I thank the gentleman. I know that we are closing this. I do want to go back. Last year, when the President signed the omnibus bill to keep the government open, at that time he said: This won't happen again. He laid down a marker last year…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland. I appreciate his kind remarks and would return those as well. The gentleman is well-versed at this process and is a noble battler in the debate of ideas. I look forward to having continued conversations…

Oh, it lasted very shortly because the gentleman from New York realized he was on the wrong side of the issue, just like right now your side is on the wrong side of this issue opposing border security. Let's be very clear what the fight is…

And so now we need to talk about how to fund the wall, how to fund the structure, call it what you will. And again, the President, himself, has said you can title it however you want. You can ban cement fencing. But at the same time, what…

That bill passed, but it didn't put the money there, and that is why we are here. And again, he can talk and give great speeches and say we need $50 billion, but if you don't appropriate the $50 billion, the money is not there to actually…

Good for you, and, obviously, things have changed. But when the minority leader then told the President the votes weren't there to fund the wall, maybe the President took her at her word and thought that was an accurate assessment of the…

You were not the majority leader when that happened. He was elected on that. We were still in the majority. Let's remember why we are here. To think that this is some new idea the President is bringing forward is ignoring the history, and…

Reclaiming my time, Lindsey Graham did say we need to build the wall. Lindsey Graham has a different solution, I am sure, than the gentleman from Maryland. So let's be clear. And I was speaking to Senator Graham last night about this. He…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman is finished. We will, obviously, have more time to go back and forth on this, but let's keep in mind a few facts. First of all, the last shutdown of the United States Government was dubbed…

Reclaiming my time, those were not our bills. The House had a negotiation going on with the Senate. The Senate, as the gentleman knows, passed some bills--not all of the bills that were brought to the House floor, but brought some bills…

I thank the chairman of the committee for yielding time to talk about this important program. I want to thank the gentlewoman from California for her consistent commitment to making sure that the National Flood Insurance Program is there…

I appreciate the chairman's leadership on this. Mr. Speaker, this is about keeping America safe. This is not a complicated vote, but it is an important vote that really defines whether or not we are going to stand for border security in…