This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience.

It is unconscionable that the Federal government will be taxing schools and employers to the point where student instruction may suffer.

We are all committed to eradicating sexual assault in our Armed Forces, but first, we have to respect the victim's need for urgent and sure justice.

We will accept nothing less.

These young men and women have earned the respect of the Nation.

Over the past 5 years, Republicans and Democrats have joined forces to put real reforms in place.

Make no mistake, Congress shares the responsibility for preventing sexual assault within the military and assuring victims that their cases will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 410, nays 5, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 656]…

I am determined to keep after this because where we have some plans that are spectacularly in trouble.

I hope we are going to be able to come together and do something about this, because it is a multifaceted problem.

I'm pleased now to yield 2 minutes to a distinguished member of the committee, the gentlelady from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).

I have got a number of issues to address here. We've heard so much in a relatively short period of time here. We heard from some of our colleagues that we haven't brought a jobs bill. My colleagues on both sides of the aisle know very well…