I thank Congresswoman Coleman for yielding time, and I thank her for organizing this Special Order and for her leadership on this issue. She is a new Member, but not a new person to public service, not a new person to leadership, not a new…

I thank the gentleman. I have no disrespect for Mr. Hensarling. I think he is a very able Member of this body, and I have great respect for him. I disagree with him both on the Export-Import Bank, and I think I correctly characterize his…

I thank the gentleman. I will just say this: we know that the chairman of the authorizing committee is opposed to Export-Import Bank. He was opposed to TRIA as well. He is opposed to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. As the gentleman knows…

Well, I thank the gentleman for that comment. I think it is a very positive comment. I will tell the gentleman, next week, perhaps you and I can talk about this towards that end because I think, if we talk about creation of jobs, we talk…

I appreciate the fact that we can work on a bipartisan manner. I look forward to doing that. I know that Mr. DeFazio looks forward to doing that; I know Mr. Shuster looks forward to doing it-- both very, very positive Members of this body…

I thank the gentleman. I don't know whether the gentleman had an opportunity to read an article--it may have been an op-ed, I have got the clip--but I am not sure where it appeared in the paper. But the former Speaker, Newt Gingrich, wrote…

I congratulate the gentleman and his party on bringing these bills to the floor early. He also says we are going to be considering a conference report. I don't obviously know what that conference report is. The budget itself, though--which…

I thank the gentleman for that information. He indicates that the appropriations process has started. First I want to say, as a Member who served on the Appropriations Committee for 23 years, I always thought we ought to start the…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I thank her for using some of the time so I could get up to the floor. I appreciate that very much. I also thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of…

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

I thank the gentleman for that information. I hope that is the case. And I would hope that we did not have that. We talked about-- I have talked about and you have talked about--just now, bipartisanship. I would hope that we would pass a…

I thank the gentleman for that information. The gentleman also has brought up the issue of--well, I don't think you brought it up, but let me talk about it. As we know, April 15 occurred yesterday. The budget was supposed to be adopted as…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I think what I hear is we are not going to reach bipartisan agreement on that, and that is unfortunate. The cybersecurity bill, as the gentleman mentioned, will we consider the two cybersecurity-related…

I thank the gentleman for his information. I think the gentleman knows that I am one of the biggest proponents of paying for things, which is why I voted against your two tax bills on the floor today. They are not paid for, and $300…

I thank the gentleman for his information. Initially, I would like to just bring up a question with reference to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act. The gentleman talked about bipartisan legislation. This, as…

Before I yield to my friend, the majority leader, for the purpose of informing us of the schedule, I would like to note the presence of the longest-serving Member of this House in history, one of the best legislators in the history of this…

I know that you don't want to anticipate, but, obviously, our Members are concerned about what they ought to be considering and planning for and making themselves aware of the facts about. Does the gentleman expect a reconciliation…

So the gentleman contemplates going beyond reconciliation instructions on the Affordable Care Act to other matters? For instance, in the House budget, we replace seniors' Medicare guarantee with a premium support voucher. Would the…

I would hope the gentleman would make it very, very clear he is not making an analogy between the two instances that he cited for firing, on which I would agree with him, and a Federal employee, for whatever reason, says: Mr. Meadows may…

What other employee in America is subject to being fired because they don't pay taxes? Does the gentleman want to include either Members of Congress in this bill or all private sector employees?

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the ranking member said this was a bill to solve a nonexistent problem. Everybody ought to pay their taxes--everybody. Everybody ought to pay their taxes. Now, if you are really rich, you…

We just passed a bipartisan bill that addressed an issue, as the previous speaker said, that needed to be addressed. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama which…

As an aside, I was inclined to get up and ask that the gentleman's words be taken down. Of course, when we do that, we do it in a different context. With those words, we ought to all be happy today. Whether we are for or against, the…

I thank my friend, who has a magic minute that I dearly miss. I forgot to articulate, and I should have articulated, I want to congratulate Fred Upton. Fred Upton is my friend. Fred Upton is the chairman of the Energy and Commerce…

Make no mistake. These budget alternatives are political documents that are unworkable and unserious when it comes to governing. Like previous Republican budgets that rely on sequestration, I have no doubt that the majority will not be…