Rob Woodall

At this time I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to a gentleman who has great reverence for the United States Constitution, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul).

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 328 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 328 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

House Resolution 328 provides a closed rule for consideration of H.R. 2278 and H.J. Res. 68. The rule provides a total of 3 hours of debate in this Chamber on this vitally important issue of U.S. military operations in Libya. The rule also…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

I am pleased to rise today after the former chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. I want to talk about taxes today, but I want to associate myself with the previous speaker's comments about how we make different decisions when we have…

On rollcall No. 486, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Stated against:

I am happy to yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), the ranking member.

I reclaim my time. That's what troubles me as a freshman because I know, Mr. Speaker, that the distinguished Member knows that had the committee reported this bill out the way the manager's amendment crafts this bill there would be no…

I just wanted to say that this is a serious topic that we are talking about here today, the Homeland Security appropriations bill. When you pass a responsible budget, as we did here in the House, you've got to make tough choices. I learned…

As a member of the Rules Committee and the Budget Committee, I'm excited to be down here today. You told us, Mr. Speaker, when this Congress began that we were going to witness one of the most open Congresses in this country's history, and…

Like my colleague from Georgia, I too was sitting back in my office. I saw the debate break out on the floor of the House on the Medicare proposal, the proposal to rescue Medicare from certain bankruptcy. And I wondered, because I sit on…

I am glad to be able to take the floor after the Member from Pennsylvania (Mr. Altmire) talking about energy because it's something that's on everybody's mind today. He is talking about nuclear energy, and he concluded with the remarks…

I will yield to have the gentleman tell me if anyone age 55 or older will be affected.

Tomorrow is Tax Day. I am sure there are some folks out there who haven't quite filled out all of their forms yet, who haven't quite finished up all of that paperwork yet, but it doesn't have to be that way. There are alternatives to…

I am glad I had the opportunity to speak after my freshman colleague from Wisconsin. I was down on the floor earlier. I walked back to my office. I asked Mr. Maroney, who is answering the phones in my office, What are you hearing about…

I will yield to the gentleman to tell me if anyone age 55 years of age or over will have their benefits changed in any way. The Acting CHAIR. Will all Members please suspend.

I want to associate myself with Mr. Duffy's comments that we could get together and solve this problem, or we can just choose to scare people.

I reclaim my time to say we have honest debates here. We have honest disagreements here. But folks are scared because you're scaring them and you know good and well you don't need to.

If the ranking member is not going to answer my question, I will not yield. You should be ashamed. I reclaim my time.

I thank the chairman for yielding. I tell you we see a lot of shrill things here on the House floor. I want to have a slightly different voice. I just want to tell you how proud I am to be here--how proud I am to be here because, as the…

I thank my colleague from the Rules Committee for yielding. We've got a good freshman class up there on the Rules Committee. And what we've been able to do under the leadership of Chairman Dreier is bring open processes to the floor. Can…

You've heard it a lot of different ways this morning. Our challenge is not that we tax too little. Our challenge is that we spend too much, and we're taking steps to make that happen. But we do tax incorrectly. We do tax in a way that…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded…

At this time I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to a thoughtful member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns). (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

What we have today is a resolution that comes under the Congressional Review Act, an act passed by a Republican Congress and President Clinton that gives the Congress the opportunity to look at the regulatory burdens imposed by the…