I would like to respond to some of the comments of the gentleman from Florida and remind him that each bill will be separately debated and that, obviously, this combined rule is a floor time management technique that the chairman of the…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 273 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 273 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

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…

The amendment I am offering tonight is simple. It prohibits funding for the Cape Wind project off Nantucket Sound. This amendment was offered last year and was accepted unanimously, and I hope it will be again. The problem with this…

That was easy. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stivers). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Mr. Byrne

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…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, to the gentleman from Colorado. It appears to me it doesn't matter which we choose. We need to equalize the treatment, and neither one takes us further away from tax reform because, in tax reform, we are going to…

Before yielding to the gentleman from Texas, I don't think we are going to solve necessarily the philosophical disagreement we have on the death tax because, clearly, we think death is bad enough, it shouldn't be a taxable event; and the…

Because I have three quick points in response before I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee. First, with regard to the death tax, it is important to remember whose money it is in the first place. This money has already been taxed, and it…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for three important bills: H.R. 622, the State and Local Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015; H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015; and H.R. 1195, the Bureau of Consumer…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 200 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 200 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…