I thank Mr. Lucas for his leadership, and I regret that it is not being followed.

I thank the gentlelady, and I thank her for her leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I lament with Mr. Lucas that we don't have a bipartisan bill, because I know that's what he wanted, that that's what he forged and that that's what has…

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I might say not only have I read Bob Woodward's book; I invited Bob Woodward into my office and we discussed this assertion that you and others like to refer to ad nauseam, very frankly. Does…

He then went on to say: The House, Senate, and White House must come together as soon as possible on a comprehensive compromise. This bill represents zero compromise. Come together on a comprehensive compromise that repeals sequestration…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. He is absolutely correct, of course. The Maryland flag, which I think is one of the more distinctive State flags, has four quadrants, two of which represent the Baltimore family to which the Royal…

The problem has again been expressed. We have a single focus of the majority party, Madam Speaker, on defunding the Affordable Care Act. {time} 1130 So many Republicans have said it is an unreasonable and irrational expectation to expect…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I would reiterate to Members, in case they weren't listening, that the majority leader has said that we ought to be clearing our calendars for the week of the 23rd of September. That's the last…

As the Speaker knows, I am also the minority whip. As the minority whip, at the close of the week we normally have a colloquy between the majority leader and myself. That colloquy is to discuss the schedule for the week to come; it is to…

This bill makes all those folks pawns in Republicans' single-focused quest to undo health care reform at the expense of every other pressing challenge we face as a Nation. It's shameful, Mr. Speaker, that this House continues to waste the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. What a perfect bill this is. Our Republican friends don't like taxes, they don't like the collection of taxes, and, of course, none of us do. And they don't like affordable care for our citizens, quality…

We are witnessing on full display the utter failure of Republicans to govern as the majority. Yesterday, after the Speaker and Majority Leader pulled the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development appropriations bill from the floor…

There is so much I would like to say, particularly as to the extraordinary discrepancy between those folks who make far less than their counterparts in the private sector and those who work in the private sector, who, perhaps, have less…