Tom Cole

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Parliamentary Inquiry

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velaazquez).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Roybal-Allard).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire of the gentleman from Oklahoma how many speakers he has?

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano). (Mr. SERRANO asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), the ranking member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Castro).

I want to point out that if the 2008 law is not the reason, then my good friend's remarks need to be directed to the administration because they have told us it is the reason. The President has cited this as the reason. But if it is…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. O'Rourke).

I will not yield until I finish my point. You have got plenty of time. I think you can make your points on your own.

This is a subject on which, obviously, there is considerable passion and considerable emotion. I respect that on all sides. I will remind my friends who are insisting on immigration, they did actually control the Chamber for 4 years and…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend, 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 purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend, the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time…

I appreciate what my colleagues had to say, and I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Oklahoma? There was no objection. Amendment Offered by Mr. Grayson

I respect my friend from Indiana pressing the point of order. I suspect he will prevail, and I am prepared to withdraw. I want to serve notice that I am going to eventually find the appropriate vehicle, so that we can address this. I think…

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…

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

I want to thank my friend for bringing this to the floor. He is precisely right in everything that he says about both the costs and the functionality of the document in question. His staff member is to be commended for bringing it to his…

I want to accept this amendment. You certainly aren't behind the times. You are usually ahead of the curve. In this case, the gentleman certainly is. I appreciate him pointing out an area where we can save $300,000. He is precisely right…

I thank my friend for yielding. Madam Chairman, I just want to thank my friend from California for bringing this amendment. I think it is a truly important amendment and something that we are more than happy to accept, and appreciate her…

I was tempted to actually yield my friend from Georgia (Mr. Bishop) additional time, he was being so kind to all of us on both sides of the aisle. But I genuinely want to thank my friend who is a very valuable member of our committee and…

So even if we go through a sequester, which we should try to avoid, early next year hopefully in a large agreement Indian Health Service will not be subjected to sequester in any different way ever again.