Rob Andrews

I think that our friends on the other side would be wise to follow President Reagan's example in this time of national emergency.

I commend the chairman for framing this issue in a way that we can learn, in our oversight role, ways that we can successfully achieve that goal and minimize injury and the loss of life to our service members and to innocent people in…

This is literally a matter of life and death for our country and for our service members as we go about what we hope will be an orderly and rational withdrawal from Afghanistan.

I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Andrews moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6079 to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 244, noes 185, not voting 2, as follows: [Roll No. 460] AYES--244 Adams…

If my amendment passes, we will proceed immediately to final passage of this bill. It doesn't delay or defer consideration in any way. My amendment raises the following question: Should Members of Congress live by the same laws we write…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of the…

Yes, we are. We have no further speakers. I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleagues on both sides for the civil and constructive tone of this debate. It's been an honor to be a part of it. I…

I yield myself 15 seconds. Mr. Speaker, this is the first time, apparently, in the modern history of the Congress where we voted on a major piece of legislation and not a soul knows how much it's going to cost the Federal treasury. I think…

Reclaiming my time, if the gentleman could supplement the record with the date and the document that says that, I would appreciate it. At this time I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to a gentleman who has become an expert on the budget, who…

Reclaiming my time, I would then respectfully ask my friend: Why don't we wait and see what the auditor says the bill will cost before we vote on it? My understanding is that they're going to do that probably by the end of this month. Why…

I thank my friend from New York. It's great to be with her on the floor today, and my colleagues on the Republican side as well. Today we could be voting on a bill where we work together to cut taxes for small businesses that put Americans…

I yield myself an additional 15 seconds. This summer, millions of American families will be getting rebates from their health insurance companies because they haven't spent their money on care; they spent it on profit and overhead. We…

If I may engage the chairman. We have only one speaker left on our side. I assume he has the right to close. If it would be amenable to him, we're going to let him finish the rest of his speakers, and then I will close for our side.

I thank my friend for yielding. The seeds of this bipartisan agreement were sown in the other body 3 or 4 months ago; and, frankly, I wish these agreements had been brought to this floor a lot sooner. They would have done a lot more good…

Every Member of this Chamber wants to get to the bottom of the issue of the tragic death of Officer Terry. Every Member of the Chamber wants to find out how the ATF and Justice Department were run as related to that tragedy. So the…

I thank my friend for yielding me this time. I think most Americans would agree, irrespective of which party they are in, that it would be a good idea to put Americans back to work building our highways and our bridges and our…

I thank my friend, and it's so good to see her energy and enthusiasm back on this floor with us today. We welcome her. 286 days ago, the President of the United States came to this Chamber and addressed the number one problem that I hear…

This is not a brawl this morning; this is a serious attempt at understanding a serious problem so we can work together to solve it.

I think it is both welcome and refreshing that there have been ideas put forward here about how to address this problem.

Something is working.

You should not be able to discharge these departure liabilities in bankruptcy.

I think the members have been educated by this and we thank the panel for all their preparation.

We have had a long history of unfounded and inaccurate optimism on these questions.

I certainly think there should be no discharge in bankruptcy of a withdraw liability.