Thirty-eight. So I have to run one more time at least. Right, Nick? But in any event, I like to be with each of you every year that you come back here. As I say, I see some of you. And the Historical Society obviously does a wonderful job…

President Stearns and Vice President Frost, and Tom, who is going to tell you what to do, welcome back; although, I see a lot of you, from time to time, as you walk the halls and remind us of the good old days. We have had quite a session…

I am about to end. My point to you is we need to work together to make sure that our citizens do not believe that if you make an agreement with the other side you have sold out. I don't care which side you are on. Democracy is about…

Last week on the east front outside the Capitol on the lawn, I met with a group of DREAMers. DREAMers, of course, refers to young Americans who were brought here as children without proper documentation, but who have grown up in our…

If the gentleman will continue to yield, I thank him for giving us an update. I also thank him for the consideration of our Members who live in the southeast and scheduling Harvey early and then no votes subsequent to that because I have…

Could the majority leader give us some idea so, when Members leave, they will have some idea of next week's schedule? I know we are going to discuss that tomorrow as well, but it might be useful to do it tonight as well, just to give them…

Let me say to my colleagues, this is not the way to do it. John McCain gave a compelling speech on the floor of the United States Senate as he was challenged with a brain tumor and thinking deeply about what we ought to do. And he said: We…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Initially, I want to say that I hope that very soon, in a bipartisan way, we will bring a DACA bill to this floor. Let me quote what President Trump said last night. Trump tweeted that he wanted to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent, in order to carry out the Speaker's expressed intent, to bring up H.R. 3440, the DREAM Act, to protect DREAMers like Jean, who studies at the University of Maryland…

There is a lot of disorder in Washington, D.C.: There is chaos and conflict and confrontation in the White House. There is conflict within the majority party in the House of Representatives. There was a representation that we were going to…

Let us stand up for this institution. Let us stand up for regular order. Let us stand up for not ducking the tough issues. Let us reject this rule, and then let us go back to regular order and hopefully do so in a bipartisan way and do…

This rule ought to be rejected. It is not the regular order, it is not good policy, and it is not good for the institution of the House of Representatives or for the country. The border wall is controversial, and many people in the Trump…

It is now 7 months since the start of the 115th Congress, and 6 months since Republicans have controlled all the levers of power of our government, and all we have seen are broken promises. Donald Trump and our Republican colleagues in…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the United States Senate is now considering what is called a ``skinny bill'' on the Affordable Care Act. The Senators are being told that they are voting for that bill to send it over here…

Yesterday we watched as Senator John McCain returned to the Capitol after having been diagnosed with cancer and undergoing a serious operation. All of us are praying for his swift and full recovery. In earlier days, as we all know, he…

I served actively on the Appropriations Committee for 23 years. I am still a member on leave. Never, in the 36 years that I have been here, have I seen an omnibus appropriation bill or a minibus appropriation bill brought to the floor…

It is incumbent upon us, Mr. Chairman, to work together to pass a fiscally responsible budget agreement that lifts the sequester caps. We cannot simply skip to appropriations without determining what our budget priorities are first. It is…

I thank Ranking Member Engel for yielding. And I thank Mr. Royce for his hard work on this bill. I have said this before and I will say it again: Mr. Royce, as chairman, and Mr. Engel, as ranking member, are an example for, frankly, all of…

Frankly, all four of us--yourself and your leadership, Mr. Engel, the majority leader, and I--were privileged to work together in a way that, as I said at the beginning, was constructive and that, I think, has resulted in a very good…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. It is an amendment made in Rules. Is that going to be an amendment that will be made in order for full consideration and debate on the floor of the House of Representatives? Madam Speaker, I yield to…

I understand the majority leader's reticence to answer the question because he says he can't speak for the Rules Committee. I understand that. But the fact of the matter is this is an important issue. It ought to be considered by the…

I thank the majority leader for that answer. Given the fact that, as the gentleman has pointed out, this was made a major issue by the administration during the campaign, in light of the fact that there are many members of his own…

I thank the gentleman. Now, the gentleman mentioned that the border wall was going to be fully paid for. The Homeland Security bill is not a part of the package that includes four bills. Madam Speaker, can the gentleman tell me what bill…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come, and I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the majority leader. (Mr. McCARTHY asked and was given permission to revise and…

I thank the majority leader for the information that he has given us. Suffice it to say there are a couple of these bills, obviously, that give us great pause. But having said that, the Appropriations Committee, over the last few weeks…