I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me time, and I thank him for all of the work that he has done as the chair of the subcommittee. It is work that is making a difference as it allows people to get access to their own versions of the…

I appreciate the gentleman's points on things we should be doing, and I agree and hope we can get a budget agreement in the next coming days or weeks, hopefully as soon as we can get it done. There are other pressing issues that face this…

I want to address a few issues with regard to the rule on the two bills. The Rules Committee did approve every amendment that was found germane. There were many amendments that were found not germane to these bills. For example, there was…

On Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for H.R. 1206, the No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act, and H.R. 4885, the IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016. House Resolution 687 provides a structured rule…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 687 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 687 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 671 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 671 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for H.R. 3340, the FSOC Reform Act, and for H.R. 3791, the Raising Consolidated Assets Threshold Under Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement. House Resolution 671 provides…

I am prepared to close. I have no more speakers. If the gentleman from Florida wants to close, I will reserve the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding. I am hearing that negotiations are ongoing, and I am hopeful that we can have a budget by this Friday. There is a bit of disagreement, even inside our Conference, about how to move forward…

I would like to clear up some misconceptions about the calendar, the budget, the rule, and the SENSE Act. With regard to the calendar, Mr. Speaker, I don't know how the gentleman from Colorado manages his calendar. But when I go home to my…

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…