I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey, a distinguished leader in the Congress, Bill Pascrell.

The time is already allotted for tomorrow. The time we use tonight will not be put on tomorrow. We have divided the time up, so you have a few minutes left if the gentleman cares to share it. Parliamentary Inquiry

Then let me ask my colleague this question: Does it presently require a supermajority to raise the debt limit?

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the indomitable gentlelady from Illinois, Jan Schakowsky.

How much time remains on each side, please? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 86\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 91 minutes remaining.

Could I conclude on this side by asking my friend from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) if he shares the view offered by Mr. Scott?

Ladies and gentlemen, this balanced budget constitutional amendment is one that surprises me, and very little surprises me anymore. But for us to be seriously, on this day and this time, considering an amendment to the Constitution of the…

I would like to yield to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia, Bobby Scott.

I yield myself 1\1/4\ minutes, the time allotted us for tonight. I think the instructive discussion that we've had here tonight illustrates an irreconcilable problem with the requirement that a supermajority is necessary under H.J. Res. 2…

I yield myself an additional 3 minutes and continue to yield to the gentleman from Illinois.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlelady from Florida, Ms. Kathy Castor.

I am pleased at this time to recognize the minority leader of the House of Representatives who, ever since she has come to Congress, has worked drastically to save and build on Medicare, Social Security, and to create jobs, the gentlewoman…

I want to thank my colleague for answering the question. I would like now to turn to the gentleman who represents the majority, a distinguished member of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Goodlatte. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the…

I yield myself 2 additional minutes. I would like to ask him if he is aware of the fact that H.J. Res. 2 would require a supermajority to raise the debt limit. I'm pleased to yield to the gentleman.

I yield myself an additional 3 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Michigan wish to yield the time to the gentleman from Illinois?

That a supermajority is not required to raise the debt limit under this bill? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia, Jim Moran.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from Oakland, California, Barbara Lee.

It is now my privilege to yield to Jesse Jackson, Jr., a distinguished Member from Chicago, Illinois, as much time as he may consume.

I merely wanted to ask our distinguished colleague from Washington if I understood correctly that the GAO would conduct a study about the ability of the State and local law enforcement to verify the validity of out-of-state concealment…

Well, may I suggest that perhaps our responsibility as Federal legislators might be to determine the impact of this proposal on public safety before we pass it, not years later after we pass it. Would the gentleman concede that that might…

I yield myself 15 additional seconds. You cannot compare a carrying concealed weapons check with a driver's license because they are checkable. A concealed-carry weapon, there are States that don't even permit the information to be…

I see. Could I ask the gentleman why we wouldn't conduct the study in front of the bill rather than after the bill?

I thank the gentleman for his amendment. I rise in support of it and observe that last year, over 70 percent of Utah's concealed-carry permits were issued to nonresidents. I commend the gentleman.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. And I am in full support of the logical and rational approach that she is taking in supporting a database. I plead with my colleagues to join us in a bipartisan sense to support an amendment that would…