rob Woodall
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At this time it is my great pleasure to yield as much time as he may consume to the chairman of the Rules Committee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sessions).
At this time it's my great pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway), one of those Members on the Intelligence Committee my friend from Florida spoke of, a gentleman who serves us all.
At this time, I offer an amendment to the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the resolution, add the following: Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of…
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 164 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 164 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 my friend, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is…
I always enjoy the reading of the resolution. There are a lot of readings that you can waive on the floor of this House, but not so with a Rules resolution because this resolution is framing the nature of the debate we are going to have…
Yesterday was tax day, and I've got taxes on my mind, Mr. Speaker. You know, as most folks in this Chamber do, that H.R. 25, the Fair Tax Act of 2013, is the most widely cosponsored, most widely supported fundamental tax reform legislation…
I come to the House floor today fresh from a Budget Committee hearing. We had the OMB Director presenting the President's budget today. I know so many folks have said, I thought the budget was required by law to be here the first week of…
I did not see a word in the president's budget about doing anything to extend the solvency of Social Security.
Kicking the can down the road is bad, and it is bad no matter who is doing it.
At this time it's my great pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee.
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR…
At this time it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton), one of the visionaries of the Republican Study Committee. (Mr. BARTON asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
At this time it's my great pleasure to yield 1 minute to a colleague of mine from the great State of Georgia, Dr. Broun.
I bring a budget today, a substitute, on behalf of the Republican Study Committee, a budget that balances the Federal budget in just 4 years. It does that, Mr. Chairman, by setting priorities for this Nation, priorities that our…
While I regret the Rules Committee didn't give us more time to correct that misinformation, they did give us wonderful speakers. I would like to yield 4 minutes now to a former chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a former chairman…
At this time it's my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Huelskamp), a gentleman who came into the House with me in 2010.
I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 104, noes 132, answered ``present'' 171, not voting 24, as follows: [Roll No. 86] AYES--104 Amash Barton Bentivolio Bishop…
At this time it is my great pleasure to yield 5 minutes to a new member of the Rules Committee, but a senior member and leader of this House, the gentleman from Texas, Dr. Burgess.
To thank the gentlelady for being with me on the floor today. I'll say that we sometimes have some controversy in the Rules Committee, Mr. Speaker. There's a lot of responsibility that lies in the Rules Committee. With 435 folks here in…
That was a mouthful as the Clerk was reading through this resolution, and it was an exciting mouthful. I'm not sure that folks actually were able to get from just the prose the excitement that is in this rule today. What this rule provides…
For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend, the ranking member from New York, pending which time I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, Mr. Speaker, all…
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 122 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 122 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…
I yield myself an additional 30 seconds, Mr. Speaker. I would welcome the opportunity to work closer across the aisle than we are here today to address those needs that we all agree on. I would say to the gentlelady, our disagreement is…





