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And I thank my friend from California for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, when I see someone of your stature come to the chair, I think: We must be down here to debate some serious American public policy. We must be down…
I appreciate the gentleman from Rhode Island introducing the bill. And I think that is an important distinction, Mr. Speaker, and that is what you have heard, largely. You heard it in the Rules Committee; you have heard it down here on the…
I thank my friend from Georgia for yielding me the time. It is tough to get up and speak after the Federalist Papers have been referenced because they do go to the core of who we are. So does election integrity. I look around, and I see my…
At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Reed), a member of the class of 2010.
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 229, nays 193, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 93]…
If we pass the resolution, as my friends on the other side of the aisle have presented it, we will save not one single life. If we defeat the previous question and move on to H.R. 962, we will, in fact, save lives. Mr. Speaker, to speak to…
It is my great pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Brooks).
At this time, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), an appropriator and ranking member of the Rules Committee.
I don't know if you have ever tuned in the Rules Committee when my chairman and my ranking member up there are having a conversation. You get a very different look at what goes on in Congress then, because it is not everybody poking each…
And I want to thank my friend from New York for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I am not going to have the opportunity very often, so I want to make sure I do it while the gentleman and I are together today to tell him I…
It is not like me to correct the Chair because he serves the entire House, but, I will tell you, it is entirely possible that Mr. Morelle and I could yield each other time back and forth today. That is the nature of this institution's…
I would welcome my friend to close, but, in the spirit of bipartisanship, I will be happy to begin that process. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. It is a different job in the minority. The power that Mr. Morelle has…
The amendment that we will offer if the previous question is defeated would add the language that, by collecting fees on housing loans that would pay for this new childcare benefit so that we don't have to go deep into the Veterans'…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 231, nays 189, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No…
If we defeat the previous question, I intend to bring up a very simple amendment that would address just one of the questions that we would have addressed if we considered this issue important enough to have the committee of jurisdiction…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by a 5- minute vote on adoption of the…
I am always affected by the words of the gentlewoman from Texas, but my answer is clear: No, everybody doesn't deserve a pay raise all the time; it is true on my staff, it is true in my life, it is true in every private-sector company in…
And I appreciate that admonition from the Chair. I was looking aggressively at all the words my friend had to say for what that thing was that was going to break this logjam, what that thing was that was going to bring people together…
I remember standing in your chair over these last couple of Congresses reading out that very same card at the end. Whether the Obama administration or the Trump administration, folks come down to the floor, they get caught up in the…
I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 391, noes 0, not voting 41, as follows: [Roll No. 425] AYES--391 Abraham Adams Aderholt Aguilar Allen Amash Arrington…
I come to the House floor today to honor an amazing public servant in my community, public servant and a role model, a Gwinnett County police officer by the name of Antwan Toney. Mr. Speaker, Officer Toney was a California native, but he…
I thank the chairman for his leadership on the committee. Mr. Speaker, this is probably the most important bill that most members of the United States of America citizenry will never have heard of. When I go back home, folks ask me to make…
If we are to encourage jurisdictions to take those risks, to make those investments that are going to benefit us all as a community, as a region, as a Nation, we have got to get some credit.
I would advise my friend that I am prepared to close when he is. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, in spite of the fact that this is the most closed Congress in the history of the United States…
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