Steve Stivers

Okay. That kind of ``miner'' I am good with. I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), an esteemed member of both the Rules and Budget Committees.

I would just like to remind the gentleman from Colorado that, when the Democrats were in charge of Congress, they went on--I will use his word--vacation 4 years in a row without passing a single budget, not a single budget. We have passed…

Before I close, I would like to urge my colleague from Colorado to use his 5 legislative days to ensure the Congressional Record does appropriately say it is a miner act--M-I-N-E- R instead of M-I-N-O-R act--where he said it was a minor…

I thank the chairman and the folks on the committee for their great work on this bill. I stand today to support the bill and also to recognize one of the sections is the Veterans Dog Therapy Act, which was rolled into H.R. 3016. We lose 22…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for H.R. 1675, the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015, and for H.R. 766, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015. House Resolution 595 provides for a…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 595 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 595 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I would like to address two quick points made by the gentleman. With regard to H.R. 1675 and exportable data, the gentleman tries to claim that this data will not be available. It will be available in scanned-in information, so you can…

I want to quickly address the issue raised by the gentleman. I alluded to it, but I didn't speak to it maybe as clearly as I should have. I believe that there is an agreement between the chairman of the subcommittee as well as the ranking…

On Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported out a rule for H.R. 3700, the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2015. House Resolution 594 provides a structured rule for consideration of H.R. 3700. The resolution provides 1…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 594 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 594 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

To the gentleman from Florida's point, it is true that, with a structured rule, somebody can't walk in off the street, a Member of Congress, that didn't come to the Rules Committee, and come up with an amendment right now that they are…

I would like to address, Mr. Speaker, a couple of the gentleman from Florida's points about the process. Under our new Speaker, we have had five rules. Four have been structured, and let's look at today's rule. All of the germane…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for H.R. 1210, the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act, and H.R. 3189, the Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act of 2015. House Resolution 529 provides a structured rule…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 529 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 529 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I appreciate the gentleman making his point. Mr. Speaker, my point is, under the new Speaker, we have only had one closed rule. Will we occasionally have a closed rule? Yes. When the other party was in charge, they had closed rules all the…

I thank the chairman for yielding time. This National Defense Authorization Act is really important. As a Member of Congress and as a member of the military, I have raised my right hand and taken an oath to protect against all enemies…

I thank Chairman Chabot for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor a fellow Ohioan who has done so much for our country. I didn't really know John Boehner when Congresswoman Deborah Pryce, my predecessor once removed, decided…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for his extraordinary work on this bill. This bill is important for our national security. It is important for jobs. We need to end the oil export ban so that we can export oil that has been generated as…

I do not. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman does not yield. Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. Mr. McGOVERN. Just one amendment. That is it. Just one. I am not asking for two. I am just asking for one.

Yet here we are today, just a couple of months later, and some of my friends on the other side of the aisle are going to argue that we shouldn't institute that very same hold harmless period by passing this bill. As I said, I think they…

--even if they are acting in good faith? I will yield the gentleman some time in a second. But is that what you are arguing? If there is a comma misplaced or they accidentally tried to comply, but in good faith made an accident, you think…

And somebody could have pointed to that section and said: See, nothing can take away my right to sue. This good faith exception takes away my right to sue. Even though they acted in good faith, that denies me a right. So it was conflicting…

I would disagree with you. It does not shift the burden. The individual has to have the burden of proof that they acted in good faith. It does not say anything about the consumer showing somebody acting in bad faith. The individuals…

Reclaiming my time, no, there would not, because if they can file lawsuits that the law--we haven't changed the law. In fact, all we have added is a good faith exception that allows somebody to defend themselves and get a lawsuit dropped…

Will the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) yield for the purpose of a colloquy? Mr. McGOVERN. I am happy to yield to the gentleman from Ohio.