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“I thank the majority leader for yielding. Normally, of course, we would have a scheduling discussion tomorrow at the end of business, but in light of the fact that we are not meeting tomorrow, we will not have that colloquy. Mr. Speaker, can the leader give us some indication of what might be considered next week? As we know, there are numerous items that need to be resolved before we leave here this year, and we need to obviously have some BCA, Budget Control Act, numbers arrived at so that the Appropriations Committee can move forward either on an omnibus or appropriations bills. We need to do flood insurance. We need to do FISA section 702. We need to do, obviously, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and other matters. Mr. Speaker, can the leader, who has just said that we will be in--is he anticipating 4 days next week? Four days next week, and presumably 4 days or 5 days the following week? So let's say we have 9 legislative days. Mr. Speaker, can the leader give us some idea of how we might accomplish the work that needs to be done in that timeframe? Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I will miss the colloquy tomorrow. I always look forward to speaking with my friend. Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman knows, the Rules Committee has met, so we will see a Financial Services bill that they met on. Members will also get a list of all the suspensions. That will be by close of business tomorrow. But the gentleman is right. There is a lot of work to be done.…”