I am pleased to yield to my friend from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the majority leader, for the purpose of inquiring of the schedule for the week to come.

I look forward to next week debating how we bring that deficit down, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for his comments, but I will tell the gentleman that if we're going to have negotiations, and we have one number and you have another number, and we agree on a number, and then we pass a bill which reflects that…

I thank the gentleman for his comment. The last thing I would ask the gentleman: Am I correct that the agreement that was reached between our parties, which led to the passage of the Budget Control Act in a bipartisan fashion, does not…

But both competition and choice already exist in the Medicare program. {time} 1620 Of beneficiaries, 99.7 percent have access to at least one Medicare Advantage plan, and in the majority of counties, they have an average of 26 private…

I want to speak about this bill, but I also want to respond to the chairman of the Republican Conference, who apparently fails to realize that we've created 4 million jobs, 3.96 million to be exact, over the last 24 months. We've had 10…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for yielding time. I'm proud to stand with her and with other Democratic Members in support of women's access to comprehensive, affordable health care, access that was greatly expanded by the…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I rise in strong support of these six pieces of legislation which have been put together and called a jobs bill. I think they have a positive effect on economic growth in our country. I think they…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is a sad day for America. It's a sad day for the Congress. It's a sad day for our African American brothers and sisters who have lost a real leader and an extraordinary friend. I first met Donald…

I thank the gentleman for his information, and I would say with respect to the bills that he will be offering, we have, as the gentleman knows, considered four of those bills on the floor. They passed overwhelmingly. I think they're good…

I thank my friend John Lewis for yielding. I thank John Lewis for his service to our country, to its principles, to its values, to its people. I thank John Lewis for being my friend, and I thank John Lewis for allowing me for the ninth…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I want to assure him that our side of the aisle looks forward to working with his side of the aisle towards hopefully coming together with a bipartisan bill which will certainly keep the program…