I would inquire of the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) whether or not he is opposed to the conference report.

I now yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the ranking member of the Budget Committee.

In that event, I claim the time in opposition to the conference report. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XXII, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp), the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin), and the gentleman from…

These are all scheduling questions. These are scheduling questions as to whether or not we're going to have legislation on the floor that can get us from where we are to where we want to be. The gentleman knows that the Senate has passed a…

I'm not playing gotcha. I want to figure out whether this is a jobs bill. We haven't had a jobs bill in over 400 days. I yield to the gentleman from Virginia.

I thank the gentleman for his comment. Am I to take it, therefore, he disagrees with Speaker Boehner when Speaker Boehner said, just a few days ago, We're not making the claim that spending taxpayer money on transportation projects creates…

I thank the gentleman for that comment. I think the American people apparently don't think we're accomplishing that objective that you want to accomplish by virtue of their response to the polls about what they think of the job that we've…

I thank the gentleman. The gentleman says full time, but very frankly there wasn't participation by everybody in this full discussion. In fact, as I said last week and I will reiterate this week, because he hasn't changed his position, Ray…

It's my understanding, Mr. Leader, this bill is over 1,000 pages long. It was marked up just shortly after it was introduced and finalized. Is the gentleman concerned by the length of that bill and the short time that Members have to…

I thank the gentleman for his comment. The gentleman has a habit that, frankly, disturbs me, I'll tell my friend. I didn't say that at all. As a matter of fact, my last comment was I think it ought to be paid for. Now, let me explain what…

Well, the gentleman has talked a lot but hasn't answered my question. And the question was a simple one: Do you believe the same principle applies to the '01-'03 tax cuts as applied to the middle income working people's tax cut that we're…

What I was confusing was your rhetoric now and your rhetoric as it related to a bill that was longer in pages but had 10 times a greater period of time for debate and discussion, considered by an extraordinarily large number of committees…