I hear the gentleman. I presume he refers to the Ryan budget as the plan to do that. Of course, the Ryan budget does not balance the budget in a quarter of a century. The gentleman knows that. The Ryan budget, of course, undermines the…

I thank the gentleman for his observations. We have a difference of opinion on whether or not they want to exclude people, because the Senate bill was inclusive, and every woman Member, Republican, of the United States Senate voted for it…

I look forward to working with him as well, Mr. Speaker, because there is a no more important issue that confronts us as a Congress or us as a people, and no act that we could do would give more confidence, not only to our own people, but…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, one of the greatest challenges to growing our economy is our debt and deficit and the uncertainty of the tax policy. That is one. Every economist will tell you that; and certainly every businessperson…

Reclaiming my time, just so we're accurate, but not 53 percent of small businesses, and the gentleman knows that. It's a misleading figure, because 53 percent of the income comes from a very small percentage of so-called small businesses…

Which is not true? I said a number of things. Announcement By the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will please address their remarks to the Chair.

I said we agreed on 98 percent. The gentleman has not said we don't agree on 98 percent. He brought up a lot of stuff on the farm bill and other pieces of legislation. The farm bill, you're not bringing your own bill to the floor. Forget…

I thank the gentleman for his response--I don't think it answered my question. We understand that you want to see no tax increases, no additional contributions from people making $1 million net taxable income or more, or $10 million…

I think the comments of the gentleman are interesting and I appreciate his comments. We do have agreement in the Senate on a farm bill; they voted for it with 64 votes--almost two-thirds of the Senate. We may not have agreement, but we had…

I thank the gentleman for his information with respect to what we're going to consider next week, and also I was going to ask him, but he has already indicated, that he does not expect the scheduled week of meeting in October to occur. I…

The Republican cut, cap and balance bill enforces its cuts and its caps. How? Through sequestration. That's what you voted for. After the agreement was reached on the Budget Control Act that put the sequester in place, Speaker Boehner…

I have a very short time, but I wanted to make that point that you kept buying mints; you just didn't keep paying. Madam Speaker, this bill is another instance of this Republican caucus walking away from its responsibility. The budget…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I tell my friend from California whose dollar was at issue here, the gentleman from California, I will tell you with all due respect and affection, your party, over the last 10 years, took that dollar…

First I want to, of course, associate myself with the remarks from Mr. Dreier and Mr. Price, who have done such terrific work on the spread of democracy, but also to lament the tragic loss of life and the courage displayed by our men and…

I want to thank my friend, Congressman Lipinski, for taking on this Special Order. For someone who had been regaled, as I understand it, earlier, by his colleagues who know him best, before I came to the floor, this is a body in which you…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to congratulate Dan Lipinski for authoring this legislation. It is one of the key pieces of our Make It in America agenda, which my distinguished friend from North Carolina has discussed. I…

We are now at some point in time going to conclude 4 weeks in session with little to show for it. Over the past month, the Republican do-nothing Congress has continued its relentless pursuit of message over substance. Not only have they…

I understand the adjournment resolution has arrived from the Senate, and I just want to advise not only my Members but all Members that there will be a vote following the next vote, which was scheduled to be the last vote, but because the…

This week's middle class tax cut debate is unfortunately an unnecessary sequel to December's fight over extending payroll tax cuts. Republicans campaigned on a pledge to seek bipartisan solutions to our pressing challenges, but when faced…

Designed to fail. That's what this bill is. It is designed to fail. Very frankly, you made sure that it was going to fail when you passed the amendment that added the reform bill and this bill together. Designed to fail. How sad. I don't…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. First, I want to rise and thank Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for her continuing leadership and focus on this important issue, as she does on so many other issues as well. Mr. Speaker…

I thank the gentleman. The United States continues to stand strongly with our ally Israel. And I am proud to have led an effort earlier this year with the majority leader to strengthen U.S.-Israel military and intelligence relations. I…

I would hope that we would not parse words. Mr. Leader, we have had some discussions on this, and the majority party, when it was the minority party running for office, said that we're going to have open, full debate. Mr. Boehner has said…

I look forward, Mr. Speaker, to working with the majority leader toward that end over the next 7, 8 days. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the gentleman. Lastly, on a note on which we have great agreement between the majority leader and I, which is not always the case, as people observe, I'm sure: Iran sanctions. Both the majority leader and I, Mr. Speaker, want to…