I thank the gentleman. I was quoting, not imputing. Mr. Jordan's comments seem to be pretty clear. Before we conclude, the STOCK Act, Tim Walz had a bill that was ready for markup in the committee. We understand that was pulled. As you…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I think that both sides have shown some flexibility in some respects. Certainly a number of Republicans and Democrats showed flexibility on the Bowles-Simpson Commission. Now, none of the House…

I thank the gentleman for his information. If I can clarify, and I understand that we are coming up to the end of the year. There is a lot of business which needs to be done in the time remaining, and so I understand his urging to be…

Reclaiming my time, thank you for that. Let me posit a possibility here. Thursday at 3 o'clock we clearly, I don't believe, aren't going to finish the business that we need to finish before we leave. Therefore, my presumption is we will be…

I will assure the majority leader that we will maintain our flexibility on schedule. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for his comments. We ought to come together on jobs. I would urge the gentleman to bring the President's jobs bill to the floor with such amendments, such changes, such improvements, such deletions as the gentleman…

I thank the gentleman. I didn't get an answer to my question, however. He's gotten an answer to his ``solve the problem'' issue. And what he means by solving the problem is we have to deal with the sustainability of entitlement programs…

I thank the gentleman for his comment, and I agree with it. Some progress is progress, however you describe it. Let me clarify, because I want to make sure in terms of coming together and reaching some progress; you mentioned the--I'm not…

I thank the gentleman for his comment. I take from his comment, however, that he doesn't have an economist who has said that these bills are going to grow jobs. I agree with him that economists certainly believe that over the long term…

I thank the gentleman for his comments, and I appreciate Mr. Panetta's quote. I believe Mr. Panetta's quote is an accurate quote and, I believe, substantively correct. Let me give the gentleman another quote from the former chairman of the…

I want to tell my friend that there is overwhelming bipartisan unanimity on the gentleman's hope; but for the purposes of my Members, I will say that I would hope our Members would take the flexibility beyond the week ending on the 16th…

Further on the schedule, just so our Members have pretty clear information, the week of the 19th, which is the following week, can you give me some thought on what you are advising your Members with respect to the week of the 19th? I yield…

That doesn't clarify it very much, but I understand the gentleman's problem with respect to what is being done. Let me ask the gentleman: If we can't get agreement, in light of the gentleman's focus on the 16th as the date of adjournment…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I am pleased to hear that he is going to be sticking with the level of funding that we agreed upon. I think the gentleman's observation is correct: there are many people on my side who believe…

I thank the gentleman for that. I was profoundly disappointed that the so-called supercommittee, or the special committee on deficit reduction, either was unable to reach an agreement on at least a $4 trillion agreement to reduce our…

First of all, we ought to be talking about jobs. The contention that this bill funds bills that are about jobs is spurious, in my opinion; and no economist, in my opinion, will assert that that is the fact. We ought to be dealing with…

Before we adjourn for the year, there are a number of important items that we must address. The most pressing is the expiration of unemployment benefits at the end of December. Should Congress fail to act, millions of Americans who rely on…

While the Republican sponsors of the two bills before us contend they will create jobs, their claim is spurious. Economists have told us again and again that easing regulations has a negligible effect on job creation. The only thing these…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this misnamed bill, which would promote neither democracy nor fairness in the workplace. Now, I have just been on this floor a few minutes, but it is ironic…

This bill before us won't do anything to help the economy or create jobs, as I said. I continue to have the strongest faith in the American worker, that they are the most talented and most productive in the world. We should not be rolling…

I thank my friend Debbie Wasserman Schultz, one of Gabby Giffords' closest friends. I acknowledge the presence of Gabby Giffords' extraordinary staffer and extraordinary leader on her staff, who herself lost a valued member of her staff…

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. I spoke yesterday on this issue. My good friend, Mr. Goodlatte, and I have talked a number of times about this. In 1995, as I said yesterday, I voted for an amendment very similar to this…

As a result of abandoning that PAYGO responsibility, you could cut revenues very deeply and not pay for them, not cut spending. It takes no courage, I suggest to my friends, to cut taxes--none whatsoever. Everybody is happy. Paying for…

The gentleman's chart is very interesting. He talks about voting for budgets. I didn't agree with some of the priorities in your budget; that's accurate. He is correct that we didn't cut taxes, but he is incorrect as to when you cut taxes…

Don't just preach fiscal responsibility; practice it. It will take no courage to vote for this amendment. But it will take courage to balance our budget by paying for what we buy.