Steny Hoyer

Can the gentleman tell me what type of rule is anticipated? Will it be open or modified open rules on these two bills?

No, sir. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Leader. Mr. DeLAY. If the gentleman is not going to let me respond and interrupt me, then this colloquy can end.

I certainly will yield to the leader, but before I do, do you see my point, Mr. Leader? Either one of us could protect ourselves. Either one of us, your side could protect yourselves by your five holding firm. Our side could protect…

I certainly will, but let me make one additional point. Every previous change that I know of, and you and I have been here about the same time. I have been here perhaps a couple of years longer than you. Every change that I know of in the…

Reclaiming my time, some of us do not believe that is quite as obvious as the gentleman does. I yield back to the gentleman. Mr. DeLAY. I appreciate the gentleman yielding. I do recall that in the last Congress when we approached the…

I take this time for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the coming week. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay). Mr. DeLAY. I thank the distinguished…

I would hope on that bill, because of its great importance to the security of the Nation and to all of our consumers of energy, which is to say all of us, that we would have as broad a consideration of it as possible so that we could get…

I believe that all of us are united today, hopefully, in saluting the courageous Iraqi people who turned out to vote on Sunday. I know that every Member of the body commends the bravery and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform whose…

I think that the votes will be there on our side for, I hear a figure of very close to $300 billion being mentioned. I think on this side of the aisle in talking to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), we will be obviously…

We are hopeful that we can in fact work together in a bipartisan fashion, as seems to be started by the Senate and in this House as well, to accomplish the objective of the early passage of a reorganization to make us better to respond to…

With today's vote, the House and the Senate have now both gone on record in a bipartisan fashion in overruling the overtime regulations which were perceived obviously by a majority of the House and a majority of the other body as putting…

The tax simplification purpose of ours is not going to be just tonight, it was not just 3 days ago when I gave a statement to the press and to others; it is a commitment that we have for all Americans to make this a fairer, simpler system…

Mr. Speaker, that is speculation and I hate to speculate, but I know that this House has voted several times on these issues, and I know that the House wants to see a 10 percent tax bracket, the marriage penalty, and the child tax credit…

Mr. Leader, there has been a lot of discussion, and I have read some things in the newspaper and heard discussions, about the child tax credit bill which has been pending for some time in conference. Can the gentleman tell me whether or…

I heard the assertion of the lack of experience in the majority, but my question was: Was the Vice President wrong?

In just one second. Mr. Speaker, I suppose, then, the question becomes, in the context of situational ethics, has something changed that has brought about this recognition of it as a lack of corruption, lack of undermining the democratic…

I want to rise with the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney) in strong support of report language that was offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) during the June 23 markup of the bill before us today. I applaud the Committee on…

I think this budget enforcement process bill is a very important piece of legislation. It defines who we are and where we want to take this country, and I am saying, ``we'' the House and both parties, and I think a free and open debate…

I think we share that view. There are obviously differences on how to accomplish the objective but, clearly, the objective; that is, of ensuring a responsible management of the fiscal affairs of this country, is obviously of concern to all…

We love this House. We believe this House plays a very unique role in this democracy. It is called the People's house, a House to which one can be elected but not appointed. It is a House where the passions and wisdom of the people are…

I think it is vitally needed for fiscal discipline in this Congress, and I would anticipate, whether the budget passes or not, that we would see a budget enforcement bill come to the floor.

The hope is that we will, in fact, move this piece of legislation and that there will be a bipartisan attempt made to move this legislation which is critical to our country, and a bipartisan agreement would be reached, as the leader points…

I do not see it that way. Clearly, as the gentleman has just pointed out, there is not agreement. I think we could get agreement if we could allow the minority to have some sense that they knew the parameters of where we were going, and I…

Clearly, all of us know that the pay-as-you-go provision has been apparently the stumbling block in the reaching of an agreement between the two Houses. There was, as I understand it, our expectation was that there would be a freestanding…

Because I understand what the gentleman is saying, I think it is important to note that every working person in America pays taxes. We call it FICA tax, and 50 percent of Americans pay more FICA tax than they do, but we are using, as the…