I want to thank the chairman for his support and, once again, thank him for his singular leadership and for his insights into the importance of the Fisher House program. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment so that we can build…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Delaney moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2577 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back…

This is a final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Madam Speaker, imagine if this Congress were focused on how the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5- minute votes on passage of the bill and…

I was unable to cast my vote on rollcalls Nos. 265 through 269. Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 265, I would have voted ``aye.'' Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 266, I would have voted ``yea.'' Had I been present to…

I want to start by thanking the chairman and the ranking member for supporting this amendment, and I want to thank my colleague from California for giving me the opportunity to work with him on this amendment. Mr. Chairman, the reason I…

In less than 40 days, the highway trust fund runs out of money, which means 90 percent of the surface transportation projects in this country will stop. To help Congress appreciate the magnitude of this looming crisis, I reached out to my…

In 45 days, the highway trust fund runs out of money. That means that 90 percent of the road projects in this country will grind to a halt. That is a national tragedy, particularly when there are numerous bipartisan proposals in this…

That is what we have here. We have unrealistic expectations, a series of bad decisions, and, if this were to be followed, a bad outcome.

I want to thank my good friend, the gentlewoman from New York, for yielding me time to talk about my colleagues', the Republicans', budget, which is something I oppose. I oppose it for a number of policy reasons, but I thought I would…

I want to thank the gentleman from Colorado for his support of the amendment. I yield 1 minute to my colleague from Virginia (Mr. Scott), the ranking member.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 235, line 4, strike ``and'' at the end. Page 235, line 9, strike the period at the end and insert ``…