I thank the gentleman for his comments, and as he observes, House Members have participated in this. There is a wonderful organization known as Faith & Politics. We believe strongly in the separation of church and State, but as I tell…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, in closing, let me say that Mr. Cantor and I had the opportunity to speak on the floor today. We spoke on behalf of a resolution that was passed overwhelmingly, unanimously, that spoke to commemorating…

I thank the gentleman. Ladies and gentlemen, we remember the difficult path we trod as a Nation to ensure the participation of all, and we ought to do everything we can to preserve it in our own day. It is not just history that we want to…

I thank the gentleman for those comments, and we look forward to continuing to work together. The next question I would like to ask is, clearly, we're coming up on March 15 in the not-too-distant future. It's my understanding from Chris…

I thank my friend the Speaker. I'm glad that he's in the chair. He and I have worked together because we understand what needs to be done in order to meet the fiscal crisis that confronts our country. All of us need to participate--not…

I yield myself 1 minute. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 2 minutes.

I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the Government Reform Committee, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings).

I yield myself 1 additional minute. But nobody but Federal employees, nobody is targeted in this bill other than Federal employees. You can tell I'm angry about that because that's not fair, and that's not how you ought to treat our…

I yield myself 1 additional minute. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether most of you know this. I saw a gentleman from Florida who's been here for a couple of months pontificate that I didn't know anything outside of the Beltway. I…

I yield myself 1 additional minute. Ladies and gentlemen, you are going to be able to recruit those folks only if you have a competitive workforce. Let me give you a figure that you might find interesting. There are 33,300 employees at…

I yield myself 2 additional minutes. Now, you will say to me, Oh, it's future Federal employees, so it doesn't really matter. That's $15 billion of the $134 billion that has been proposed. They've already paid $60 billion, $60 billion. And…

I yield myself 2 additional minutes. So with respect to SGR, ladies and gentlemen, we're playing a game, and the doctors all over this country and the Medicare recipients all over this country know we're playing a game. We're giving them…