For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend 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…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 370 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: Providing for Consideration of the Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 70) Making Continuing…

I have a heavy heart about this issue, as I know many of my colleagues do. In fact, I haven't bumped into one of the 432 of us who is enthusiastic about the situation that we are in. I will tell you, Mr. Speaker, one of the things that is…

Reclaiming my time, I say to my friend that the clean CR that he is advocating so passionately for cuts the exact same $6 billion that he said is a problem. I agree with him that that's a problem. I hope we won't do that. I hope the Senate…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds to say that it encourages me that what I hear from my friend is that he doesn't like our proposal because he thinks it's a policy of divisiveness, and he would like to move toward those things that…

I take no pleasure in coming down to the House floor to talk about the government shutting down today. I represent the metro Atlanta suburbs, Mr. Speaker; and we got a lot of CDC employees in my district. I know everybody has got important…

I thank my chairman for yielding me the time. I thank him for his leadership in the Rules Committee. Mr. Speaker, we've been here night after night after night, I say to my chairman, trying to keep the government open. And to my colleagues…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding me the time and thank you for your leadership on the Rules Committee because when I signed up for Rules Committee, I knew I was going to get a lesson in rhetoric up there. I look at some of my…

I serve on the Budget Committee. Yesterday, we had a hearing with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. That's the nonpartisan group that does the scoring and that talks about what the impact of the decisions we make here will…

How much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, lines 11 through 17, amend subparagraph (D) to read as follows: (D)(i) an estimate of the total…

To talk about an amendment that recognizes that knowledge is power. So often today, we've talked about what we can do to make the government more accountable to the people. One of those things is entailed in the underlying bill that says…