Rob Andrews: “Well, I am acting ranking member. Mr. Cooper has a bout with laryngitis. He has lost his voice, which is a tragedy of…”

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…

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

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. Mr. Speaker, my friend, the chairman from Texas, asked, I think, a couple of very important questions about this amendment, and he really points out why I support it. First, he asked: Where is the proof that…