We were expecting Congresswoman Waters. I would ask unanimous consent that this amendment be delayed until we can determine whether she is still planning to offer it. The Acting CHAIR. The Committee of the Whole is unable to reorder the…

Solely to say that this is a straightforward amendment that provides that if one part of the bill is determined to be unconstitutional, it can be severable from the rest of the bill and it doesn't bring the rest of the provisions down…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Let me first say I agree with Mr. Sensenbrenner. The Rules Committee says that this is a technical amendment, that it would make technical edits and a few necessary changes to more substantive issues…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. As the gentlewoman has indicated, I am the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of Judiciary, and I too supported reporting the bill favorably to the House floor. The…

All right. Well, let me try to pick up essentially where I was without offending anybody else. There's some conveniently forgotten items that I think we need to be reminded of. Number 1, that it was President Bush who requested the…

Can the Chair tell me how much time remains in my 5 minutes? The Acting Chair. The gentleman from North Carolina has 3 minutes remaining of his 5 minutes.

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.

I don't come to the floor very often anymore to debate. I have kind of changed my pattern. Eighteen years ago, 19 years ago, when I saw egregious things, I would be right here in the heart of the debate, ranting and raving, some people…

In the interest of time, some people have said that I called somebody a liar and, obviously, that would be in violation of the rules. I am aware of that. So if I did, I ask unanimous consent that those words be removed from the Record. The…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As best I can discern, the argument about the HAMP program is we should terminate it because it's run inefficiently. That seems a fairly strange argument for most of us around here because we know that…

I don't understand the rationale of my colleagues. And it would be something else if this bill were going to see the light of day in the Senate. It's not going anywhere. This is a message bill, Mr. Chairman. That's all this is about. Let's…

I think we need to put this in perspective. Yesterday, my colleagues were proposing to terminate the FHA Refinance Program that helps people refinance mortgages under FHA. Next week, we'll be back on the floor out of our committee with a…