Charles Rangel: “Well, I will yield to the Chair to determine what is fair and what is equitable as we talk about the lives of working…”

“Well, I will yield to the Chair to determine what is fair and what is equitable as we talk about the lives of working people that pay taxes every day as opposed to having a trillion dollars to be disbursed to people who don't pay taxes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. If no other Member wishes to address the point of order, the Chair is prepared to rule. The gentleman makes a point of order that the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York is not germane. Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no proposition on a ``subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.'' One of the central tenets of the germaneness rule is that an amendment should be within the jurisdiction of the committee of jurisdiction of the bill. The bill, H.R. 5638, was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The amendment offered by the gentleman from New York in pertinent part addresses the minimum wage, a matter within the jurisdiction of the Education and the Workforce Committee. By addressing a matter outside the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means, the amendment is not germane. The point of order is sustained. The motion is not in order. Parliamentary Inquiry”