John Boehner

I am expecting that next week, and possibly as early and going into the following week, we may have two or three packages of issues that are intended to help strengthen our border. As the gentleman is aware, we have done a lot over the…

This bill was reported out of the House Administration Committee some time ago. I imagine we will see an announcement out of the Rules Committee in terms of when their hearing is and whether they will call for amendments. But I would…

I thank my colleague. And while we may differ on whether the glass is half full or half empty, I do have great respect for my colleague from Maryland.

Over a year ago, the House worked to implement the recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission. And I believe that Members on both sides of the Capitol, on both sides of the aisle, decided to accept those recommendations that we…

We have rules in the House about legislating on an appropriations bill, and it is clear that the intent of the author was to legislate on an appropriations bill. I think the majority did the right thing by moving the authorizing language…

I think the gentleman is well aware that in July before the House went on its August district work period, the House voted to raise the minimum wage, and this bill is pending in the Senate and I am hopeful that the Senate will see fit to…

I will work with you to accommodate our Members who want to observe this religious holiday. I do understand the problem for Members on the West Coast. We will work with you to come to some resolution. We don't want to put any Members in a…

The issue is under discussion. As the gentleman knows, there are a number of issues in that bill that have caused concern amongst Members. And while one of those appears to have been resolved, there are a number of other issues remaining…

We are continuing to have conversations about that issue, but no decisions as of yet. If there is, I will make sure that everyone is notified.

Clearly, protecting the American people's pensions and ensuring that we get better funding of private pension plans is the goal of this legislation. I can tell the gentleman that I think we are very close. There is some progress. We are…

But I do not expect that they will get here until late Tuesday, and so I think the earliest we could take them up would be Wednesday morning.

Do these questions get any easier? The Health IT bill has shared jurisdiction between the Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee. There are some issues. They are trying to resolve those issues. The chairman of the…

Yes. The bill came out of committee, but typically the rules of the House don't allow Members to legislate on an appropriation bill, and I think there are a lot of people who believe that is legislation on an appropriation bill. So there…

The leadership on the Senate side and the House side have been engaged in this as well.

Most of the Republican conferees have yet to sit down at the table as well. The principals have been involved and the leadership on both sides have been involved, and as I said, there have been a lot of informal conversations with Democrat…

We were hoping to do that Health IT bill next week. We have got some scoring issues and some what we believe are problems with CBO that we are trying to iron out. So I would expect hopefully those will be ironed out next week and possibly…

I want to thank the whip for yielding. Next week we will convene on Monday at 12:30 for morning hour and 2 o'clock for legislative business. We will consider several measures under suspension of the rules. A list of those will be sent out…

We have discussed it. It is somewhat problematic, but I think what I would say to my colleague is let me keep working with you to see if we can't come to some agreement. I think 6 o'clock would be too late but 5:30 may work. We will…

We are continuing to work with the appropriators, trying to resolve some issues in order to find a way to bring it to the floor, but we do not expect to consider it next week.

Let's be clear here: Those who say this is a war of choice are nothing more than wrong. This is a war of necessity that we must fight.

We consult with the committees. How the chairmen and ranking members relate to each other is above my pay grade.

The resolution is coming together. The Committees on International Relations, Armed Services, and Intelligence, all three of those committees were consulted and worked to put the resolution together. That debate will begin on Thursday…

I do not expect that the Treasury, Transportation and HUD appropriation bill will be finished on Tuesday. It could be finished on Wednesday, but that will even be a push, especially considering the commitments that Members have on Tuesday…

I wish I could be clearer in terms of what it would look like and how it would be considered; but as soon as those decisions are made, we will pass them on.

There was anticipation that we would have the refinery bill up next week, the bill that did not receive the required two- thirds when it was brought up under suspension, but there have been some conversations under way, bipartisan…