Mr. Speaker, this bill phases out the deductions that benefit middle-income families. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schneider).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark), a valued member of our delegation.

Madam Speaker, the University of Notre Dame is about to get slugged with a new tax, and the clock is running out. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. David Scott), who has been a champion of the working…

Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Massachusetts an additional 30 seconds.

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Maxine Waters), who is the ranking member of the Financial Services Committee.

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McNerney), well-known as a champion of America's middle class. Mr. McNERNEY. Madam Speaker, I want to thank the ranking member of the committee for his hard work on…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Vermont. It was a very nice description of our hometown, Springfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Chicago, Illinois (Mr. Lipinski), who is a good friend to all of us…

Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentleman from Massachusetts.

Mr. Speaker, more than 100,000 Nebraska households making under $137,000 a year will see a tax increase under this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano), my good friend from Somerville…

Mr. Speaker, it is getting time for Halloween, so they have put on the disguise on the other side. So what we are hearing today is, from the last two Republican speakers: This is a bad budget. Let's vote ``yes.'' The gentleman from Ohio…

Mr. Chair, since the gentlewoman, my friend from Tennessee, remarked upon economic growth, let me, as one who was here at the time, perhaps correct the Record. Bill Clinton's economic growth was higher than Ron Reagan's, and that is not in…