Steny Hoyer

I thank the gentleman for that. Will that continuing resolution be clean, from the gentleman's standpoint--that is to say, it will not include other items on it--or does the gentleman have any anticipation that other items might be…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I presume the CR, or continuing resolution, is anticipated, as the gentleman referenced. Is that accurate? Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me. Mr. Speaker, I agree with everything the gentleman said. Maybe he is not the best floor director--I have got a pretty good one myself--but he is a very, very good floor director.

I thank the gentleman. It is my understanding that that will be on the floor as early as Tuesday of next week. Is that accurate? Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Yes, that is accurate.

I thank the gentleman for his kind comments and for the information he gave. As a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee he is, I think, as knowledgeable about the history of these tax cuts as anyone can be, so I thank the gentleman…

I believe I did. No? I am checking on it. But I am saying here, publicly, I voted for the ACA. I think the ACA was good for the country, and one of the pay-fors we said we would pay for, and we did, one of the pay-fors was IPAB. If we want…

I didn't yield yet. I simply say to my friend, had I instructed or the leader instructed, that outcome may have been different. However, there are some really substantive issues that we had, we had for a long time, we negotiated for a long…

I am chagrined that I have stunned my friend, the majority leader. Yes, we don't agree with some of those pay-fors. I happen to, by the way, agree. There is no reason why a lottery winner of millions of dollars ought to be on Medicaid. Mr…

I am pleased that SCHIP is on the committee's agenda for next week. Hopefully, that can be brought to the floor before we leave in this work period, perhaps just before or just after the Dream Act is brought to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I…

I appreciate that. You mentioned SCHIP. Can you refer to the Perkins Loan Program? Does the gentleman know whether that is also moving forward? Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for…

Mr. Leader, will it assume the repeal of the ACA in fiscal year '17 or fiscal year '18, either one of those years, which clearly has not seemed possible at this point in time? I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank my…

I am about to end. My point to you is we need to work together to make sure that our citizens do not believe that if you make an agreement with the other side you have sold out. I don't care which side you are on. Democracy is about…

Could the majority leader give us some idea so, when Members leave, they will have some idea of next week's schedule? I know we are going to discuss that tomorrow as well, but it might be useful to do it tonight as well, just to give them…

Let us stand up for this institution. Let us stand up for regular order. Let us stand up for not ducking the tough issues. Let us reject this rule, and then let us go back to regular order and hopefully do so in a bipartisan way and do…

Frankly, all four of us--yourself and your leadership, Mr. Engel, the majority leader, and I--were privileged to work together in a way that, as I said at the beginning, was constructive and that, I think, has resulted in a very good…

I am enthralled by it, Mr. Majority Leader. Mr. McCARTHY. And just to clarify, I get no royalties. The Wounded Veterans get the money, and I am thankful that you buy it. But if I may finish with this, the Rules Committee will act. The…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. It is an amendment made in Rules. Is that going to be an amendment that will be made in order for full consideration and debate on the floor of the House of Representatives? Madam Speaker, I yield to…

I thank the gentleman. I share that view that we want to get this done as soon as possible. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank my friend from Alaska (Mr. Young) for his leadership on this effort, a Representative on the most recent State. I didn't want to take all of his time.

I want to join my friend who has been such a great leader in dealing with those who have associations with our country but are not States. I join with his remarks. The Puerto Rican election that was held overwhelmingly voted for statehood…

I thank the gentleman for his information. Mr. Speaker, it is a time for us to be together, to be united as Americans, not as Republicans or Democrats, Liberals or Conservatives, and I thank the majority leader for his leadership in that…

I presume, therefore, Members ought to be prepared for that bill to come forward, and what we hear, we don't know, is in a revised form. Mr. Speaker, we hope, if it comes forward in a revised form, that it is accompanied with a…

I asked a question, though, you did not address. If, in fact, the healthcare bill were brought to the floor tomorrow, would it have a score from the Congressional Budget Office? I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentleman for…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for tomorrow, and I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy). Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the House will vote on H.R. 1644, our North Korean…

I understand that. My example was totally a voluntary commitment by someone who will work for comp time. This is a bill, as I said at the beginning, you can work more and get less. Mr. Speaker, we ought to defeat this bill because…