I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, in 1995 I spoke on the floor in support of a balanced budget amendment. That was 16 years ago. There's a lot of water over the bridge since that time. I said then and I quote: ``I do so…

I tell my friends that even on the second vote, when we did, in fact, pass that bill that President Bush asked us to pass because there was a crisis, he could not summon the majority of your party to support him. Barely three-fifths…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I congratulate him for his leadership on this effort. I thank my friend, Chairman Bachus, for his facilitating the passage of this legislation. Community banks, Mr. Speaker, are the life blood of our…

I thank my colleague from Ohio, Congresswoman Fudge. I'm honored to be on the floor with John Lewis, who came close to losing his life to make sure that Americans could register and could vote. Mr. Speaker, we're a year away from an…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership. I rise in opposition to this bill, the so-called Protect Life Act. First of all, over and over again we repeat the premise that somehow we're using…

Even more unbelievably, the bill will allow a hospital to refuse women emergency care of this kind even when necessary to save their lives. I don't think that's what you intend. I certainly hope it's not. But it is the interpretation that…

I thank my friend for yielding. As we engage in measures designed to strengthen exports, at the same time Congress must continue to provide assistance to those whose jobs may be lost in the process. We need to do whatever we can to help…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of the three trade agreements that are pending before us and in support of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for our working men and women in this country. There is no doubt, as so many…

I thank the gentleman for his information. Before I talk about the American Jobs Act, does the majority leader have an estimate from either CBO or any economist on how many jobs over the next 24 months might be created as a result of the…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, we have seen, I think, in that last discussion a very significant discussion between our two parties. Indeed, the Republicans did offer a budget bill which privatized Social Security. They call it a…

Reclaiming my time, is there anything I said that you believe is factually inaccurate? I yield to my friend.

I thank the gentleman for his comments. First of all, let me say that the gentleman knows full well that the President's jobs bill does not include revenues. The President suggested in the short term--and we ought not to raise revenues, as…

I thank the gentleman for that answer. What I took from that answer is there is no estimate of jobs that might be created in the next 24 months. That's what I took from your answer. In terms of not creating jobs but creating an…

I appreciate the recognition, and I rise in support of the Rush amendment and in opposition to the underlying bill. First of all, let us lament the fact that we are not considering on the floor today a jobs bill. Now, I understand that my…

This is a legislative arena, not a coliseum to attack one another. It is a legislative arena to try to come together to do what the American public expects us to do. There are at least two crises confronting the American people, and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in opposition to this bill. Now, all of us are for a continuing resolution which keeps the government in business. In the past, on both sides of the aisle, we have talked about clean CRs, clean…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Of course it's money the government doesn't have. As you know, revenues are at the lowest point they've been in some six decades in America--on one hand because we are not collecting revenue and, on the…

And it's further my understanding that that offset, which is unusual in that, as the gentleman knows, during the Bush administration, as happens, we had natural disasters and emergencies-- hurricanes, floods, even earthquakes--that require…

I thank the gentleman. When you say all of that has been offset, it is my understanding that in fact in the CR for 2011--not for 2012, but for 2011--there is a $1.5 billion offset included; is that accurate? {time} 1330

I thank the gentleman for his information. I note that he has indicated the CR will be considered sometime next week, either Tuesday, but most likely on Wednesday. It's my understanding that the supplemental for emergency requirements of…

Reclaiming my time. I do know that very, very well. We had surpluses, not deficits.

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I also want to say that, yes, I have seen his comments. I think they have been positive. I think the gentleman has just gone through a list on places where we can, perhaps, find common ground. What…

I do not know whether that will be the ultimate conclusion, whether Boeing in fact violated the law by retaliating. And I've told my friends at Boeing that I don't know that that's going to be the conclusion. But I do know this: I am for…

I thank the gentleman for that response. We could go back and forth on how many jobs were, in fact, created. My belief is that there were substantial numbers of jobs created by this fund and the prospect of those 50,000 or 60,000 jobs is…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First of all, the issue here has been raised by a case that is not yet concluded. Let me state that again: the issue raised in this legislation is reference to a case that is not yet concluded and seeks…