I rise out of a deep concern, not just for the 30 million Americans who will lose access to health coverage and the tens of millions of others who will see their costs rise if Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act without a…

I want to thank Representative Hurd for his work, which has been an ongoing continuing work on this issue and on this particular program. I rise in support of this bipartisan bill, which builds on the work that Majority Leader McCarthy and…

The only way to achieve a real and lasting peace that enables Israel to protect its security and remain both a Jewish state and a democratic one is a two-state solution, which I strongly support. There are two parties to this conflict…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. McCARTHY. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, my colleague, the minority whip.

I thank my friend, the majority leader, Mr. McCarthy, for yielding. I rise to thank and to pay tribute to Tim Berry. Mr. Speaker, the American public sees us so often when we are confronting one another--disagreeing strenuously sometimes…

I want to make a comment that I know the CR will be the vehicle. I know Mr. Tom Cole made a comment--and I have talked to him about it--with which I agree. I am disappointed, our side is disappointed, and I think some on your side with…

Well, I know how much you look forward to these colloquies. I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, it is the highlight of my week. I look forward to the next Congress. I do enjoy working with the gentleman…

I thank the gentleman from California and return that wish for a Merry Christmas. This is not our last week. We are going to be here next week, so maybe we will save that for then. I do look forward and the people look forward. This…

One of the things that we are certainly very hopeful of--your office and my office were having a lot of discussions about that, as are Leader Pelosi and Speaker Ryan having a lot of discussions--is the WRRDA bill. This deals very…

When you say within WRRDA, in the event that that does not occur, would the gentleman believe that we would deal with the assurance of the funding in the CR itself? I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, as…

As a constructive suggestion, I notice that the gentleman has scheduled--and I want to thank him for his communication with our office so that we could work together on trying to get the schedule together--we have four working weeks in…

I want to say to the gentleman from California that I appreciate the fact that our offices work together, that the Speaker and the leaders' offices have been working together and that the committees have been working together. I would…