Chris Van Hollen: “I thank my friend. I thank my friend, the chairman of the Rules Committee as well. But the gentleman, the chairman of…”

“I thank my friend. I thank my friend, the chairman of the Rules Committee as well. But the gentleman, the chairman of the Rules Committee, said the process worked, that ``no budget, no pay'' worked. I would remind the gentleman, we don't have a budget as of right now. And, in fact, we are now out of compliance with our own law, which says that the conference committee should report the budget by April 15. I think we can check our calendars. We know it's way overdue. And the only thing that's stopping us from going to conference right now is the Speaker has refused to move forward on this. {time} 1010 As I indicated, eight times in the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader and Patty Murray, Senator Murray, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, have asked for unanimous consent to go to conference. So we could get on with this right now, as Mr. McGovern suggested, if our Republican colleagues would allow us to offer a motion to go to conference by unanimous consent. Mr. McGOVERN. In reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, may I inquire of the gentleman from Texas how many more speakers he has.”