As the gentleman knows, we share views, as he has expressed, and we are awaiting committee action. When the committee acts, we will make a determination of how to go forward.

I have nothing further to say. I thank the gentleman from Louisiana.

Well, of course, as the gentleman well knows, we have, Madam Speaker, passed many substantive pieces of legislation. We have sent to the Senate H.R. 1, a very broad-reaching reform bill trying to ensure voting rights and access for…

Today's vote, obviously, we had two very substantive pieces of legislation, one of which is going now to the President, and the other of which--the Violence Against Women Act--had a signature bipartisan vote, as the gentleman knows, passed…

We are both lamenting that fact. On Monday, Madam Speaker, the House will meet at 12 p.m. for morning- hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, the House will meet at 10 a.m. for…

I thank the gentleman for his question. As the gentleman knows, Madam Speaker, the House voted on this bill during the last two Congresses. The most recent time it was brought to the floor, the gentleman and his party were in control of…

I thank my friend, Mr. Scalise, for yielding. I also thank him for not mentioning the LSU-Maryland game one more time.

As I said, I agree with the gentleman's objective and position with respect to BDS. The committee has legislation before it and is considering it. As you know, Mr. Schneider and Mr. Nadler, I think, are the cosponsors of that legislation…

I thank the gentleman for his comment. Of course, there was no budget last year until very, very late in the year. What was done was what we will certainly make sure we do very early on, which is to try to establish the numbers, which, of…

As the gentleman may know, the Speaker invited Mr. Lighthizer to address members of the Democratic Caucus on where we stood. As you know, that agreement has not been submitted. The Speaker said the other day that, in order to consider that…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank all of those who have been involved in getting this to the floor. This bill is a critically important bill and, unfortunately, its authorization expired last year. It is…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I would hope that we could do what the gentleman from Oregon wants to do and work together in a bipartisan fashion. I will say to him, however, that his party was in control from 2011 to last year…

I would ask my friend: Is he at all concerned that somebody that he didn't mention, Mr. Flynn, was, in fact, indicted and convicted of lying about his relationship with the Russians and his having clients in Europe, in Ukraine, which he…

I don't think I will respond to all of that, time being of the essence, I suppose. The gentleman represents a party who held eight hearings, all headed by Republicans, on Mrs. Clinton. All eight reached the same conclusion, but the first…

I think it keeps getting worse. In any event, we will move on to the schedule. I congratulate LSU. They played an excellent game, as did Maryland. It was a really good game. There has to be one winner and one loser, and we lost. We have…

Will the gentleman yield? The Mueller report is not out. The only report that is out is the Barr four-page letter report.

You had a lot to say. I have something in response. There is not a person on our side of the aisle who doesn't believe the letter that you issued regarding Mr. Schiff isn't totally a partisan distraction from what you hope is not found…

I want the public, Mr. Speaker, to understand that a caps deal is not a budget. They are two separate items: A budget is a plan for expenditure on defense and nondefense objectives. A caps deal is to simply set not necessarily those…

I appreciate, Mr. Speaker, a lot of words of the minority whip. He didn't pass the budget last year. There was no fiscal year 2019 budget. He is correct that we had reached a caps deal. That is not the budget, Mr. Speaker. A budget is a…

What it found is six of the President's closest associates--his campaign manager, his deputy campaign manager, his foreign policy adviser, his national security adviser, his lawyer and counsel for over a decade--all committed crimes. All…

I thank the chairman for yielding. I thank the ranking member for his service, and his leadership as chairman. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to reject the President's executive order and to support this resolution. Mr. Speaker, I rise in…

I asked the gentleman a simple question. He asked me about when the budget was coming, and I asked him when did he bring the budget to the floor last year.

I anticipated this was going to be an extraordinarily hostile colloquy. Louisiana was so incredibly lucky. However, it cost me, I admit to the world, I guess. I hope I don't get in legal trouble. But the Republican whip and I had a little…

It is a very interesting question, Mr. Speaker, that the minority whip asked me. I would ask, in response, a question: Does the minority whip remember when last year, when you were in charge, you brought the budget to the floor?

I rise out of a deep concern for our country and its ability to sustain investments in growing our economy and making opportunities available for our people. Our country suffered the longest government shutdown in its history just a few…