I thank the gentleman for that information. I would now like to ask him, we passed the DOD Appropriations bill and sent that to the Senate. We have already done the MILCON bill. And I am wondering--there are ten remaining bills--whether…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, we have had, literally, tens of thousands of hearings that have dealt with almost every issue that this House considers. I suppose I should take from the majority leader's discussion…

It may not be true of your constituents, but most of my constituents were asleep between 12 and 6 this morning.

I just came from the Energy and Commerce Committee. That committee, along with the Ways and Means Committee and the Education and the Workforce Committee, is seized of the responsibility to consider the harmful American Health Care Act…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- vote minute vote on the motion to adjourn will be followed by a 5- minute vote on adoption of House Resolution 174…

I have a parliamentary inquiry of the Chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Duncan of Tennessee). The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Can the Chair tell me whether the CBO has scored the American Health Care Act, which is currently being marked up in the Ways and Means Committee? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper parliamentary inquiry.

The Republicans released a bill last night. That bill deals with every American's welfare--every American's welfare--every child's welfare in this country. None of them were able to testify before the committee, before the committee marks…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the majority leader and my friend. =========================== NOTE…

I don't know whether that is a ``yes'' or a ``no'' or ``I don't intend to tell you,'' but it certainly does not tell me whether the majority leader knows that. I would suggest to the chairman of the committee, though, Mr. Speaker, that the…

I thank the majority leader for his comments. Let me say that I was very disappointed to learn that Mr. Nunes, at the request of the administration, talked to members of the press before the investigations have occurred, before they have…

Lastly, Mr. Speaker, I want to say to my friend, the majority leader, that I look forward to working with him. I see that he recently observed that the attorney general ought to recuse himself in dealing with issues of the relationship…

Well, I think that is some degree of clarity in terms of the markup, and no hearing, no witnesses, and I presume no CBO score to tell us how much that legislation is going to cost. Now, Mr. Leader, two things. One is certainly less global…

There are so many comments I could make in response to that. No one today on this floor is questioning the legitimacy of President Trump's Presidency--period. What I said was that more people voted for the candidate who wanted to keep the…

I thank the gentleman. I will close on this subject, unless the majority leader would like to make a comment. He does know I like quotes. Mr. Leader, you said the following: This bill is being pushed through because the majority in the…

I ask you: Do you expect the Budget Committee to have a hearing on it? I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. I expect to follow regular order. When a bill goes through Energy and Commerce and a bill comes through Ways and Means, it will then…

I thank the gentleman, but that was not my question, whether the chairman of the committee knows. Maybe the gentleman does not know, in which case he can say no. My question is: Does the gentleman know whether a markup is scheduled for…

Is the leader telling me that he does not know personally whether a markup is scheduled on the Affordable Care Act repeal next week? I yield to my friend. {time} 1145 Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentleman for asking. That is a question to…

Mr. Leader, reclaiming my time, that is not regular order. I have been here a long time. You have been here a long time. That is not regular order. Regular order is you introduce a bill, you go up to this desk, and you put a bill in. We…

Mr. Leader, you can be assured that history will show that. Can I see the bill today? Mr. McCARTHY. You are not on that committee, so you can look at it when we mark it up.

I thank the gentleman for his comment. It is, therefore, extraordinarily sad that we have spent 6 years with only one option that the majority would pursue: repeal. Not fix, not make it work better, not ensure that people can afford their…

I have some more. Mr. McCARTHY. Now you have gone beyond. You now bring in rumors. I give you credit there. You have been here quite some time, much longer than I. I agree with you, this is a very big issue. That is why, for the last 6…

I appreciate that, Mr. Leader, if that is your goal; and I hope that, in fact, we can pursue that goal. Very frankly, we believe that the scenario is being set up to take care of the defense bill. I voted for the defense bill. I was one of…

I thank the majority leader for that observation. I agree with the majority leader that subjecting the Defense Appropriations or any other appropriation is not a tenable or appropriate policy to pursue. The gentleman knows we were for an…

I thank the gentleman for that information. The gentleman mentions the Defense Appropriations bill is going to be brought forward. It is my understanding that the text was just introduced this morning. Is that accurate? Mr. McCARTHY. Yes.