Steny Hoyer

Prince George's County is an ideal location for the new headquarters.

Consolidation will save money and enhance the FBI's ability to do its work.

The J. Edgar Hoover Building is in disrepair and does not comply with today's high-security standards.

The honoring of our agreement demands that we vote ``no'' on this and pass a CR that obviates the sequester. I urge my colleagues to defeat this CR so we can send a message to those who control this Chamber that we have a responsibility to…

Can I just reclaim my time? Because my point, I'll tell the leader, is that we didn't pay for what we bought. We kept buying but we didn't pay. I yield to my friend.

Is the gentleman aware that 2 weeks ago and this week the majority has denied us the opportunity to offer an alternative?

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I thank him for his work on this as well. This is a critically important issue, and I am hopeful that we can come to an agreement which will provide for the passage of that piece of legislation and…

Which deals with a cost of living increase. Am I correct? And I yield to my friend.

I thank the gentleman for his information. I might ask a preliminary question. When the gentleman refers to the bill that is to be considered next week, I presume he is referring to the cost of living adjustment increase? With that, I…

But I say to all of us, you will not get there with gimmicks. You will not get there with pretense. You will not get there with irresponsibility and kick the can down the road. I understand what you have done. You've taken your most…

We need to return to fiscal responsibility.

Compromise is not the art of perfection. By its very definition, a compromise contains elements that neither side likes. But it also contains pieces both sides can embrace.

We need to return to fiscal responsibility.

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

I thank the gentleman for his intent there. I would simply observe that the gentleman observed and he was correct, obviously, that FEMA indicated it has some resources to go through the beginning of the year. There are, as the gentleman…

I thank the gentleman. I don't think he answered my question about the debt limit, therefore, my presumption is unfortunately it will continue to be an item used as leverage, holding hostage the creditworthiness of the United States to…

Well, of course, again, we have a disagreement. And this list--I can't read it either, so you couldn't read it from there.

If the gentleman will yield, what I have said is everything needs to be on the table, not that I agreed with everything that would be on the table. I have some very substantial reservations about age increase. Particularly--it was in the…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. We had originally thought that we would not be meeting on Monday. I want to make it clear to Members that the majority leader has indicated that we will be meeting on Monday and coming in at 6:30, so…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. At this point in time, I yield to my friend, Mr. Cantor, the majority leader, for that purpose.

We'll put that on the floor, and every Member of this House, all 435 Members, will have the opportunity to say to the American people, Yes, on December 12, we're going to tell you that on January 1 your taxes will not go up. Give us that…

I thank the gentleman. Obviously, we are coming here to meet and we're focused on the fiscal cliff, but there are other things that we could be, hopefully, resolving in the time that we have available to us between now and the end of the…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I thank him for the early notice on next Friday. First, Mr. Leader, if I could, we have the ending as next Thursday. I want to clarify for Members so that they know: we will not be in session next…

I would be glad to yield to my friend, the majority leader, for his favorite 10 or 15 or 20 minutes of the week to inquire of the schedule for the week to come.

I thank my friend. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________