I appreciate the recognition. I appreciate you staying on the floor with me today. It has been a week of inside-the-beltway activity. I can't find a single Member of Congress on this floor--and I have been talking to a lot of them--who ran…

I say to my friend, you had me at all of the above. You had me at American manufacturing. You had me at jobs for the next generation, and you had me at looking forward instead of backwards, not doom and gloom, but how we can work together…

I tell my colleagues we had the great honor of the opening prayer today by Kevin Myers, who is one of my constituents in the great State of Georgia. I don't want to tell you about everything he has done. I want to tell you a little bit…

We have talked about a lot this week. There has been a lot going on in Congress. We haven't gotten to spend much time recognizing that yesterday was Constitution Day, September 17, celebrating that summer in 1787 where they worked all…

I come often to this floor to talk about community and service and the notion that, if we work to put a little less emphasis on figuring out how to control people from Washington, D.C., and a little more emphasis on trying to serve one…

I thank my friend on the Committee on Rules for yielding and appreciate what he is doing down here today. Mr. Speaker, you serve on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, as I do; you know how important it is that we get to…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, can I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 3\1/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Georgia has…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark).

At this time it is my great pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), the vice chairman of the Rules Committee.

I would advise my friend from Massachusetts I do not have any further speakers remaining, and I would inquire if he has any further speakers remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. I do, Mr. Speaker.

I claim the time in opposition to the point of order and in favor of consideration of the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 10 minutes.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the Record along with extraneous materials immediately…