I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to only speak once, even though there's seven bills. Time is short. We have just a few days left in the legislature until we shut down the government if we don't act. We passed…

I want to thank Dr. Burgess and Mr. Butterfield for their leadership on this bill, but I certainly want to thank my friend, Dr. Phil Roe, who has been a delight to work with. It has taken us a little bit of time, but we stayed after it. We…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding. He and I spent literally a decade working together, shoulder to shoulder, in a bipartisan way because this is America's subway. This is a subway that is used by almost all of the visitors…

Let me start with the fact that I choose to believe that Mr. Latham does not like this bill. Mr. Latham's not listening to me. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to say that I start my debate, that I choose to believe that you do not like this bill. I…

I appreciate the gentleman's recitation of history. Let me remind him, the first year I was majority leader, all 12 appropriations bills passed the House prior to the August break--all 12. That also happened the third year. It didn't…

I thank the gentleman. I didn't talk about intentions. I talked about fact. I talked about fact. Pete Sessions, chairman of the Rules Committee, Republican, said this when we passed the farm bill: ``I believe that this is an honest attempt…

I thank the gentleman for that response, which I took as a no, which didn't indicate that we could expect to see bipartisan work on making sure that the government pays its bills that have already been incurred. No, it was a lot of…

I appreciate the majority leader's comment. Can he tell me whether there might be a possibility of having a clean debt limit extension after September? Because I tell the gentleman again, I want to repeat so that he knows, his party knows…

I want to clarify what he said no on was that a clean debt limit extension was not coming to the floor.

I have heard that answer, I think, more than the President has given the speeches that Mr. Cantor refers to. This party has always been, is now, and will be focused on the working people to which the majority leader refers. {time} 1215 The…

I thank the gentleman for his comment. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman's premise is absolutely incorrect, and the American people ought to know that. The Senate hasn't voted to go to conference because the Republican Members of the United…

I thank the gentleman for his information. I don't see on the schedule, Mr. Speaker, that we are going to a budget conference. At least there's no notice from the majority leader of that fact. Mr. Speaker, as you know, we are facing a…