I thank the gentleman for his information. We have now completed six appropriations bills. The gentleman has announced we will have a seventh--Financial Services--on the floor next week. Does the gentleman anticipate doing the balance of…

I thank the gentleman for that response, and I would hope that the supplemental--because it deals with a humanitarian crisis-- would not be a partisan issue. We obviously need to deal with the immediate problem. I was talking, of course…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the schedule for the week to come, and I am pleased to yield to Mr. McCarthy, the majority leader-elect. I appreciate his stance. We had the opportunity to have lunch. I am hopeful that we can have a…

This bipartisan legislation will continue to ensure that adults, youth, and dislocated workers can receive the assistance they need to succeed in the job market. It will focus resources on essential programs that most effectively serve…

Before the gentleman from Virginia leaves the floor, I want to say to the majority leader that I thank him, as well, for his leadership. The majority leader and I have discussed the SKILLS Act for a number of months, perhaps as long ago as…

Reclaiming my time, the gentleman mentioned his staff. I am not going to mention them by name because I would leave out somebody, perhaps, but I will say, Mr. Speaker, that Mr. Cantor's staff and my staff--no matter what the differences…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise for two reasons. First of all, I want to express my agreement with Mr. Moran and with members of the committee--perhaps on both sides of the aisle--with respect to our continuing Guantanamo…

Before I inquire of the majority leader about the schedule for the week to come, I want to say, at the outset, I have now and have had great respect for the majority leader. The majority leader is a person of significant intellect. He…

This is the last colloquy that I think I will be having with the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), which is why I spent the time to recognize him, because the American public, I am sure, thinks that we are all at one another's throats…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The gentleman from Indiana raised his credit card. He apparently is going to use his vote as you would use a credit card, to incur an additional $73 billion in unpaid for debt.

These bills today reject that approach and, instead, take the easy way out by irresponsibly adding their cost to the deficit, a deficit that my friends on the other side of the aisle, with whom I join, lament on a daily basis but, somehow…

First I want to say to Mr. Latham, with whom I had the opportunity of serving on the Appropriations Committee for some years, thank you for your service. We obviously didn't always agree, but I always found you to be a gentleman and…