I thank my friend from Florida for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I hope you will challenge the American people to watch this debate that happens over the next hour, because I am down here as a freshman to tell you this is exactly what…

As a part of this freshman class, we're making progress. I look forward to working with you to make even more progress. And I hope, since we can agree this one is done right, that we can come together, vote in favor of this, and then look…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Of course, the Rules Committee sent out a Dear Colleague a week ago alerting them that they had until tonight. And I say to my friend, I think you're absolutely right about the need for even more…

I actually don't like those kind of long, complicated bills, I would say to my friend. But should we vote on his ideas, one idea at a time--I say that regularly. Had we voted on the President's health care bill one idea at a time, America…

The tax proposal I'm familiar with is his $1.5 trillion tax increase. Is there a different----

If he wants to reduce the highest corporate tax rate in the world, I am a huge supporter of that.

I absolutely do, and with State and local funds we're doing that today. I hope we'll continue to do that.

I thank my chairman for yielding and I appreciate the time because, as we talk about the President's jobs bill, I was here, too, when the President came to present his ideas, and it kind of excited me. Because, as I looked at where the…

I'm limited to only 2 minutes. If my friend from New York would like to yield me time, I would be happy to yield that back. But I just want to say, as my friend from the Ways and Means Committee knows, not only do we have that proposal…

If I could get some time from my friend from New York, I would love to yield to agree with you. I wanted to tell you how much I believe we're headed on the same track. But let me talk about this continuing resolution because that's really…

That's a let's vote on it one idea at a time, not just his ideas, but all of our ideas.

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…