I thank my very good friend from Pennsylvania for yielding. I rise today in opposition to the rule, Mr. Speaker. I have two matters I wish to discuss today. First, I want to speak to the Republican motion to recommit on H.R. 4502, on which…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), the distinguished chairman of the Rules Committee, and my good friend, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Madam Speaker, today's rule covers H.R. 4502, a seven-bill…

It should be easy to agree that schools, especially primary schools, should focus solely on facts-based education, without political overtones. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace), who will…

I would advise the gentleman that I am prepared to close whenever he is. Madam Speaker, can I inquire how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 5\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from…

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 217, nays 201, not voting 12, as…

I will be brief. But I want to begin by thanking Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Member Granger for their help throughout the process. However, despite many areas of agreement in the bill before us today, particularly relating to Labor…

I think it says everything about Jerry Lewis if you look at who has come to speak on his behalf. We have had the Speaker and the majority leader of the House from the other party. You have a man he squared off against twice for the…

I thank my friend from Texas for yielding, and I want to be the first to admit I was alive when both of these authorizations were passed. The Congress' current effort to review the existing authorities for military force for which the…

But, look, we know China is sort of a bad actor. They will steal anything that is not nailed down.

I am very proud of what this committee did, and I am very proud of what the NIH, more profoundly, accomplished in this year, not only for us but for all of humanity.

I challenge anybody to match that record. But I think it is a clear indication of how much regard the Director is held in.

As the chair, you are never out of time, number one.

Operation Warp Speed, in my mind, remains one of the most undervalued achievements of the last administration.

I would be very much opposed to that. I don't think that is fair to those companies, and I think it would discourage investment later.

I am just arguing for we are going a little fast here before we actually have this thing worked through.

I believe, based upon the experience we have had with COVID-19... we had no difficulty figuring out how to invest those in vaccines, in therapeutics, and in diagnostics.

I very much appreciate that and commend you for your diligence and urge you to double down on that.

The United States' investments in biomedical research and medical countermeasures have paved the way for the fastest vaccine ever developed in our Nation's history.

This committee, I think, has done an exceptional job under our chairman in this regard.

I am pleased to have a President who set out a marker.

I am very supportive of the President's topline proposal here.

I could probably just say 'amen' and dispense with my remarks because there is essentially nothing in your opening statement that I don't agree with wholeheartedly.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time is remaining for us on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cicilline). The gentleman from Massachusetts has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I am having trouble trying to figure out exactly what the problem that some of my Republican colleagues may have with this bill. Maybe, based on the lack of…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).