He says it was because of our committee. I will tell you, Mr. Speaker, we can't stop anything in committee. They have a majority on every committee and can bring a bill up tomorrow--the next hour if they decide to do so. Mr. McCARTHY. May…

The answer is no, Mr. Speaker. The answer is no, because we want to continue to have that on which we agree defeated by that on which we do not agree. That is the pattern. And when the gentleman says all those bipartisan bills, there were…

Reclaiming my time, my question was, will you agree--you talked a lot about NICS and where it is failing, and we can fix it. We agree with that. So what I am asking you--you put the Rutherford bill on. I think most of us are going to vote…

Reclaiming my time. With all due respect, Mr. Speaker, I indicated to the leader what I said, and I knew what I said, and I know what the facts are. The Republicans could not pass that bill on their own. There were over 60 Republicans who…

The leader spoke in a very calm and reasoned way. I will do the same. As an aside, I will tell you the CHIP bill passed on November 3, over a month after its authorization expired. Mr. Speaker, the majority leader talks about coming to…

It expired on September 30. You didn't bring it up until weeks after that. Mr. McCARTHY. With all due respect, I think you might want to ask your staff before you put that on record, with all due respect. Well, I am not sure you are…

With a President unwilling or unable to put the country and its security first, Congress must act.

We hope that our Republican colleagues can join us and put politics aside so we secure our elections.

It has been over a year since Russia's unprecedented assault on the country's elections in 2016.

We have 4 legislative days before those protected by DACA will be at risk. The Speaker has said he was going to address this issue. He has not at this point in time. The Speaker said on 9/23/2010: We will advance major legislation one…

I thank the gentleman for that information. Today, both Chambers have passed the CR that takes us to February 8. That leaves 17 calendar days. I was going to say it did 6\1/2\ legislative days, but the gentleman has now given up probably…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I am hopeful that we can agree on the underlying issue which led to the necessity for a CR and the temporary closing of government. That is the underlying agreement on what budget numbers will…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 266, nays 150, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 44] YEAS--266 Abraham Aderholt Allen Arrington Babin…

We have 10\1/2\ days remaining before we have another crisis in funding our government. Those are legislative days. We have more calendar days. Let us try to use every one of those days to reach agreement on funding the government so we…

It is important for us to understand why we are here. We are here because the Republican majority in the House and the Senate and the President of the United States have not funded the government. Secondly, we also are here because there…

Am I correct? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper parliamentary inquiry. ____________________

We are in the second day of this Trump shutdown because Republicans won't take yes for an answer. Senator Schumer went to the White House and had a deal with President Trump until the Freedom Caucus vetoed it and forced the President to go…

Am I parliamentarily correct that a continuing resolution is not necessary if, in fact, an appropriations bill has been passed to fund the government? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper parliamentary inquiry.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 224, nays 150, answered ``present'' 10, not voting 46, as follows: [Roll No. 38] YEAS--224 Aderholt Allen…

The Trump travesty continues, as it has for the last 12 months. We have heard our colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about the Children's Health Insurance Program. They are very concerned about its passage. Bring it to the…

Let me say at the outset, we ought to both put sanctimony aside. Both sides are accusing one another of closing down the government. Mr. Speaker, you voted to close down the government, and then you voted against opening it up. Both sides…

I urge my Republican colleagues who are in the majority and control the legislative process: end this shutdown. Use the authority you are asking for under this rule to bring to the floor the items on which we agree. {time} 1730 Mr…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 394, noes 0, not voting 36, as follows: [Roll No. 43] AYES--394 Adams Aderholt Aguilar Allen Amash Amodei Arrington Babin…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, if we had entertained my unanimous consent request, we could have accomplished all that the gentleman from Oregon, the chairman of the committee, just discussed. I will remind you that the…

I am stretching the parliamentary inquiry, the nature of this, but did the Speaker hear Mr. Meadows objecting to my unanimous consent request? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The request was not even entertained.