Chairman Young did more for the men and women in the Armed Forces than anyone in Congress.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the House bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, to open the government and go to conference on a budget so that we end this Republican government…

Many of my colleagues on either side of the aisle have stated their preference for, as the gentlelady from North Carolina said, opening the government. They want to open the government as soon as possible and would vote for a clean bill…

Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. For what purpose does the gentleman from Maryland seek recognition?

The previous speaker said that the shutdown should be unacceptable. I agree with that. We could all, within the next half an hour, vote to make the unacceptable not the policy that we are pursuing. Mr. Speaker, our government has now been…

The present head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mr. Comey, says that this sequester and budget number will deeply hurt law enforcement in this country. Mr. Speaker, I talked to my colleagues, let's defeat this bill, and let's move…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman pointed out, the morale is low for approximately 315 million people who call America home; low because they see a dysfunctional board of directors of their country; low…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to thank my colleague, Frank Wolf. There's no harder advocate or effective advocate for Federal employees than Frank Wolf. He and I have worked together for over 32 years on behalf of the…

I want to thank my Republican colleagues for recognizing that pain and unfairness and bringing this bill to the floor. I hope all of us will support this bill. Another constituent of mine who works at Pax River said this: ``Please continue…

The government has now been shut down for 3 days, the people's government that is formed to serve it and promote the general welfare and the national defense. That government has been shut down. Entirely? No, not entirely. There are some…

I thank the gentleman for continuing to yield. Then we agree not only on the small slices of which the gentleman has spoken and would draw on the floor today but on the whole. And we could put every employee back to work for the American…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Does the gentleman believe that we should shut down the government?

I thank the ranking member of the Rules Committee for yielding, and I thank Ms. Slaughter for the extraordinary leadership she has shown and the work she has been doing. Mr. Speaker, the people want their government open. A government of…

--and I know, again, as did the majority leader--Mr. Sanford Bishop, himself, gave such a tribute to the Capitol Police at the beginning of the last bill; but also we want to thank the Sergeant at Arms, Paul Irving, and all of those who…

I thank the gentleman for that information. The gentleman, does he know how likely it is we will be in? Obviously, every Member has a schedule, and they are trying to deal with that and inform their staffs of that. I know it's very…

At the outset, I know that I join the majority leader in expressing our gratitude to the Capitol Police. Mr. Speaker, all too often we take for granted the folks who are prepared to put their own lives and safety at risk to save others…

Put the Senate's clean compromise bill that gets our government open--the government of the people of the United States--and then let's go to conference on the budget, as Democrats have long called for, to resolve our differences and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. My friends on this side say they want to keep the government open. We say we want to keep the government open. My friends on this side sent a bill over to the Senate that had $986 billion in funding. We…

It's been 6 months and no action. That's why we have had this gridlock, because you have refused to go, as you talk about the regular order, to work out an agreement between the Senate and the House. So we find ourselves where we need more…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, there is not a Member of this House who does not respect and support the veterans of this country. The gentleman who just spoke talked about preventing pain. What we want to do is prevent…

Tonight is about the continuing destructive obsession that our Republican friends have and their refusal to recognize that there was an election just some months ago. You made the argument to the American people, and they rejected that…

We could do that, Mr. Speaker, if only Republicans would take ``yes'' for an answer. Their Tea Party faction has made clear where it stands. They don't like the Affordable Care Act--I don't think anybody doubts that--but the Affordable…

I thank my friend from Virginia (Mr. Moran) for yielding. For 33 years, the gentleman from Virginia who just spoke and I have sought equity and fairness for our Federal employees, whether they be in uniform or in civilian clothes. I refer…

It is time to let this House and not just a small faction of the House, which I tell my responsible friends on the Republican side of the aisle, you ought to reject, you ought to say enough is enough, you ought to say let's move on, you've…