This isn't a new problem, and you mentioned the--and I agree with you, by the way, the inexcusable problems that we had in terms of sexual assaults at centers.

I want to go back to this issue of the joint employer...

We put a lot more money again into these three particular countries.

I am going to give all of you a rare privilege. I am going to let you--I had the good fortune to sit where my friend, the chair, sits now

I look forward to working with you in your leadership.

I think it is an important subject, and I think you are to be commended for bringing it up.

I want to sincerely thank the chair for this hearing. It has been, I think, a very, very good hearing.

Madam Chair, I want to thank you, too, obviously again for the IG briefing that we had 2 weeks ago and for assembling this panel and focusing interest on this.

If I may, Judge Arthur, in your written testimony, you highlight some of the criminal elements and organizations that participate in trafficking and smuggling

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 230, nays 193, not voting 10, as follows: [Roll No…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5- minute votes on: Adoption of the…

I wish to notify the House, Madam Speaker, that if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule that will bring up the appropriations package the House passed in December, including full funding for the government…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin), my good friend, for yielding the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I want to begin by congratulating my friend on his recent appointment to…

I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank my friend not only for yielding, but for his distinguished 4 years as the chairman of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. I want to congratulate my good friend, the former ranking member and now the new…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the portion of the divided question comprising title III will be followed by 5-minute…

Let me advise my friend, I am prepared to close. I see she has additional speakers, so, for the moment, I will simply reserve the balance of my time.

Simply to make a quick point. Actually, a vote against this provision is not a vote against preexisting conditions. It is a vote to limit the power of the Speaker--not to allow the Speaker to, on her own, decide whether she is going to…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 231, nays 195, not voting 7, as follows: [Roll No. 17]…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5- minute votes on: Adoption of the…

I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am sorry the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell) left the floor…

And then I will yield to my good friend from Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I will be happy to take up the challenge. I would be happy to meet with anybody to reopen the government. I would be happy if we had a product in front of us, which we did…

To make a couple of quick points, and then yield to another speaker, if I may. Mr. Speaker, I want to disagree a little bit with my friend's memory on what the last Congress did and did not do. Quite frankly, it was the most successful…

I want to thank my good friend, Chairman McGovern, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we are back again on appropriations, and we are back again on the exact same set of…

Actually, I know I informed the gentlewoman differently, but my good friend, Mr. Burgess, got so excited by the debate he came back and asked for an additional minute. So if I may, Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from…