It won't affect the Border Patrol. It won't affect the FAA, except in certain limited instances. What do you think the morale of the people who work for us, the board of directors, is at this point in time? I will tell you: it's on the…

Not for our politics, but for our country and for our people. We have not a matter of days, but hours left to prevent our government from shutting down. A shutdown is not a tactic; it is not a strategy. It is a failure for this country…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Georgia said that this health care was about one-sixth of the economy; he's right. This continuing resolution is about 100 percent of the economy. Why are we here, Mr…

There are 435 of us that have been asked by our fellow citizens to come to Washington, D.C., to have the extraordinary privilege of sitting on this floor and making--they hope--responsible decisions for their country. I regret that the…

I thank the gentleman for his response, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the gentleman. Does the gentleman intend to meet on Sunday if we have acted on the CR tomorrow?

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Would it be safe to tell the Members there will be no votes before 1 o'clock tomorrow, do you think?

I thank the majority leader for the schedule, and I sincerely hope that we can reach compromise next week. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I am for a comprehensive, balanced, and responsible policy that will put this Nation on a fiscally sustainable, stable path. I have been and continue to be willing to work with all of my colleagues to adopt such a bill. I take nothing off…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Madam Speaker, today we are considering a measure to fund government only if the Democratic Senate and Democratic President will agree to dismantle the health care reform law that will help millions of…

I need that hour to correct so much misinformation. But I've got to say something to my friend from Texas, who has now left the floor, or is about to leave the floor, and just remind him: during the last 18 months of the Bush…

It is with great sadness that I rise to remember three of my constituents who tragically lost their lives in Monday's shooting along with nine other innocent victims at the Washington Navy Yard. The entire Washington metropolitan area is…

I thank Mr. Lucas for his leadership, and I regret that it is not being followed.

I thank the gentlelady, and I thank her for her leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I lament with Mr. Lucas that we don't have a bipartisan bill, because I know that's what he wanted, that that's what he forged and that that's what has…

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I might say not only have I read Bob Woodward's book; I invited Bob Woodward into my office and we discussed this assertion that you and others like to refer to ad nauseam, very frankly. Does…

He then went on to say: The House, Senate, and White House must come together as soon as possible on a comprehensive compromise. This bill represents zero compromise. Come together on a comprehensive compromise that repeals sequestration…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. He is absolutely correct, of course. The Maryland flag, which I think is one of the more distinctive State flags, has four quadrants, two of which represent the Baltimore family to which the Royal…

The problem has again been expressed. We have a single focus of the majority party, Madam Speaker, on defunding the Affordable Care Act. {time} 1130 So many Republicans have said it is an unreasonable and irrational expectation to expect…

I thank the gentleman for that information. I would reiterate to Members, in case they weren't listening, that the majority leader has said that we ought to be clearing our calendars for the week of the 23rd of September. That's the last…

As the Speaker knows, I am also the minority whip. As the minority whip, at the close of the week we normally have a colloquy between the majority leader and myself. That colloquy is to discuss the schedule for the week to come; it is to…

This bill makes all those folks pawns in Republicans' single-focused quest to undo health care reform at the expense of every other pressing challenge we face as a Nation. It's shameful, Mr. Speaker, that this House continues to waste the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. What a perfect bill this is. Our Republican friends don't like taxes, they don't like the collection of taxes, and, of course, none of us do. And they don't like affordable care for our citizens, quality…

We are witnessing on full display the utter failure of Republicans to govern as the majority. Yesterday, after the Speaker and Majority Leader pulled the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development appropriations bill from the floor…

There is so much I would like to say, particularly as to the extraordinary discrepancy between those folks who make far less than their counterparts in the private sector and those who work in the private sector, who, perhaps, have less…

I don't have anymore time, but if the gentleman from California will yield you some time, I will be glad to yield you some time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hultgren). The time of the gentleman has expired.