Steny Hoyer

Where it is is not articulated in the bill, but you don't say if there are two employees in the example I have given, Madam Chair, whether or not the employer can say: Employee A, you are going to take some comp time, so would you work an…

I thank the gentleman, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the majority leader for the information on the schedule for next week. I would ask him, with respect to Korea, that being on the floor-- also, as I understand it, the committee has been working on a Syria sanctions bill. Obviously…

I urge every one of my colleagues--there are not a lot of people on the floor, Mr. Speaker, but I hope they are watching on television--to understand that the basic responsibility that we have of ensuring the functioning of the government…

I thank the gentleman for that information. If I hear what the gentleman just said, my interpretation is that we don't expect anything next week, but that does not mean that we don't expect something in the future. Is that a correct…

I appreciate the gentleman's information, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I am not going to tell the gentleman, but it was a good fishing trip that the gentleman was on. I thank the gentleman, but my assumption is that Members can be relatively confident, based upon what we are going to do and what you are going…

Can the gentleman tell us how long you anticipate the debate on the bill itself would be? Obviously, I am asking that in the context of when can Members believe that we may be concluding tomorrow's business? Mr. Speaker, I yield to my…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Leader, if the Rules Committee meets, say, at 9 a.m., and you said the earliest vote at 10 a.m., obviously, a lot of our Members are focused on what time they have to be here to make sure they make a vote, and…

I thank the gentleman. May I ask, do you know when the Rules Committee will meet, Mr. Majority Leader? I yield to the gentleman. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. The Rules Committee will meet tomorrow morning…

I ask that the gentleman's words be taken down. I have never had such a vicious attack made on me. But I must admit I was deeply disappointed last night. My congratulations to the young men at Xavier and their coach, but my, my, my, I was…

It will probably be my last question. I have an additional observation. Mr. McCARTHY. Before I depart, though, I would like, Mr. Speaker, to wish my friend from the other side of the aisle a very happy St. Patrick's Day. I do apologize. I…

Are they available now to be reviewed prior to them coming up later in the month? I yield to the gentleman. Mr. McCARTHY. Yes. The committee has marked them up.

The third bill and the fourth bill. Mr. McCARTHY. Those will be later in the month. Next week we will have two of those up that you referred to.

Reclaiming my time, just to clarify, Mr. Speaker, that the bill to which he is referring is not the bill to which I was referring. I was referring to the Affordable Care Act and improvement of the Affordable Care Act. He is now referring…

It may not be true of your constituents, but most of my constituents were asleep between 12 and 6 this morning.

I have a parliamentary inquiry of the Chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Duncan of Tennessee). The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

I ask you: Do you expect the Budget Committee to have a hearing on it? I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. I expect to follow regular order. When a bill goes through Energy and Commerce and a bill comes through Ways and Means, it will then…

I thank the gentleman, but that was not my question, whether the chairman of the committee knows. Maybe the gentleman does not know, in which case he can say no. My question is: Does the gentleman know whether a markup is scheduled for…

Is the leader telling me that he does not know personally whether a markup is scheduled on the Affordable Care Act repeal next week? I yield to my friend. {time} 1145 Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentleman for asking. That is a question to…

Is that what the gentleman is telling me? I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. It is similar to every other bill we move. They will post it before they mark it up so everybody can see it and debate it.

Before then, we cannot see it. Mr. McCARTHY. If the gentleman yields, I will answer his question.

In other words, they will mark it up before anybody in the public, including a Member of the House of Representatives---- Mr. McCARTHY. No.

Mr. Leader, you can be assured that history will show that. Can I see the bill today? Mr. McCARTHY. You are not on that committee, so you can look at it when we mark it up.

So I am correct, then, that the bill will be the same bill that we passed last year? Is that accurate? Mr. McCARTHY. It is not the exact same, but it reflects the work of the NDAA. It is a bipartisan agreement. It is also--you will find as…