Rob Andrews: “Do the drafters of these plans have to pay special attention for people who do not have health insurance and therefore…”

Reclaiming my time, will the chairman agree that the fair thing to do would be to put the Senate bill on the floor so that each Member could cast an up-or-down vote? I yield to the gentleman.

I thank my friend for the time. Mr. Speaker, there's been an avalanche of talk from both sides, an avalanche of opinion. That's democracy. I think there is one indisputable fact, and that is the one way to end the government shutdown today…

If the bills that are on the floor today pass unanimously--which they won't--here is what happens next. They go to the Senate, the Senate maybe takes them up, maybe doesn't take them up, passes them, maybe doesn't pass them, and this whole…

My understanding of the principle of germaneness is that the underlying subject matter of the bill has to be the subject matter of the motion to recommit. We have heard repeatedly from the offerers of this bill that they believe it is…