Just to make it clear, the mistake was the sheriff's. He should not have done what he did. It was a tragedy. We all agree on that. Very frankly, we don't think that he was compelled to do so by the sanctuary law that San Francisco had in…

I thank the gentleman for his information with reference to the two bills that will be considered next week. We are coming now to the end of the scheduled work period, and we will be going into the August break. We just passed a bill, Mr…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Jim Wright would have been proud of Marc Veasey. He would have said Marc Veasey is in the Jim Wright tradition. I am going to speak a bit about that. Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about a Mr…

I appreciate the majority leader's clarification. My Members will not necessarily appreciate it, but I understand it. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, the problem with the suggestion the majority leader makes is the Export-Import Bank will be out of business. If that happens, Speaker Boehner has said it is going to adversely affect jobs in America. It…

I understand that that is the gentleman's desire. I know he is opposed to the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization. As you know, we passed it in a bipartisan fashion when the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor) was the majority leader, and the…

I hope we do that. In the short term, however, we have done another item which we have not reauthorized, and that is the Export-Import Bank. Senator McConnell believes that that has the votes in the Senate, and he believes that the highway…

I appreciate the fact that we might be bringing something to the floor so that we can express the opinion of this House. As the house and senate in South Carolina expressed its opinion, it surely is appropriate for this House of…

I thank the gentleman. The majority leader, Mr. Speaker, regularly brings up that sequester started in the White House. He knows I very severely disagree with that. And he voted for a Cut, Cap, and Balance Act which had in that bill--which…

I thank the gentleman for his comment, particularly in terms of the willingness to work in a bipartisan fashion. As the majority leader knows, there is, on his side of the aisle and on our side of the aisle, a great concern that the 302…

I thank the gentleman for his information with respect to the legislation for next week. As the gentleman knows, we have now passed six appropriation bills. Last week, consideration of the Interior bill was postponed. The gentleman and Mr…

Last week I was profoundly disappointed to learn just how large the recent data breach was in which personal information was accessed in the files of the Office of Personnel Management. That breach and the one before it were unacceptable…

The last item on there is infrastructure. When you build infrastructure in America, you don't create jobs any place other than America. We are hopefully going to have a highway bill; and we need a permanent highway bill, a long-term…

I thank you very much, Mr. Garamendi. You do such an extraordinary job for California--and have for a long period of time-- but you are doing an extraordinary job here in Washington on behalf of America, on behalf of America's workers, on…

There are days in this House when morality and the values of our country, as articulated in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution of our country, summon us to vote as Americans, as moral representatives, and as…

I express my deep disappointment that the House will adjourn without having concluded its business. Charter authority for the Export-Import Bank is set to expire this coming Tuesday should Congress fail to reauthorize it, which apparently…

Reserving my right to object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized.

As someone who has not served here as long as Tim--but for a pretty long time--I have gotten to know him very well when I have wandered across that side of the aisle. He always receives me with a very gracious attitude and is always very…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, my friend, Dr. Burgess, has just made an observation, that this resolution is about the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Appropriations bill. I will tell Mr. Speaker…

I apologize. Could the gentleman repeat himself? Mr. McCARTHY. There is no action scheduled for this House, no.

This week we marked 3 years since President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. He did this in response to Congress' failure to pass the DREAM Act and help children of undocumented immigrants stay here and…

The gentleman indicated there were 235 people for this bill in this House. I just observed a few minutes ago there are 240 people for Export-Import Bank. We have brought this bill to the floor. I would hope the gentleman would urge his…

I appreciate the gentleman's observations. I would simply say, Mr. Speaker, that in that spirit, there are 240 people in this House who think the Ex-Im Bank ought to be extended and reauthorized. I hope we will follow that process. I would…

I thank the gentleman for his observation. I think that is my reputation, that of wanting to work to constructively achieve joint objectives--in this case, the highway bill. Mr. Ryan is on the floor, but I won't ask him to yield for a…

I thank my friend. There is no Democrat in this House, in the Senate, or in the White House who wants to shut down this government. As a matter of fact, we have not done that. It was done in '95 and in early '96. It was done last year when…