I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty).

I would ask my colleague if he has any further speakers remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. I am ready to close for our side.

I certainly agree with my friend from Massachusetts that folks ought to know what they are talking about before they come and vote on amendments. In fact, I think folks ought to know what they talk about when they even come down and talk…

It is easy on a big bill like this to get confused about what is in it and what is not in it. I would refer folks to transport.house.gov. That is not just for Members of Congress, Mr. Speaker. Anybody across the country can access that…

That is 35 amendments now. There are 35 amendments made in order by this rule. We will still go back at 3 o'clock this afternoon to find even more. That is the collaborative process that I am representing on the floor here today. With…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 248, nays 171, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No…

House Resolution 507 is a structured rule for the consideration of H.R. 22. It provides an hour of general debate, and it makes in order 29 amendments. Now, you might say, Mr. Speaker, that 29 amendments seems like that ought to be the end…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 507 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 507 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I am excited to be here today, and I am saddened by some of the shrillness of the conversation. This is the first reconciliation package that I have seen in the 4\1/2\ years that I have been elected to this body. In fact, more than half…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 483 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 483 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I want to start with the end of what our Reading Clerk read before I get to the excitement in the beginning. At the end, what you heard was some blanket authority to consider what I will call housekeeping measures here in the House, and…

I confess. I was sitting over here going through my papers. I was afraid I had come down here on the wrong bill here today, listening to my friend describe it. I tell you that, if you listen to that description and you believe it, you…