On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 266, nays 150, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 44] YEAS--266 Abraham Aderholt Allen Arrington Babin…

We have 10\1/2\ days remaining before we have another crisis in funding our government. Those are legislative days. We have more calendar days. Let us try to use every one of those days to reach agreement on funding the government so we…

It is important for us to understand why we are here. We are here because the Republican majority in the House and the Senate and the President of the United States have not funded the government. Secondly, we also are here because there…

Am I correct? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper parliamentary inquiry. ____________________

Am I parliamentarily correct that a continuing resolution is not necessary if, in fact, an appropriations bill has been passed to fund the government? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper parliamentary inquiry.

We are in the second day of this Trump shutdown because Republicans won't take yes for an answer. Senator Schumer went to the White House and had a deal with President Trump until the Freedom Caucus vetoed it and forced the President to go…

I urge my Republican colleagues who are in the majority and control the legislative process: end this shutdown. Use the authority you are asking for under this rule to bring to the floor the items on which we agree. {time} 1730 Mr…

I am stretching the parliamentary inquiry, the nature of this, but did the Speaker hear Mr. Meadows objecting to my unanimous consent request? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The request was not even entertained.

Let me say at the outset, we ought to both put sanctimony aside. Both sides are accusing one another of closing down the government. Mr. Speaker, you voted to close down the government, and then you voted against opening it up. Both sides…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, if we had entertained my unanimous consent request, we could have accomplished all that the gentleman from Oregon, the chairman of the committee, just discussed. I will remind you that the…

The Trump travesty continues, as it has for the last 12 months. We have heard our colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about the Children's Health Insurance Program. They are very concerned about its passage. Bring it to the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 394, noes 0, not voting 36, as follows: [Roll No. 43] AYES--394 Adams Aderholt Aguilar Allen Amash Amodei Arrington Babin…