Steny Hoyer

Is the compromise we take the wall or we shut down the government? Is that the compromise? Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield.

What is the solution? Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, do you know what the solution is? Sit down with us and come to a compromise, not that it is his way or no way. Mr. Speaker, let me ask the gentleman a question.

Why not? Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, because between those two bills, the gentleman held all of his Members to vote ``no,'' the same way he did with taxes, the same way he did with children's health, the same way he did on many other…

Did they pass those bills? Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, no, we did not.

Reclaiming my time, everybody likes to talk about the Senate. What the gentleman has ignored is that I said the bill is in committee and in 340 days has not been brought to this floor. If that is the gentleman's policy, he has not brought…

I am pointing out that when the gentleman says we didn't pass the appropriations bills, when I said we passed all 12 through the House, we did not shut down government. We ultimately got to a resolution of the differences between us. Mr…

The gentleman is talking about here? Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, here, yes.

Not that year. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman voted. He whipped.

Is the gentlemen aware we did not shut down government? Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, no, I am not. I was here. The gentleman shut down the government.

Not necessarily one by one. We like his process, perhaps. I hope he likes it as much as he liked it the first time when he got that process, because I may--I have learned from the majority leader's skill and judgment so that we---- Mr…

The gentleman is correct. We passed all 12 bills. We passed them one by one so that we can consider each one, and they went to the Senate. Unfortunately, the Senate didn't act in a fashion that I would hope. I will tell the gentleman, it…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Let me observe with respect to the gentleman's comment about we did send five bills, 75 percent of government spending, discretionary spending to the President. The President signed it. But when he…

I thank the majority leader for that information. I would reiterate what the majority leader has said because I believe this is accurate. There will be no votes before Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. next week--no votes prior to 6:30 p.m. next…

Thank you. We look forward to being back on November 13. I thank the majority leader. ____________________

Or the week after. Is there a possibility, from that, that we may be here during the month of October? Mr. McCARTHY. No. I thank the gentleman for his question. November 13, if I am correct, is the first time we will come back, and…

I thank the gentleman for the information. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for that observation. My presumption, therefore, is, if the conference cannot come to agreement, I would presume that we would have an extension on those three bills and others that might need that. Is that accurate…

So the gentleman's hope is to vote on these conference reports prior to the 30th of September? I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I continue to monitor the conference…

I thank the gentleman for his information. And the minibus that he referred to is what we refer to, I guess, as the first minibus. Has that conference report been completed at this point in time, Mr. Leader? I yield to my friend. Mr…

Voted ``present,'' Mr. Speaker, voted ``present.'' Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

This has gone on longer than it should have. But it has given us time to look at a MILCON-VA vote on May 15, 2008, in which the majority leader, on a substantive vote, not a resolution that was nonbinding, but a substantive appropriations…

They didn't vote ``present.'' I voted ``present'' because I wanted to say to the leader, Mr. Speaker, I am not going to take it or leave it. He wants to make me look like I am not for law enforcement when I have been for law enforcement in…

He says something about the Democratic Socialist Party--it is my time. It is my time, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Dunn). Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair. Mr. McCARTHY. May I ask the gentleman--the…

Reclaiming my time, the gentleman knows damn well that is not the case, and I am tired of hearing him demagogue about that. I expect him to do it between now and the election, but the gentleman is not honest when he does it, and he knows…

I will do that. I will tell you, you are correct in saying that I did not support the omni, but I did support the proposition. Mr. McCARTHY. In saying that, you just recently said you supported CHIP, but you voted against it because you…