I thank the gentleman. It is simply a vote by which it says that, if the previous question is not approved, we can offer the bipartisan legislation to give the relief that is so desperately needed now, not 90 days from now--now. So defeat…

I thank the gentleman from New York and I thank the gentleman from Michigan. Let me start by saying this issue ought not to be subject to debate. America, the greatest land on the face of the Earth, and one of the most successful economic…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I share my friend's view that we need to be worried about the solvency of our Nation. We haven't done such a good job at that. We are, by the way, going to have a bill on the floor pretty soon which…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. I thank my colleagues from Florida for being on the floor, and I rise to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that instead we can call up a bipartisan bill to alleviate the…

I appreciate that information. I want to say that the debt limit extension will have--Mr. Leader, I want to give you the information--in my view, well over 180 votes on our side of the aisle if that is a clean debt limit so that America…

I thank the gentleman for that information. The gentleman ends with the observation that you expect action to avoid default as soon as possible. As you know, Mr. Leader, very well-- as we all know--beginning tomorrow, the Treasury…

I don't think anybody in America believes the White House doesn't want to do something about that. The President of the United States has talked about it. In every one of his State of the Unions he talked about it. In this State of the…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I might say the SKILLS Act, of course, was considered on this floor. We could have had a bipartisan bill, and I would like to see a bipartisan bill. As the majority leader knows, I have been a strong…

Mr. Labrador, and I will quote again, said there was: Overwhelming support for the idea of doing nothing this year. Now in light of the fact, Mr. Speaker, that the observation is that the system is broken, and in light of Speaker Hastert's…

I now yield to Mr. Cantor, the majority leader, for the recitation of the schedule. I yield to my friend.

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 3824 to end the Republicans' refusal to extend unemployment benefits that protect 25,092 people in my State of Maryland. The…

At the end of the day, resolving this crisis is first and foremost the responsibility of the South Sudanese. Leaders must put their country first.

I will say it is about time, and it's useful to remind the leadership of South Sudan that significant U.S. assistance is at stake.

Forceful actions are needed before this new country is completely torn apart.

If we don't leverage our considerable influence to help resolve this crisis, our ability to influence events on the continent of increasing economic, political and security importance will also surely shrink.

I thank the gentleman. And in conclusion, let me simply say, Mr. Leader, that we welcome moving ahead on the omnibus. We think that is very critical. We hope that we can address the unemployment insurance issue, not as a substitute for…

I thank the leader for his comments. Certainly we are not proponents of ``my way or the highway,'' and I am glad, I do believe, that hopefully the majority leader is not either. Briefly, on the SKILLS Act, we have legislation, of course…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. First, I would say, there is nothing to disagree with in what the gentleman has said. We do want to focus on jobs. We do want to focus on creating jobs. We do want to focus on growing the economy…

I hope that was not a Freudian slip of our confidence in the ability to get that done as quickly as we would like. In any event, I think that is appropriate, and I am hopeful that we can, in fact, accomplish that. I want to tell the…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I note that he indicates that we probably will not be able to accomplish the omnibus by the end of next week and, therefore, a CR may be required. I know that all of us feel that that needs to be…

That is why George W. Bush extended unemployment. That is why we ought to do it. And we can do it. We have the ability to do it. Vote ``no'' on the previous question. It is a substantive vote on whether or not you want to help the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I appreciate this opportunity to comment not only upon this rule which provides, of course, for mostly closed rules--no amendments, no ability to change or modify, particularly two bills that had no…

I thank the gentlelady for taking this time. I thank the gentlelady even more for taking the time and the focus and being indefatigable in making sure that the richest Nation on the face of the Earth focuses on the least of these in our…

Reserving the right to object, arguably, Mr. Speaker, this Congress is the least productive one in which I have served over the last 33 years. Both from a humanitarian standpoint and an economic one, this Congress has earned the disdain of…

Finally, Mr. Speaker, this budget turns once again to middle class workers. Let me close with this. This agreement is better than the alternative, but it misses a huge opportunity to do what the American people expect us to do, and that is…