I thank the gentleman for his comments, and I thank him for his time today. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The previous speaker voted to go deeply into debt. Frankly, I voted for some of those programs myself, two of which were to support the efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. We didn't pay for them. As has…

This week the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction began work on a roadmap to bring down our Nation's deficit and restore our fiscal health. They heard from Doug Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, who reiterated…

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction must put aside partisan politics and put some hard choices on the table, choices that encompass both spending and revenue, and we must support their efforts to reach agreement. {time} 1420…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I thank her for her leadership. I want to thank the Congressional Black Caucus, which has raised this issue to a new height of not only visibility but of hope. Emanuel Cleaver, the chairman of the…

I appreciate the gentleman's observation and also his reference to the head room that we gave in the agreement that was reached in raising the debt ceiling, understanding that there are emergencies that occur and you need head room to deal…

I thank the gentleman. I would hope that we could also have hearings. I understand the gentleman is correct that the text has not been sent up--I expect that to happen in the very near future, probably, I would hope, before we get back on…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I certainly hope that we can do so. And I am pleased to hear that we are having discussions so that that will not be a matter of contention. As you know, we had 4,000 FAA employees and about…

I thank the gentleman for the information he has given to us. Can I inquire, as the gentleman knows, when we left for the August break there was a very substantial issue with respect to the FAA. Does the gentleman know whether there will…

Reclaiming my time, when I speak about Make It in America, there is not a person on this floor, the most conservative, the most liberal, and everybody in between, who is not for our young people and all of our people making it in America…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado. I also thank the gentlelady from North Carolina as well. Mr. Speaker, while I would prefer us to be addressing a reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, today's legislation reflects bipartisan support…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We have missed, in my opinion, a wonderful opportunity, an opportunity to make a grand bargain, as the Speaker wanted to do, as Leader Pelosi wanted to do, as Leader Reid wanted to do, as the President…

Ladies and gentlemen, I have said numerous times during the course of this debate about whether America was going to pay its bills and that we need to vote, not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Americans: Americans concerned about the…

We are here because we missed, as I said, a great opportunity, a chance to pass now a truly balanced agreement that relies on both spending cuts and revenue. We're not there, but I have said many times during the course of this debate that…

We need to return the fiscal responsibility.

And so we confront this moment of responsibility. I believe my side of the aisle will overwhelmingly say yes, not because they like this bill, but because they believe it is a compromise that can work because it takes so much of the…

My colleagues, our neighbors, our friends sent us here to be responsible and to come to the aid of our country at a time of crisis. Our country is at such a time now. Our people confront uncertainty and fear, and they're looking to us for…

I thank the gentleman for his information, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on passage of the bill will be followed by 5-minute votes on motions to suspend the rules and pass H.R…

Each of us, ladies and gentleman of this House, has a duty to end this impasse. Let's live up to that duty by voting down this partisan legislation. And then let's come together on a balanced, bipartisan solution to reduce our deficit and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. There is no common ground here, nor was it sought. We find ourselves at an unprecedented place today. America stands on the brink of default. It stands there, my friends, because the leadership of this…

The issue is: will the best interest of America survive? Will we have the courage to act responsibly so that America is and is perceived by the rest of the world as the leader they thought it was and want it to be?

The party of no has walked away repeatedly now when we've tried to come to an agreement.

We have to get a handle on the deficit. We have to bring down our national debt. It's not sustainable.

I believe it is, yes, Anderson. I think that the Democrats have clearly made a determination that this is a bad bill, a bad bill for the country. It doesn't represent any kind of a compromise.