May I inquire as to how much time remains on both sides. The CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 16 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Florida has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I would just like to take a second in closing to say that Mr. Cohen's comments were very well taken. I think the mistake we make here is that we continue to add riders to this bill, and a lot of riders in the past had to do with…

I urge opposition to this amendment. The IRS has already been cut overall by $341 million from last year's funding level. This will prevent the IRS from going after tax cheats and helping those who are attempting to obey the law. The…

For a minute there, I was almost convinced that they are not after the IRS, but they are even willing to give money to an agency they traditionally do not support just to get at the IRS. The IRS has already been cut overall by $341 million…

The good news is that the whole bill is not on the IRS, so, eventually, we will move on to something else, and we won't see any more of these attacks. The IRS has already been cut overall by $341 million from last year's funding level…

My early math tells me that, if the amendments that we just passed stick in conference, we have already cut $1.154 billion from enforcement. Those are the folks who are going to collect taxes from people who don't want to pay taxes. I…

The gentleman mentioned baseball. I would like to remind folks that we are so committed and dedicated to our job that we are not watching the Home Run Derby right now. With the way we treat Washington, D.C., you would think we were members…

I am saddened to have to rise in opposition to this legislation today. As a long-time appropriator, I remember the days when we were always able to come together to determine the funding levels for our government in a bipartisan manner and…

This amendment is completely irresponsible and unnecessary. My colleague may be angry at the Internal Revenue Service, but defunding the very entities that would supply the information he is requesting is not going to get him that…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman for the time and the kind comments about my favorite team. I thank the majority party for the opportunity to bring this bill to the floor. Mr. Speaker, this is a very, very special and emotional day on the island of…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York, Ranking Member Lowey, for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. As ranking member of the Financial Services Subcommittee, I wanted to discuss many of the improvements…