By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 48 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 48 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield myself such time as I may consume. We all want to make sure that our children are protected, but embracing a sequester that cuts things like Head Start, that's no way to protect our…

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

I thank my friend from Massachusetts because he's highlighting exactly what our challenges are and exactly why it's so important that we pass both the rule and H.R. 444 today. He went through item after item after item that have absolutely…

I believe the gentleman has much more time. I will be happy to reserve the balance of my time, though, and allow my friend to control. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Slaughter).

I would be happy to yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. This is the 113th Congress. We haven't done one thing to solve this fiscal crisis that's looming on March 1st. This is the 113th. Under the Constitution, when a…

Reclaiming my time, my friend is exactly right. Of all of the multiple efforts that we did last year that were all rejected by the other side, we have not recreated those efforts again this year. He's exactly right. What we have done…

I'd say to my friend, I'm prepared to close. Mr. McGOVERN. I'm prepared to close as well, Mr. Speaker. I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, this is a very frustrating debate, in large part because it's much ado about…

I thank my chairman for yielding. I used to come to this podium, Mr. Speaker, and say I'm just a House freshman, but this is what I think about things. I'm now a House sophomore. It's been 2 years and 1 month since I arrived here; and if…

I thank my chairman for yielding me the time. I came down here to talk about tax policy and my support for the rule, Mr. Speaker; but I've got to tell you, when folks back home ask me what's wrong with this place, I'm going to start…

I thank my chairman for the additional time. There is a sense out there in this country that folks in Washington, D.C., just want to argue about things, that they don't want to solve anything at all. You all made absolutely accurate…

So often in this town, they say, Everything has been said, but not everyone has said it. That's not the case here with Member after Member after Member talking about Dr. Jay Pierson. The gentleman from California had it right: everybody on…