Joe Crowley

I appreciate the gentleman's honesty. With that, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly).

I would just remind Mr. Southerland that failure to pass this bill will potentially mean a tax increase of $879 to his constituents in Bay County, Florida. With that, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr…

I just want to remind Mr. Gardner that in Larimer County, Colorado, the absence of passing this bill today will cause an average increase in taxes of $1,126 in that county. For the purposes of answering the gentleman from Michigan's…

I thank the gentlewoman from California. With that, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Scott).

I apologize, Mr. Speaker. I will do that through the Chair. Would you like me to repeat that? With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield). {time} 1350

I would just ask the gentleman from Michigan if he might like to use some of his time and maybe balance it out a little more.

I appreciate the gentleman's comments about the only game the American people want to see this holiday season is football, but the reindeer games that are going on in this House are something the American people do not want to see any more…

I have two additional speakers, including myself. With that, I will yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen).

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank my friend from Michigan as well for this debate. I listened very closely and very intently to the words of Speaker Boehner, a man whom I have tremendous respect for, and I know that he's having some…

May I inquire as to how much time we have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 17\1/2\ minutes. The gentleman from Michigan has 24 minutes.

Can we just inquire as to time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 10 minutes remaining.

I would remind Mr. Gingrey that his constituents in Cobb County, Georgia, will see a potential increase of $1,258 in their taxes in the absence of passing this bill today. With that, I yield myself the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro…

Might I inquire as to how much time remains, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 10\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 16\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just remind Mr. Tipton that his constituents in Pueblo, Colorado, will potentially see an increase in taxes of $780 next year if this bill is not enacted. With that, I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from…

New York is home, as you know, to much of the service industries in the country today.

A strong Japan helps create a strong U.S. is the sense that we have.

Seniors making $40,000 a year are considered wealthy and deserve to see their Medicare costs go up; but a small, temporary income tax surcharge on people earning over $1 million a year, that's not acceptable? Let's reject this bill…

I thank my colleague and friend from the State of Michigan (Mr. Levin) for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 3630. Today the Republican Party's true colors are fully exposed and on display--and it…

I have been on record saying I would have voted no for that agreement, given the lack of inclusion of labor standards, as well as environmental standards.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I played a little basketball in my day. I grew up on a schoolyard, and we chose teams. We didn't need referees, quite frankly, because we chose teams fairly. You don't…

In over 300 days here on the floor, there has not been a single jobs bill offered by my Republican colleagues to put Americans back to work. Instead, once again, they've put on the floor a bill to hurt the American worker, the American…

if the worst thing you can say today about the health care law that we passed, also known as the Affordable Care Act, is that it only provided 228,000 small businesses with a tax cut, averaging $1,220, then it is clear to me that we have…

There is a charge in the House of Representatives to repeal the health care law as we know it, known as the Affordable Care Act, to eliminate all future benefits, such as this small business tax break, and to reclaim all past benefits.

Let me just for the record really point out other benefits. No mandates on any employer with under 50 employees to comply with this.

If you will continue with me under my time, would you then suggest that we now do that for other areas of the Code not pertaining to the lower class or the poor in this country? I'm not suggesting we do that. I'm talking specifically of…