I thank my friend, Mr. Van Hollen, for yielding, and I thank him for the extraordinary job that he has done as ranking member of the Budget Committee. My friend from South Carolina has left the floor. I regret that. He was the Governor of…

I thank my friend for yielding. The fact of the matter is, I oppose this rule. I think my Republican friends' budget will pass. I understand that. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Speaker, in parliamentary parlance, what we have before us is termed a ``structured rule.'' However, I would venture to say that this is an unstructured rule. It is a rule put forward by a majority with no…

I thank the gentleman. I wish he would go back to the drawing board. And I will tell my friend, I will participate with you. Nobody believes, I think, that sequester is going to ultimately rule the day in our appropriation bills because it…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott). Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen of the House, I rise in very strong opposition to this resolution, and I urge every one of my Members to oppose this resolution. We considered a Paycheck…

I thank the gentleman. According to a 2013 report by the Center for American Progress, the decline of union membership between the 1960s and today correlates to a decline of the middle class. When we have strong unions and workers' rights…

I was proud to join many Members of this House in Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery, Alabama, from March 6 to 8 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, which led inexorably to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in August of…

The assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov last Friday in front of the Kremlin was a reprehensible act that demands a thorough and independent investigation. Mr. Nemtsov was a political leader who had fought for democracy…

This bill is complex and could be discussed for a long period of time. Mr. Scott doesn't have a long period of time, and I will be brief. I want to point out that when we passed, at the request of President Bush, No Child Left Behind…

I urge Republicans and Democrats who have all said not funding the Homeland Security Department now for the balance of the year is--Mr. Rogers didn't quote this, he was talking about sequester--is ill-conceived and wrong. I therefore…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I join her in thanking Mr. Carter and Mr. Rogers for bringing to the floor in December a Homeland Security bill that was appropriate and that funded at the levels that were agreed upon…

What we ought to have the courage to do is to tell all our Homeland Security personnel, We are going to fund you through the end of this year, as we have told every other employee in the Federal Government that is protecting us and serving…

Mr. Leader, we have been now--you are correct--6 weeks leaving the Department of Homeland Security twisting in the wind. We have done that as the gentleman knows---- Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I have been very clear…

The Rules Committee is going to meet tonight at 9:30 tonight, is that the--8:00. Somebody said 8 o'clock over here--a member of the Rules Committee. Was it at 8:00 or at 9:30? Mr. McCARTHY. I think it was--where is our Rules Committee…

Can the majority leader tell us, in light of fact that is less than 24 hours from now, what we might be considering with respect to keeping the Department of Homeland Security operating on a permanent basis through September 30? Mr…

What can we expect to be on the floor tomorrow, Mr. Leader? Mr. McCARTHY. Well, Mr. Whip, I expect that we will deal with the current schedule that we have before us, plus dealing with DHS.

I appreciate what the gentleman has just said about those challenges and threats, along with the undermining of our national security, but it is further at risk this week by our own hand; that is, the Congress of the United States. The…

The ranking member didn't write my speech, so I am not sure what my answer to the distinguished gentleman's comments is, but I will say this to my friend, I am not for 1 year. I may vote for 1 year, but that is not what we ought to do. It…

No, I have done longer when I had the minute, believe me. I want to tell the gentleman, in all sincerity, I look forward to being able to support a bill that is comprehensive, paid for, and gives our citizens and individual taxpayers the…

But when you talk about fighting hunger, don't cut food stamps $40 billion. Don't suggest the way we pay for this tax cut is to cut $125 billion from food stamps over the next 10 years, as the chairman did. I disagree with that policy, and…

Terrible policy. I don't know about you, but I am for Simpson-Bowles. The problem with Simpson-Bowles for some people is it paid for what it did, just like the Camp bill. The Camp bill made tough choices, and it was a zero-sum game in the…

The Congress has 5 legislative days left until February 27. We have 5 days to meet and send the President an appropriations bill that he can sign to keep the Department of Homeland Security from shutting down. The Republican leader in the…

America's businesses and families deserve the certainty that comes from tax reform, not partisan piecemeal reform bills that undermine--undermine--tax reform. That is what Roy Blunt was talking about. Roy Blunt has already been quoted, so…

No, I can't yield any more because I am running out of time. Mr. Speaker, this is one of two bills that we are considering on the floor this week to make tax cuts permanent, and it is unfortunate that neither of these bills is paid for 1…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I used to have a magic 1 minute. I don't have that now. I would be glad to participate in debate. We have had bad policy, I tell my friend.