I thank the gentleman for yielding. I share my friend's view that we need to be worried about the solvency of our Nation. We haven't done such a good job at that. We are, by the way, going to have a bill on the floor pretty soon which…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. I thank my colleagues from Florida for being on the floor, and I rise to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that instead we can call up a bipartisan bill to alleviate the…

I appreciate that information. I want to say that the debt limit extension will have--Mr. Leader, I want to give you the information--in my view, well over 180 votes on our side of the aisle if that is a clean debt limit so that America…

I thank the gentleman for that information. The gentleman ends with the observation that you expect action to avoid default as soon as possible. As you know, Mr. Leader, very well-- as we all know--beginning tomorrow, the Treasury…

I don't think anybody in America believes the White House doesn't want to do something about that. The President of the United States has talked about it. In every one of his State of the Unions he talked about it. In this State of the…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I might say the SKILLS Act, of course, was considered on this floor. We could have had a bipartisan bill, and I would like to see a bipartisan bill. As the majority leader knows, I have been a strong…

Mr. Labrador, and I will quote again, said there was: Overwhelming support for the idea of doing nothing this year. Now in light of the fact, Mr. Speaker, that the observation is that the system is broken, and in light of Speaker Hastert's…

I now yield to Mr. Cantor, the majority leader, for the recitation of the schedule. I yield to my friend.

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 3824 to end the Republicans' refusal to extend unemployment benefits that protect 25,092 people in my State of Maryland. The…

I thank the gentleman. And in conclusion, let me simply say, Mr. Leader, that we welcome moving ahead on the omnibus. We think that is very critical. We hope that we can address the unemployment insurance issue, not as a substitute for…

I thank the leader for his comments. Certainly we are not proponents of ``my way or the highway,'' and I am glad, I do believe, that hopefully the majority leader is not either. Briefly, on the SKILLS Act, we have legislation, of course…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. First, I would say, there is nothing to disagree with in what the gentleman has said. We do want to focus on jobs. We do want to focus on creating jobs. We do want to focus on growing the economy…