I thank the gentleman for his comments. Very frankly, I wasn't going to mention what happened on the floor today, but the gentleman has brought it up. The gentleman is correct; the committee passed out a bipartisan bill. A lot of Democrats…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I would ask him a couple of questions about bills that are not on the announcement. The gentleman and I had a colloquy last week about student loans, that there's no action on those on the calendar…

I yield to the gentleman from Virginia, the majority leader, for the purpose of inquiring about the schedule for the week to come.

I'm disappointed. This ought to be a bipartisan bill. Mr. Peterson wants it to be a bipartisan bill and many of our people and, as a matter of fact, a majority of our people supported it in committee. I think the chairman wants it to be a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for his work, and I thank Mr. Lucas for his work. We struggle in this Congress to try to bring bipartisan legislation to the floor. It's a shame. I've normally voted for the farm bill for a…

I thank the gentleman for that and look forward to that because I know on both sides of the aisle, this is a bill that has strong feelings among different perspectives on this bill and with respect to different subjects. And so I think as…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I'm sure you know--and I'm sure the American public knows as well, Mr. Speaker--the reason the Senate hasn't acted is because, although they have a majority for an alternative, frankly…

I thank the gentleman for those comments, and I look forward to us doing that and, hopefully, doing so in a bipartisan fashion because he and I both agree that the system is broken, needs to be fixed. And my view, and I think the view of…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I understand that you do view the motion to recommit as procedural. We disagree on that. The motion would make a substantive difference in the piece of legislation. It would have set up a different…

I thank the gentleman, and I feel constrained to add, however, on the defense bill that we just considered, yes, it was bipartisan to the extent that both sides agreed on a formulation on the sexual assault issue within the military. Very…

I thank the gentleman for his answer. So that in an abundance of caution, proponents or opponents would need to be here by Tuesday. I thank him for that answer. Let me ask an additional thing that is similar to my question on the farm…

I thank the gentleman for that answer, and I thank him for the fact that you will be following the notice rule that has been discussed. I would ask the majority leader, could I be confident in advising people who are very focused on this…