Rob Woodall

I yield 1 minute to the chairman of the committee, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers).

Reclaiming my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York will suspend. The gentleman from Georgia has the floor.

I thank you, Mr. Speaker. Because I hope where my friend was going to go was an acknowledgment that this process has provided twice the amount of disaster funding that the President requested, twice that amount in FY11, plus it…

To speak to what's inexcusable here. And I hate that that's where we have to end up. The truth of the matter is what we have down here today is the re- litigation of something that we already litigated in July and August, and that is that…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 405 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 405 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

House Resolution 405 provides for a closed rule for the consideration of H.R. 2608. It's a temporary continuing resolution that will fund the operations of the United States Government through November 18 of this year. It is important to…

I appreciate my friend from Alabama for yielding. Candidly, I can't say it much better than my freshman colleague from Tennessee just did. We are a Nation of immigrants, and we are a Nation of laws. And my question is, When did it become…

Again, where are those folks? We're not talking about compromising our principles; we're talking about pursuing those things that are common ground. In this era of 10 percent unemployment, who are those folks who think that hardworking…

I thank the chairman for yielding. I was excited to come down here today, because when I ran for Congress, there was just a short list of things that I wanted to do when I got here. I'm one of the new guys, one of this crowd of 96 new…

I'm grateful. I hustled over here this morning because I heard there was a question about what kind of options have we provided for the United States Senate and what can we do to get America out of this crisis, and I know the answer. We've…

I thank my friend. There is a lot of conversation in this town, but I maintain that this was the topic of discussion and agreement between the Speaker and the majority leader last week. Absolutely, the majority leader has walked away from…

I very much thank the gentleman from Texas. We're going to do whatever it takes to get the job done, but there is a teaching moment in this process, Madam Speaker. Maybe it's obvious to some of the senior Members. Again, I'm one of the new…

I very much thank my friend from Texas for yielding. It's true. I'm one of the new guys there on the Rules Committee, one of the new guys here in this Congress; and because I haven't been watching this process go on quite this closely…

I very much thank the chairman for yielding. That's right, 7 months--7 months. I'm one of the new guys on Capitol Hill, and I ran for Congress to do exactly what we're doing down here today. There are going to be a lot of folks down here…

Seventy-four times. I appreciate the chairman for correcting me. Seventy-four times that America's ATM card has been stuck in, no funds to withdraw, and yet cash has been dispensed. And not once, I'm told by my friend from New York, not…

That almost takes the smile off my face. Can you believe that? Seventy-five times this Congress, the people's House, the most responsive body we have in Federal Government, has reached in with that ATM card and taken that money out, with…

I am pleased to come to the floor today. I'm still a little bit winded. I was over in the Ways and Means Committee room where we were talking about exactly these issues. I'm embarrassed that my fitness is in such a state that running up…

I'm conflicted as I come to the floor today, Mr. Speaker. I'd actually planned to talk about tax reforms this morning. The Ways and Means Committee for the first time in 10 years is holding a hearing on the Fair Tax next Tuesday, July 26…

I have the sponsor of the legislation right here to answer that very question. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

That is not correct. The responsibility lies here, as my colleague knows. But as is true with every word in the Constitution, it relies on the judiciary to interpret it.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The answer is there's absolutely nothing different from this amendment than any other amendment to the Constitution that relies on the judiciary to interpret it.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Jackson).

At this time I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to my friend from Indiana (Mr. Pence). (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

At this time I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to another cosponsor of the Fair Tax, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Culberson). (Mr. CULBERSON asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

House Resolution 355 provides a closed rule for consideration of H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011. The rule provides for 4 hours of general debate on the underlying bill and grants the minority party a motion to recommit…