Reclaiming my time and reclaiming the floor, I did not state that and I will not state that. What I did say is there is no subsidy available to Members of Congress and congressional staff under the ObamaCare statute. There is no provision…

I do think it is important to be precise about what we are talking about and what we are not talking about.

I understand. I am not trying to trivialize this scenario. But I am trying to be more precise.

I can guarantee, as somebody who was here and participating, that that would not have happened but for the deadline of the debt limit.

I come back to the Chamber to urge the following. I hope as we try to resolve this important spending bill that a key part of that resolution is to live by existing law under ObamaCare and make sure that Members of Congress and our staff…

I rise again to urge both the House and this body to pass into law what should be the rule and the law for everything we do in Washington; that is, to apply the same rules to Washington as are applied to the rest of America, across the…

I rise again in strong support of my no Washington exemption from ObamaCare amendment. I have refiled it on the CR, which is before us, the spending bill, and it is a germane amendment as I filed it to the CR. It is amendment No. 1983. We…

reclaiming my time, I think that is very unfortunate. It is very inconsistent with what the distinguished majority leader said. We need a debate and a vote on this matter. It should happen before October 1--and it will happen, I guarantee…

I ask unanimous consent that this hour of time for the Republicans be divided as follows: I ask for 12 minutes for myself and then Senator Hatch for 15 minutes, Senator Portman for 10 minutes, Senator Coats for 10 minutes, and Senator…

A final question, I am running out of time.

Putting such a structure back on a sustainable course is essential and it will restore confidence in the highway program.

I don't think it is fair or reasonable to expect middle class families to endure a net tax increase.

I guess this is to any or all of you. There is a pretty broad consensus that the gas tax is really not sustainable, middle and long-term.

I appreciate the Senator's comments, and certainly his correct recitation about what the real impact of ObamaCare is across the country, particularly for hard-working men and women. And the Senator is right. These descriptive phrases such…

Will the Senator also acknowledge that given that history on this issue, given that illegal rule to exempt Congress, to have a special bailout, a special subsidy for Congress that the Obama administration is putting into law without valid…

I thank the Senator. Does he acknowledge that he understands, as I do, that as this monstrosity goes into effect October 1 and as it has all of these really devastating impacts on individuals and small businesses, under a special illegal…

I don't understand that, I don't agree with that, I don't think that is a core conservative principle.

I appreciate the comments of the distinguished majority floor leader, and I accept them. I know they are sincere in terms of his actions and in terms of his involvement. My point, of course, was not about him. My point is I don't think it…

I understand the floor leader is doing that for the majority leader and I think that is very unfortunate. If the distinguished majority leader agrees to a vote in principle, we need a vote in reality. I said at the time when he agreed to…

I rise again to talk about the urgent need, as October 1 approaches, to vote on a ``no Washington exemption from ObamaCare'' amendment or bill. Again, this need isn't of my creating. I wish it weren't here, but it is because of an illegal…

I hope we are moving to votes on this bill, to votes on our ``no Washington exemption'' language. I certainly continue to encourage that and continue to support that. The reason that is important, particularly on this ``no Washington…

What we are really focused on, I think everybody knows, are major transportation projects.

So just to underscore, this is the same pushback we got when we talked about this originally.

Any legislation is only as good as its implementation.

The desire for that reform grew from something pretty simple and basic, real frustration over projects stuck in bureaucratic purgatory.