The majority leader may not know, and I certainly understand that. We will see what differences might exist. If there are any substantive changes in the bill, we would hope that it would be subjected to a hearing or at least a markup. But…

Is that what the gentleman is telling me? I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. It is similar to every other bill we move. They will post it before they mark it up so everybody can see it and debate it.

Before then, we cannot see it. Mr. McCARTHY. If the gentleman yields, I will answer his question.

In other words, they will mark it up before anybody in the public, including a Member of the House of Representatives---- Mr. McCARTHY. No.

So I am correct, then, that the bill will be the same bill that we passed last year? Is that accurate? Mr. McCARTHY. It is not the exact same, but it reflects the work of the NDAA. It is a bipartisan agreement. It is also--you will find as…

The gentleman just indicated that this will be the bill that we passed last year. Mr. McCARTHY. This bill reflects the 2017 NDAA, which passed with 375 votes in the House and 92 votes in the Senate.

Is the majority leader not aware of whether there will be a markup on the bill or will it come directly to the floor through the Rules Committee? Mr. McCARTHY. It will come straight to the floor.

Do you know when it will be marked up? I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentleman for yielding. We passed this bill last year, working together with others. You will see the bill reposted, and we will…

I thank the gentleman from Peoria. Well, maybe not exactly Peoria, but Bradley University. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor one of the most decent, patriotic Americans with whom I have ever served in any legislative body. I had the great honor…

I thank Speaker Ryan for yielding. He admonished us to be brief. So, Joyce, I will be brief. Often I rise on this floor when we have extraordinary staffers retire on either side of the aisle, Republican or Democrat, and observe what an…

No, it's not clear to me. It's not clear to me that this was the only conversation. It clearly is the conversation in focus now. But it is I think clearly deserves investigation because, frankly, they knew about this three weeks before it…

Very frankly, President Trump as a candidate and frankly going forward has said things which are not corroborated by facts. Kellyanne Conway may like alternative facts but Senator Moynihan said we're all entitled to our opinion but the…

Absolutely. There's no way that his resignation takes care of this event. And very frankly, Mr. Chaffetz nor Mr. Nunez, who chairs the intelligence committee, would have thought that had this been Mrs. Clinton in the same position. I'm…

I thank the gentleman for the schedule of regulations to come. I am sure we will have some discussions about that next week. In fact, we are going to have some discussions about all of these regulations which we believe reduce the…

May I ask the gentleman from California to do something? The advice that the gentleman gives to his children about taking a breath, perhaps before they tweet---- Mr. McCARTHY. My kids don't tweet.

I thank the gentleman for his comment. I think we have demonstrated over the years that we ascribe to that concept. My point to you is, in the first 10 or 12 days of this administration, that concept has been put at great risk. I think the…

That is good advice as well. Would you give that advice to the President of the United States and tell him to take a breath before he makes policy or before he offends our allies or before he creates great fear in those who hear what he…

I think that is an excellent quote, which I still agree with. Mr. McCARTHY. So you know the importance. What I would say to the gentleman is: let's work with this administration. As we sat in our meeting this week with leaders of other…

Going to go to another subject, Mr. Leader, obviously, we are very concerned about the Affordable Care Act, but we are also very concerned--as we talked about executive orders on this refugee ban that were issued, according to almost…

I thank the majority leader for his comments. I don't think he wants me to delve very deeply into why we do not have a Secretary of Health and Human Services. It is because the Republicans have not produced nor has the nominee produced…

I thank the gentleman. We are not in agreement, Mr. Speaker. What we will be doing would be 180 degrees different. We would not be pretending that we are going to repeal an Affordable Care Act that has been a success. We do not agree, Mr…

I can clarify that for the gentleman. Mr. McCARTHY. I heard your question. Your question asked it both ways. Regardless of who won the election, the simple fact is ObamaCare is a failure. Regardless of who won the election, we would both…

I have always been a strong ally of the disability community and have paid close attention to the concerns many have had with this rule. I'm proud to have been the lead sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, which opened…

I rise out of deep concern for our country, our people, and those who serve us in uniform. The executive order signed by President Trump on Friday has not only sown chaos and created a backlash being felt across the world, it is also…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and urge that we bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban on children, like a 5-year-old that came to Dulles Airport with another family. Her mother was waiting for her, and…