To correct what may be a misunderstanding about the swiftness with which this Congress is reacting to those tragedies, I yield 5 minutes to the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who has moved immediately on these issues, the…

To get back on the topic of this continuing resolution today, that is, this number that we agreed on just a month ago, $1.043 trillion, to fund the operations of this government. Mr. Speaker, I go back and I look at emergency requests that…

Reclaiming my time from my friend, you're absolutely right that this bill does not define where those $1.043 trillion go, and I take issue with that too. I go back to what you called rhetoric, the 10 minutes that we spent at the beginning…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding. You may have some information that we did not have in the Rules Committee. My understanding is that this program, which has billions that were appropriated in 2008 and have not yet been spent, not only…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 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…

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

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Georgia? There was no objection.

Reclaiming my time, as I'm not the chairman of the committee, I will quote the chairman of the committee, who tells us that not only can we use this offset here today, but there remains not millions, but billions of dollars in the account…

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…

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

I say to my friend to from New York, I have no more speakers and am prepared to close.

I am proud that we have been able to have a conversation with one another and yield that time throughout the day. In order to continue that, I yield 1 minute to the chairman, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers).