I do not, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman does not yield for that purpose. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I will try again. At this time, I would like to yield 1 minute to the…

No, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman does not yield. Therefore, the request cannot be entertained. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, let me make clear to the House that if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an…

I yield myself such time as I may consume, Mr. Speaker. I think we need to step back from the emotion a moment and look at the realities of the situation. Number one, anybody that seeks refugee status in the United States can go to any of…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. The gentleman may be surprised to find that, actually, we are not too far apart on the issue. Now, currently, we have over $700 million still on hand to deal with wildfires. The gentleman and I…

Just a few correctives, if I may. We are actually putting in additional resources. We haven't cut resources. It is the President's budget that cut resources. It cut detention beds, enforcement, and aid to the countries in Central America…

I have a great deal of respect for my friend from the Appropriations Committee. He is an excellent legislator and tremendous Member. I am, though, going to point out the record of the Democratic majority the last time they were here and in…

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…

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.

Let me pull us back from arguing about rules and procedures to what the real essence of the conflict on the transportation bill is: 357 Members, an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, voted to send the transportation bill to the United States…

Reclaiming my time, I thought we were talking about comprehensive immigration reform--safely after an election I might add. But the President of the United States, who ran in 2008, saying he would have a bill on the floor within 100 days…

Let's talk for a minute about the additional money to HHS. That is exactly, by the way, what this does. The difference--and I think there is probably some confusion here--is we are doing it for a short period of time, and then we are going…

On Wednesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration of three measures: H.R. 5230, the supplemental appropriations bill to deal with the influx of unaccompanied minors across the southern border; H.R. 5272, a bill…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 696 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 696 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 680 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 680 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

On Wednesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration of two measures, H.R. 3393, the Student and Family Tax Simplification Act, and H.R. 4935, the Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014. The resolution provides a…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we have opened quite a range of things to talk about with Mr. Woodall's remarks and Mr. Polis' response and my good friend from New Jersey, Mr. Pascrell's proposal. Let me sort of…

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…

Let me address a number of remarks my friend made in passing. Let me begin by reminding anybody who happens to be listening or following the debate this isn't an immigration bill. This is actually a tax bill, and it is really about trying…

I do want to disagree with my friend on a couple of points. Number one, this isn't a symbolic piece of legislation. It is legislation in progress, but it is not feel-good. I know Mr. Camp and his committee are anxious to actually change…

On Wednesday the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration on two measures: H.R. 5016, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, and H.R. 4718, that would permanently extend the bonus depreciation…

As usual, my friend is a sharp and acute debater and makes points over a broad number of issues. I do want to say, for the record, I am not such a great businessman, but I have a great business partner who has been my partner for 25 years…

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…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 661 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 661 Resolved, That (a) at any time after adoption of this resolution the…

Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentlewoman for the points that she made. I would just say that, again, this is going to be an ongoing source of tension--it has been. To clarify, when I said the Capital benefits, I meant to imply in no way…

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