Thank you. Mr. Speaker, we may have a difference of opinion, but perhaps we will see who is right on whether it passes the United States Senate or not. I understand reconciliation only needs a majority, but we will see. Mr. Speaker, I want…

I thank the gentleman for that information. Mr. Speaker, the last 2 weeks have been filled with a lot of things going on in this House. But I know the majority leader would be profoundly disappointed if I didn't ask him about one thing…

The ranking member of the Armed Services Committee opposes this bill strongly, as do members of that committee. The President has made it clear he is going to veto this bill not because he is against national security. Ironically…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this is my 35th year in the Congress of the United States. I don't know that I voted against, prior to this year, either a Defense Appropriation bill or a Defense Authorization bill. I will…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko) has been a leader on our agenda of Make It In America. It is a jobs plan which has included reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank as a way of helping…

We are going to be in session next week. Normally, as you know, we have a colloquy on the schedule. There is no colloquy today because, essentially, there is no schedule. We don't know what is going to be proposed to fund government, which…

The will of the majority is being thwarted in this House, the people's House. Mr. Boehner, our Speaker, said when he took his office as Speaker that the House worked best when the House was allowed to work its will. Mr. Speaker, let the…

We have only 7 legislative days left until another unnecessary, costly, and entirely preventable government shutdown. We need to negotiate an agreement to replace the sequester with a responsible alternative. Because Republicans have…

This morning, we had a moment of silence, but we recognize today 14 years of memories. All of us remember where we were when terrorists attacked our Nation 14 years ago, murdering 2,977 of our fellow Americans and shocking the conscience…

That is good news that the highway bill, at least, will be done before the deadline. I will tell my friend, like the majority leader, I had a discussion today with Mr. DeFazio, who is the ranking Democrat on the relevant committee, Mr…

With that answer, the gentleman can be assured that I will keep asking the question, and I keep asking the question not to vex the majority leader. I keep asking the question because the Speaker and I agree that we are losing jobs. We are…

Mr. Leader, there are 5 days--full days--left to go. You are right; we have been discussing this for some period of time, but with all due respect to any strategy that we have, you only brought six bills to the floor and passed six bills…

I thank the gentleman for the information. I would just observe that we share the view of the--you used the term ``horrific'' videos. As I understand it, these videos are heavily edited. I don't want to get into debate about them; we will…

I rise regretting that I was unable to be here when Marcy Kaptur, the gentlewoman from Ohio, was talking about Representative Louis Stokes. Congressman Stokes and I were very good friends. I had the opportunity to serve with him for many…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First, let me mention the extraordinary respect I have for the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin). I had the honor of sponsoring the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1989 and 1990. We passed it…

I will yield to anybody on this floor who will say: Mr. Hoyer, you are wrong. Apparently, there is nobody on the floor who is going to suggest that the will of this House, as represented by a majority that would vote on this bill, would…

I thank the gentleman. We now leave for another month the Export-Import Bank, which is responsible for the creation and retaining of jobs in America. We all talk about jobs in America, but the Speaker has said, again, that the failure to…

I thank Mr. Polis from Colorado for yielding. I rise in opposition to this rule. This is our last day in session before we leave for 5 or 6 weeks. We then will have 13 days before the end of the fiscal year. We have a number of things that…

My colleagues, we have an opportunity in the next 48 hours to do three good things: One, keep the highway system going. It is irresponsible, but we have not already done so. Two, make sure that the Veterans Administration has sufficient…

I didn't notice that ObamaCare had been repealed. I simply noticed the Supreme Court said it was a constitutional piece of legislation. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I keep asking that question, and I keep getting the wrong answer. I will be faithful to asking that question. I say that with humor, but the gentleman knows that I believe this is an extraordinarily serious issue. The gentleman knows I…

I could not possibly stand on this floor long enough to do that. I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. My answer still remains the same to the gentleman. There is no action scheduled in the House on Ex-Im.

I thank the gentleman. Lastly, as the gentleman knows, I have been very much involved with the authorization of the Export-Import Bank through the years. As the gentleman knows, Mr. Cantor and I worked together and came up with a…

I thank the gentleman. The gentleman and I have had discussions about highways. We know that next week the highway authorization ends. We are planning on leaving here, if the schedule is kept, on Thursday of next week. Will the gentleman…

I thank the majority leader. I am pleased to hear that. I know the Speaker observed--and I think he is probably right--that there will have to be a CR. In light of that, I would hope that the majority leader, in league with the chairman of…