Steve Scalise

Hopefully, those conversations do continue on. I am encouraged by the negotiations in terms of how both sides seem to be willing to get this resolved and, hopefully, quickly, ideally, if we could have a bill on the floor next week that…

I want to ask about the conversations and negotiations that are going on regarding the disaster supplemental. I know the gentleman is well aware that there are some good, I think, very fruitful, negotiations going on. Clearly, we want to…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for next week, and I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my friend.

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), who is the majority leader.

I hope when we get to that appropriations process that there would be open rules, as we did. And I guess the gentleman doesn't have to worry about his majority breaking the record of closed rules, because this week we only had one rule…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the next week to come. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the majority leader. {time} 1230

We need a safer storage location.

I am here to talk about a few projects that are both in my district but also have a very large impact on America's national security and energy security infrastructure.

I also express my support to the Subcommittee on investing in the safety and security of our nuclear waste repository.

I strongly urge the subcommittee to prioritize investments in our ports and waterways.

Words have consequences and we owe the American people better rhetoric.

I thank the gentleman from Maryland, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I appreciate the gentleman's candor. We will continue to pursue other tools that we have available as the growing momentum around the country builds, as people saw what happened in New York with a law ushered in that allows babies to be…

If I could further inquire, S. 1 has not been referred to committee. Is there a plan to refer the bill to committee and, ultimately, to allow it to move through the process, as it has been incredibly bipartisan but also incredibly timely…

I will be happy to yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my friend, the majority leader of the House for the purpose of inquiring about the week to come.

I will be happy to ask both questions again. I look forward to the Maryland crab dinner. I think, as the gentleman from Maryland knows, a lot of times when you go to places and they say it is Maryland crab, it is really Gulf of Mexico…

I have always believed that we should incentivize more people to carry flood insurance, not create a system where people drop their insurance.

We must protect the grandfathering that currently exists in the program so that homeowners don't see unfair and massive rate spikes.

I have long believed that NFIP is not and should not be a partisan issue.

I applaud the committee for moving early in this Congress on legislation to provide a long-term reauthorization of the program.

I agree. We should continue to honor all of those goals with our words and our actions. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Now, if the criticism was that there were big donors to Democrats, of course, that is who was being mentioned. Regardless of their faith, those were the people who were giving large amounts, tens of millions of dollars each. As you have…

We have supporters on both sides that, regardless of their faith, give lots of money to politics.

I will yield on that point, but I would like to make the point that the minority leader has been very vocal against anti-Semitism, and I just wanted to make sure that the gentleman wasn't inferring anything different in his comments.

If I may reclaim my time from the majority leader. Mr. Speaker, I do also want to thank Virgil for his time and his service to the House for so long and to work so closely with my friend, Cedric Richmond, but also with the entire Louisiana…