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. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire of the time remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 5\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 10\1/2\…

I will not yield, and I do want to reiterate my previous announcement that all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. I am not yielding for other purposes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oklahoma does not yield. Mr…

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).

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 700 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 700 Resolved, That the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a…

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 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 am prepared to close whenever my friend is prepared to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this terrible martial law rule. We have no idea what the hell we are going to be voting on. This is…

I object to the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not present. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present. The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members. Pursuant…

Yesterday the Rules Committee met to report a rule that would provide for same-day authority for any resolution reported from the Committee on Rules related to the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the southern border, border security, and…

I want to disagree with my good friend, the minority whip, on a point. I don't think the Senate left yesterday because of anything the House did. It failed to act, and it left. It went home because it couldn't pass a bill. That is…

I want to disagree with my friend on the root of this issue. I don't think whether or not we passed immigration reform has anything to do with the border crisis. I really don't. Frankly, what is occurring there would be illegal had we…

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

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), the ranking member of the Rules Committee, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), the ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

I am prepared to close whenever my friend is. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask for a unanimous consent request, because the interest on this issue and the passion on this issue on our side is so great that we don't have enough…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire from the gentleman from Oklahoma whether he has any additional speakers or if he would like to give us some of his time?

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 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, 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 gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velaazquez).

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

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 Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy).

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.)