Rob Woodall

We have an opportunity, and not an opportunity that is an untread path as the path we are on today. We have a well-tread path. I will remind my colleagues, as we fight amongst ourselves on this legislation, we have been to this floor…

I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole) for yielding. These are strange times. I saw my friend Alcee Hastings on the floor. I wanted to sit down beside him and whisper in his ear like we would have done when we gathered last year. I…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 207, nays 199, not voting 24, as follows: [Roll No. 106] YEAS--207 Adams Aguilar Allred Barragan Bass Beatty…

I thank my friend from Arizona for yielding. I want to stipulate, Madam Speaker, that I have seen the gentleman from Massachusetts, the leader of our committee, do some things on that committee that no one else has tried to do. I was in…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I would prefer not to be interrupted. I am in the middle of--Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, because he keeps on interrupting me.

I don't think of it as interrupting. I apologize to Chairman McGovern. I think of it as elucidating. What my friend has said is absolutely right. This process has been used before, just not for this purpose, which is why Politico ran…

I thank my friend from Illinois for yielding. I have so many things that I want to say now in light of that. The truth is, Mr. Speaker, I just came over, had to walk out on some constituents to be here. Hunter Pruett is in town. He is…

I know my friend from Maryland is prepared to close. We had a bipartisan pathway forward on credit reporting agencies and reform, but the majority, in its wisdom, saw fit to shut those voices out; and this rule makes in order a partisan…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 223, nays 189, not voting 17, as follows: [Roll No. 26]…

If we defeat the previous question, we will offer an amendment to the rule that will make in order a bipartisan resolution, an amendment to deal with fentanyl and its listing on schedule I. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman…

And thank my friend from Maryland for yielding. Madam Speaker, it is not lost on me that you are in the chair for this debate; and having put in the years that you have put in working on this issue, I know you couldn't be down here for…

Everything we have talked about has been partisan and divisive. What you have just heard from the gentleman from Oregon is to say, in the midst of why ever it is the majority has chosen to use this rule today to move partisan priorities…

I will close by saying we may disagree about, again, the breadth of the overall legislation, but as it comes to this individual line-item, we are talking primarily about accidental releases of a very important firefighting foam but one…

May I ask how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Jackson Lee). The gentleman from Georgia has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman for his question. Absolutely not. What the amendment does is it has language, Madam Chair, that inserts the words ``or contact with'' to make that point that firefighters are not using the foam; they are responding…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 47, line 7, insert ``, Federal Aviation Administration,'' after ``U.S. Fire Administration''. Page 47, line…

I introduced this amendment in partnership with my friend from California (Mr. DeSaulnier), with whom I serve on the Rules Committee and with whom I serve on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. I have a poster here, Mr…

To suggest that the rule has been satisfied, as the chairman's letter does, I think creates a very dangerous precedent...

The grand jury room is not intended to provide fairness to any defendant. It is intended to indict.

If this were a Democratic President, would your answer still be the same?

I rarely find myself in disagreement with my good friend from Florida. In fact, more often than not, I find myself educated by him. But I have got to disagree with him today because this is all about process.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 226, nays 189, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll No. 658]…

In the same way that I can't speak to insider trading in that legislation any better than the gentleman from Connecticut does as a member of jurisdiction, I also cannot speak to the NDAA in any better words than my friend from Wyoming (Ms…

And I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter), my friend, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. We had to hustle over here today, Mr. Speaker. You were already here, and I appreciate your timely beginning of the House, but…

I have got my Mars 2033 bumper sticker here if we are prepared to talk about other collaborative things moving forward, but I yield back the balance of my time.