The gentleman perhaps believes if he says it enough that I said there's been enough tax relief maybe people will believe it. I have never said that on this floor or any other place. So I wish the gentleman would stop mischaracterizing what…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As the gentleman knows, our number one priority has been and continues to be the progress on the creation of jobs. Last month's report was a positive report. We gained 162,000 jobs, and the economy is…

Every economist from his side of the aisle to our side of the aisle said that if we did not spend money last year that we wouldn't have grown the economy. In fact, Ben Bernanke, the Republican-appointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve by…

Well, I hope that we act on a budget certainly before the end of this work period. I think it's important to pass a budget. I have said that. I am working towards that end.

First of all, the gentleman does this often. I never said there has been enough tax relief. What you just said I said, I never said that. Nobody heard me say that.

I rise on behalf of this resolution and in memory of an extraordinary woman. I had the privilege of knowing Dorothy Height for some four decades. She also exuded the positive, constructive approach that she took to solving problems, to…

The Tea Party is already having an impact on Democratic chances this year.

Do I think that negative atmosphere that's been created by the Tea Party and by others certainly goes into the thinking of members? I think it does.

In the fall, Madam Speaker, of 2008, America did not know whether it was heading for the second Great Depression. Those weren't my words. Those were the words of Ben Bernanke, head of the Federal Reserve. Since then, the work of the Obama…

Yes. I think we've had very serious incidences that have occurred over the last 48, 72 hours.

Yes. I think we have had very serious incidences that have occurred over the last 48, 72 hours.

Today is March 21, 2010. On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr., led a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was a march across that bridge for the vote in this democracy. It was a march towards a greater freedom for many…

Ladies and gentlemen, we have come a far pace. The majority of this House has just voted to do for Americans what a hundred years of Presidents have asked for. We are on the cusp of a great victory for America and for Americans. This…

This is not an unusual procedure. We're going to vote on a rule.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Go Terps! And they did. I'm a graduate of the University of Maryland. Like so many others, I am very proud of my alma mater. I went there many, many years ago. I have owned a number of homes throughout…

The gentleman has had 72 days, I tell the gentleman, to review the bill that he refers to--72 days, not 72 hours--72 days in final form to review the bill. Now, you can keep saying this. You can keep telling the American public that…

Let me repeat the process that I'm sure the gentleman knows well. The Budget Committee will meet. They will report out the bills that are to be reconciled. The Rules Committee will then take them under consideration shortly thereafter and…

This is an extraordinarily difficult issue not only for the Congress but for Americans generally and for individuals. There is a dispute on this language, he is correct. As he knows, neither side likes the language in the Senate bill. One…

First, let me say that no matter how often the gentleman and his colleagues want to say so, that we are going to ``ram through'' something, no matter how many times the press and public may be misled by that assertion, we are not ramming…

First of all, let me say to the gentleman from Virginia that Maryland and Virginia and a lot of other States think the bill we passed through this House on algae is critically important to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. I'm sure the…

As the gentleman knows, the language in the Senate bill specifically provides for no government funding. I know there is a dispute because there is a contribution towards policies. But, as you know, the Senate drew language very carefully…

That is an interesting letter. I'm glad you brought it up, because you brought it up in juxtaposition to the issue of the Stupak amendment. What the letter essentially said is, even if you send over the Stupak language and we agree with…

As I said, we don't believe that any change in that language--because the gentleman is well aware reconciliation needs to deal with budgetary impact--we don't believe that can be dealt within reconciliation.

I don't have knowledge of that at this point in time; so I can't give my friend a definitive answer. But as my friend does know, that language, or any other alternative language, may not qualify for reconciliation.

First of all, the 72-hour rule, I didn't say that we were casting aside any rule, nor did I say that we may not have more than 72 hours' notice. You may well have more than 72 hours' notice. What I said to you was I am not going to commit…