My way or the highway. That's what you just said, Mr. Leader. I understand that concept. Very frankly, in my view, we have agreement. We have agreement on something that you won't bring to the floor, and it is that all middle class…

I thank the gentleman for that clarification. Let me say to the gentleman that when the gentleman says there have been hearings on tax reform, I think that's probably accurate. What there has not been, in my view and in Mr. Levin's, who's…

When you say, I presume, as the gentleman said, we're talking about two different bills, are we not?

I'll look forward to seeing the latter bill because the gentleman is correct, I think we do need to reform our tax system. We need to make it simpler. I would like to see us reduce preference items and bring rates down, as the…

Yes. Do you expect the vote on taxes, which you have referred to, to occur the last week--which I believe is the 29th of July, the week of 29 July--to be on that week?

Well, the gentleman knows full well I think you have wasted a lot of time on this House floor, wasted a lot of effort on this House floor knowing full well that that had no chance of passage and that you were simply appealing to the base…

I take it the answer is no, there will not be a markup on a bill that will have extraordinary consequences to all Americans, and possibly extraordinary consequences to the deficit and debt and to our economy. Am I correct in interpreting…

I understand the gentleman's answer, and I think we have consensus on this floor about cutting red tape and facilitating decisions by the Federal Government or by the State government or by local government. We have all heard that…

I thank the gentleman for that scheduling information. As the gentleman knows, we have, as I calculate, 12 legislative days left to go in July and the beginning of August, of which 3 of those days we will be coming in at 6:30. As a result…

Well, I did hear the response, and apparently I accurately characterized it. I think that's a shame, Mr. Majority Leader. Mr. Boehner said that we were going to be an open House, that we were going to consider matters, and that everybody…

Why is it a waste of time? Because the Republican majority knows that it will not pass the United States Senate, and it would not be signed by the President of the United States. It's a message bill. It's politics as usual. It is spurring…

I thank my friend. Repeal it and replace it. For the 31st time, we have a repeal with no replacement, no alternative, no protection offered by my Republican colleagues--not one. You could, of course, introduce legislation that would say…

People get sick. And when people get sick, they miss work. Everybody in America understands that, but I think the family would be well advised to give his constituents as much information as is appropriate.

People get sick. And when people get sick they miss work. Everybody in America understands that, but I think the family would be well advised to give his constituents as much information as is appropriate.

Well, I'm sorry I'm a little late. I always try to come by to say hello to former Members. One never knows when one is going to be a former Member. So in the expectation that that will be, at some point in time, where I will be, I want to…

This is a sad day for the House of Representatives. It is an irresponsible day for the House of Representatives. It is a day in which the majority party asked us to take an action that has never been taken in the history of America-- never…

I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland, my colleague and my friend, for his leadership on this effort. When we vote on this referral, let us vote as Americans, as I said, not as a partisan issue. You may have the Attorney General in…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. On November 1, 2009, our Speaker stood on this floor, outraged about the process. We, too, are outraged about this process, and let me quote the Speaker: We will not stand for this. And I would ask my…

I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the Science and Technology Committee, Ms. Johnson from Texas.

Tomorrow will mark, as I said a little earlier, 100 days since the United States Senate approved its bipartisan compromise highway bill in the United States Senate. There were 74 Senators who voted for that. Essentially half of the…

I offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Hoyer moves that the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. General Leave

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. The gentleman hasn't mentioned any of those. I am pleased that he hasn't mentioned those. I hope that the House Republicans have now decided that's not going to be the litmus test for whether or not…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. But if we ``may be'' getting there, we're getting there because we've constantly done motions like this to get us to the issue. We are talking about some 2-plus million jobs. That's why the Chamber…

I thank the gentleman for his comment. Let me just add, Mr. Speaker, that, clearly, when you look at the Congress to which he referred in terms of its productivity in the 2007 and 2008 years, we think the productivity was very much higher…