I want to congratulate my friend, Mr. Roy, on his son, because that is a pretty well-behaved young man to sit there that much time and listen to adults drone away.

I have more remarks. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank my very good friend, the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts, Chairman McGovern, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Today's rule covers three items. The first item is a…

I urge a ``no'' on the previous question and a ``no'' on the rule, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We talked about this earlier. I don't want to belabor the…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219, nays 199, not voting 14, as…

I advise my friend I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, before I go to my formal remarks, my friend and I will have a discussion about energy. I am a big believer in renewables. My…

To just quickly respond to my friend's comment about the energy industry. I am from an energy district. I am from an energy State. My constituents and their forebearers have produced more energy than they have consumed for over a hundred…

To further discuss the need for America to be energy independent, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and my good friend.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218, nays 204, not voting 10, as…

I will refrain from correcting my friend again and just send him something to read. If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up H.R. 6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act for…

Just to remind my friend, it was the last administration that actually began lethal aid to Ukraine. The Obama administration did not. The record there is pretty clear as to who has helped the Ukrainians. Madam Speaker, to further discuss…

I want to thank my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts, Chairman McGovern, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, our second rule of the day now…

For further explanation of our energy independence bill, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Oklahoma (Mrs. Bice), my very good friend and fellow Oklahoman.

I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for yielding. It is imperative that we defeat the previous question so that we can bring up the American Energy Independence from Russia Act for immediate consideration. Mr. Speaker, last week, Vladimir…

the President has been a pretty busy guy. He got some things done, the COVID relief bill, the infrastructure bill.

the outline of the deal here is pretty obvious. The defense number has got to go up. The domestic number has got to come down to some degree.

we need some focus here, not on some of these other agendas that, frankly, are stalling out right now.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings are postponed. ____________________

We are still waiting for a speaker, but I would inquire of the gentlewoman if she is prepared to close, we will go ahead and close. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, before I get into my prepared remarks and…

If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to immediately bring up H.R. 1995, the Protecting Our Communities From Gang Violence Act of 2021. This bill would make alien gang members inadmissible to the United…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219…

We have at least one, I think perhaps two, if the gentleman can make it back in time.

I thank the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Scanlon), my good friend, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Today's rule, Mr. Speaker, covers three items. I will begin my remarks on a…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218, nays 209, not voting 6, as follows: [Roll No. 395] YEAS--218 Adams Aguilar Allred Auchincloss Axne…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219, nays 208, not voting 6, as…