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 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…

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 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 am curious if you are arguing--because it sounds to me like the gentleman from Massachusetts is arguing that we only want to give people protections from administrative actions; we don't want to give them equal protection in the courts…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, there are a couple of things I want to make clear. Earlier in my remarks, I acknowledged that the other side of the aisle agrees with us on an administrative grace period. The problem…

I hear your point there, but I can tell you that if we would have debated the amendment, I believe that it would have been defeated. Frankly, the problem with it was, if it would have been narrowly crafted to keep the good faith exception…

I thank the gentleman. I happen to serve on the Financial Services Committee with the ranking member, and that idea was not offered in the committee. So it was a new idea. I will tell you that it sort of conflicts with the good faith…