I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. GAO STUDY. Not later than May 1…

This legislation is unnecessary. Every witness before the committee found no reason why it had to be enacted into law. It was made very clear that there have been no incidences of egregious delay by any events before the permitting…

I rise first to pay respects to the distinguished gentleman on the majority side handling the legislation to tell him that I have affection and respect for him, but he is handling a bad bill. I also want to thank my good friend for…

I express my thanks to my dear friend. Madam Chairwoman, we should not throw away those protections, nor should we open those lands up to being blasted, drilled, ditched, and dug without wise protection. After all, good conservation is…

I thank my friend for yielding me this time, and I express great affection and respect for my dear friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton), who serves the House and his constituents well. However, Mr. Speaker, this is a regrettable…

I am proud to say thanks to my good friend from Florida for yielding me this time. I urge that the rule be rejected. There is no reason why we can't have an opportunity to amend this legislation to address some of its failures. As the…

I thank my dear friend from Massachusetts. As I begin, I express my great affection and respect for my colleague from Texas, who is my dear friend. Mr. Speaker, I think we are here to be ashamed of ourselves. We're wasting the taxpayers'…

I thank my good friend for the time. One of my colleagues yesterday said, You've seen it worse, haven't you? Well, I've only been here 57 years, and I never have. I've never seen such small-minded, miserable behavior in this House of…

This is a good bill. It's not perfect, but it is a huge stride forward. It represents a major step in securing our pharmaceutical supply chain and improving FDA's authority to oversee compounding pharmacies. It also is done under a…

Here we go again. Time in the House is being wasted. The business of the Nation is being obfuscated. The Republicans have got more nonsense to put on the floor. We're told that this is important. That's baloney. This is the 41st time that…

I thank my beloved friend for yielding me this time, Mr. Speaker. I rise to ask: Aren't you embarrassed to go a 40th time in a fruitless, hopeless act? This is the 40th time we've tried to kill the legislation. It costs us $1.5 million…

I thank my good friend for the time; and I rise in strong opposition to the seriously misnamed H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act. It's a lot of baloney. This is nothing more than a sorry political stunt that would undermine the…

I urge my colleagues to support the amendment offered by my good friend from Virginia. I urge them to strike section 112. There's no one in this Chamber that owns this world. We borrow it from those who come behind us in the future, and we…

I move to strike the requisite number of words. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes. (Mr. DINGELL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Woman, I move to strike the requisite number of words. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes. (Mr. DINGELL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Woman, if you like confusion, keep the status quo and oppose the amendment. If you want to get clarity and you want to understand and you want to get investment and progress and if you want to have people understand what the law is…

I don't know whether to rebut or to agree. I want to begin by thanking Mr. Hoyer, our leader and our whip, and my dear friend Mr. Barrow, a wonderful, courageous gentleman from Georgia, who has to fight very hard to remain here. I am proud…

Once again House Republicans refuse to address the affordability of higher education head on and instead are using sleight of hand to make students think their interest rates will remain low. The awful truth is that H.R. 1911 will add even…

As the House prepares to once again vote on legislating approval of a presidential permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline, I find it disappointing that the Majority refuses to work with Democratic supporters, like myself, of the…

This is a prodigious waste of the time of the House working on a bad piece of legislation. I rise today in strong opposition to the Patients' Rights Repeal Act. My Republican colleagues are up for the 37th time with this nonsense, and they…

Is there no one in this chamber who is embarrassed? Or perhaps the question should be: Is no one in this chamber not embarrassed? The Senate panics and passes a bill to correct the failures of a small part of the abominable consequences of…

I commend the sponsors of this legislation, and I urge the adoption of the bill. It is appropriate that we should honor these four young girls who gave so much to the cause of civil rights. They gave their lives. Just before this event, we…

I thank my good friend for yielding me this time. Neither he nor I need hair spray, and so we can approach that matter with some serenity. But I want to say here, I yield to no one in this Chamber over what has been done or what I have…

At this time, Mr. Speaker, I yield to my dear friend, our new Member from Michigan's 11th District, Dave Curson, with my congratulations and good wishes.