I thank the chairman for yielding. I want to thank the gentleman from Georgia, who is my friend; and I want to respectfully say to him: This resolution is not about partisanship. It is about prejudice and the necessity to confront it. Mr…

I know the gentleman is concerned. We share that concern, and we share the concern for the people of south Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the House will meet at noon for morning-hour debate, 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes…

I thank the gentleman for his comment, Joe Wilson, of course, a member of his party. Joe Wilson filed that bill five Congresses ago, 8 years ago, and it languished. It was not brought to the floor. It did not pass. I understand the…

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, before I get into the schedule, I know that all of our thoughts are with my good friends in Louisiana and my good friend who represents Louisiana, his constituents, and the people of Louisiana…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I would simply say that he said the entire State of Maine. Maybe he missed the fact that I said 27 million people, under this bill, are going to get an increase in their salary and in their ability to…

I only want to say that I do not accept the premise that anything in this bill we just passed with a majority vote undermines training, operations, or acquisitions, period.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We did have a meeting, and in a bipartisan fashion, I think we are all hopeful that we can pass the USMCA. I was here when we passed NAFTA, as was the Speaker. There were a number of promises made, as…

Obviously, we could debate a bill we just passed, a bill that has been debated on this floor for 3 days, a bill that was chairmanned and supported by somebody equally, if not more, bipartisan in terms of his work over the years on this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think we have exhausted that subject. I think the positions have not changed since 1938, and I don't expect them to change in the next few minutes.

I thank the gentleman for his observations. He, I think, told a partial story of the CBO study and some other studies. Of course, he mentioned the city of Baltimore. The problem with the city of Baltimore, as the mayor who vetoed it…

Congratulations, Chairman Smith, on bringing to the floor an excellent bill. I want to also congratulate Mr. Thornberry from Texas, a responsible Member of this Congress, a responsible member of the minority, and a person who has been a…

I agree with the Republican whip that these were productive meetings between Prime Minister Trudeau and members of his cabinet: the finance minister, the ambassador, the foreign minister was there. I think they were productive. I think our…