Rob Andrews: “I thank my friend. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to a passionate voice to fight the ravages of…”

On rollcall No. 1, I was unavoidably detained and had I been present, I would have been recorded as ``present.'' ____________________

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…

I thank my friend for yielding. The President of the United States has spent weeks of his term negotiating with the Republican Party. What he has been confronted with each time is a demand to either shut the government down or default on…

I think you are doing some of the most important work in our country and you are all doing it very well.