I am glad I had the opportunity to speak after my freshman colleague from Wisconsin. I was down on the floor earlier. I walked back to my office. I asked Mr. Maroney, who is answering the phones in my office, What are you hearing about…

I thank my colleague from the Rules Committee for yielding. We've got a good freshman class up there on the Rules Committee. And what we've been able to do under the leadership of Chairman Dreier is bring open processes to the floor. Can…

I will yield to have the gentleman tell me if anyone age 55 or older will be affected.

I will yield to the gentleman to tell me if anyone age 55 years of age or over will have their benefits changed in any way. The Acting CHAIR. Will all Members please suspend.

I want to associate myself with Mr. Duffy's comments that we could get together and solve this problem, or we can just choose to scare people.

I reclaim my time to say we have honest debates here. We have honest disagreements here. But folks are scared because you're scaring them and you know good and well you don't need to.

If the ranking member is not going to answer my question, I will not yield. You should be ashamed. I reclaim my time.

I thank the chairman for yielding. I tell you we see a lot of shrill things here on the House floor. I want to have a slightly different voice. I just want to tell you how proud I am to be here--how proud I am to be here because, as the…

You've heard it a lot of different ways this morning. Our challenge is not that we tax too little. Our challenge is that we spend too much, and we're taking steps to make that happen. But we do tax incorrectly. We do tax in a way that…

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

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 200 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 200 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

What we have today is a resolution that comes under the Congressional Review Act, an act passed by a Republican Congress and President Clinton that gives the Congress the opportunity to look at the regulatory burdens imposed by the…