We have seen that notion disproven several times over, and the results of experimenting with that idea have been higher deficits and a ballooning debt that fuel Republican efforts to disinvest in our future and to dismantle Medicare…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as for the last speaker, I heard that speech in 1981. I heard it in 2001. I heard it in 2003. The certainty of this bill is that we will explode further deficits and provide for…

I thank the gentleman for the information. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank my friend for yielding. Can the leader tell me what the expectation would be for Members on Friday as to when would be a target date to complete business on Friday? Mr. McCARTHY. We will convene at 9 a.m. It is our anticipation as…

Within the next few days, the House could take up a tax package that extends a number of tax breaks permanently. The cost of such a package runs in the $600 billion to $800 billion range--none of which is paid for--ballooning our deficits…

As we all know, the public's perception-- because that is what is covered most--is the confrontation that occurs between the parties, the differences that we have. But one thing that is a reality that the public ought to feel good about is…

I thank the gentleman for that comment. The only thing I would add, Mr. Speaker, is there is also a tax extender bill that is being discussed. The tax extenders are some of the items that Members on both sides of the aisle believe are…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I would say to him that--and I think he knows and I know--although I don't think either of us is directly involved in the hour-to-hour negotiations that are going on--but, nevertheless…

I thank the gentleman. To further clarify, I know there has been some talk about a CR that may be sufficient to get us into next year. As I understand what the majority leader is saying, it is our intention not to do that, but to, in fact…

I thank the leader for that information. In any event, Mr. Speaker, the Members, as the majority leader has indicated, will not be having votes until, at the earliest, 6:30 on Tuesday. I believe that the balance of the week--or such time…

Just to repeat--of course, the majority leader announced it yesterday, and again today--we will not be having votes on Monday. Has the gentleman decided whether there will be a pro forma session yet on Monday? I yield to my friend. Mr…

I certainly hope she is correct, and I believe she is absolutely correct that we can work in a bipartisan fashion. There is nobody in this House who wants to see people in poverty. We may have different views of how to achieve the…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. No one more than Congresswoman Barbara Lee in this House has been focused on how we lift those in poverty out of poverty and into the middle class. {time} 1800 Of course, as she so well says, it will…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. On Monday, would your expectation be that, if there were votes, no votes would occur prior to 6:30? Mr. McCARTHY. Yes. There will be no votes before 6:30, and I will let the gentleman know prior to…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. I want to thank Ranking Member Bennie Thompson, Ms. Lofgren, who worked very hard on this, and Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee and on…

I thank the gentleman. I understand that we are here until the 18th. Does the gentleman contemplate the possibility of a short-term CR from the 11th to the 18th at any point in time? Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Only…

I thank the gentleman. As I said on the floor a little earlier today, this was a good week. We passed an education bill in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion. Just a few minutes ago, we passed an infrastructure-highway transportation…

I thank the gentleman. Let me just observe to the majority leader, Mr. Speaker, that I have great reservations. I want to let the gentleman know that, on this side of the aisle, I think we have great reservations about doing in this short…

I thank the gentleman, and I certainly share his view on that. It will be better for the country and better for the House if we do that. The gentleman also referenced tax extenders. Obviously, we have tax extenders that expired in December…

I thank the gentleman for that. Can I ask the gentleman again in terms of the timing of the omnibus. The existing CR, which is funding the government at the present time, expires as of midnight on the 11th. Does the gentleman have any…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I want to also thank him for the work that he has done on the Visa Waiver Program. His staff and my staff and the staff on Homeland Security on both sides of the aisle and the staff on the…

I also want to thank, who showed great courage and great leadership, Stephen Fincher of Tennessee and Frank Lucas of Oklahoma, my Republican colleagues, without whom this Export-Import Bank provision would not be in this bill. I…

I want to congratulate both Mr. Shuster and Mr. DeFazio for their work on this bill. I want to thank the Senate, as well, for their work and their leadership. This is a good week, in many respects. We passed yesterday, on an overwhelmingly…

Judy Centers are helping to close that gap. In closing, I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill because it is a step forward. It is an indication, as well, that we can work in a bipartisan fashion to the benefit of the people we…

I thank Mr. Scott for yielding. I want to thank Mr. Kline, the chairman of the committee, and Ranking Member Scott for their work on this bill. Mr. Speaker, Frederick Douglass was born a slave on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He became…