I was absent but had I been present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 234, the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 119, Michael T. Liburdi to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Arizona. I was absent but had…

I make a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman seek a recorded vote?

No. I actually seek an answer to my first parliamentary inquiry, and you can have your choice which one the Chair wants to answer. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was…

No, Mr. Speaker. I am referencing the piece of business that is in front of the House right now. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman object to the amendments?

I make a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Under the rules, when a Member of the minority party rises to object to the motion to lay on the table the reconsideration of a resolution, under the rules, whose obligation is it, or at whose discretion is that Member recognized, under…

I object to the amendments. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman seek a recorded vote?

This is a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman seek a recorded vote?

That is a parliamentary inquiry. That is absolutely a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman seek a recorded vote?

I have a parliamentary inquiry. What options are available to a Member standing asking for recognition to seek a vote? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman seek a recorded vote on these amendments? That is the pending matter before…

At this stage of House deliberations, what options do we have to reconsider the amendments or to consider the vote on the amendments on this bill? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair finds that the gentleman is referencing a previous…

I seek a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

When a Member of the minority party rises to object to the motion to lay on the table, not to reconsider a resolution, whose discretion is it to recognize that standing Member making the objection? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is…

When a Member of the minority rises to object to a motion to lay on the table, the motion to reconsider to lay on the table, whose discretion is it to recognize that standing Member making the objection? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentlemen seek a recorded vote?

It seems when I came to work this week, I was coming to work in Moscow, or Beijing, or Pyongyang, or Havana; not in the Capital of the free world where we treasure fairness. Because what are we doing? We are holding kangaroo courts; Star…

As a Member of Congress, a physician, a father, and a grandfather, it has become clear to me that certain provisions under the Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare, have proven to be completely unaffordable and unsustainable. These stifling…

It has been bouncing around for a couple of years. Hopefully, it has some legs that will make research into the potential beneficial use of medical marijuana much easier before it further expands with, I think, a lot of false hopes.

Clearly, no one wants, you know, children to be exposed, develop habits that they shouldn't be developing.

To say that the Trump administration is somehow responsible because of the pitiful conditions in the Northern Triangle that make a parent choose to separate themselves from their child is not this Trump administration, neither is it the…

The bottom line is how do we preserve access to people for whom this is a very useful smoking cessation device.

My daughter is an all-American Division I athlete. I have talked to her about this issue, and she just can't understand how you could possibly have men competing against women in a women's sport.

I just raise concerns with two of the amendments that are in this en bloc amendment. Amendment No. 5 is one that extends free coverage for pregnancy prevention, and with the amendment, extends to all FDA-approved drugs and methods. Why I…

I was necessarily absent but, had I been present, would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 190, the motion to invoke cloture on Daniel Aaron Bress, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. ____________________

I am a physician. I have taken care of people for 35 years. I am not sure I should be lectured, Madam Chair, on the proper way to take care of people in this country with regard to their health. I understand the attraction of maybe…