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 want to be the first to acknowledge that this legislation may not indeed be the appropriate place in which to address the issue raised in the amendment. But I do believe the amendment is an appropriate way to highlight a problem that…

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…

I have enormous respect for my friends from Kansas. We usually agree, but in this case, we don't. I represent Tinker Air Force Base, which has 15,000 Federal civilian defense employees, along with thousands of private employees, working in…

I want to disagree with my good friend from Florida on one thing, and I think it is probably just a phrase, but I want to put an important corrective in the Record. My friend said we could finally vote on something that would be…

I hate to keep repeating myself, but I think I will. My friends passed this tax credit themselves when they were in the majority in 2008 and 2010. So while I appreciate this newfound concern about deficits on their side of the aisle, I…

I want to agree with my friend about his concern on the deficit. I know it is genuine. Frankly, I appreciate the fact that our friends on the other side of the aisle are concerned about the deficit. I will remind them, when we took the…

I want to begin, actually, by agreeing on a couple of points with my friend from Florida. Sandy, if you will recall--and I know you do. I actually voted with you. I believe that relief should have been rendered. I am glad we did that, and…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration of H.R. 4438, a bill that would permanently extend and enhance the research and development tax credit. The resolution provides a closed rule for consideration of…

I claim the time in opposition to the point of order in favor of consideration of the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 10 minutes.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 569 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 569 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

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…

The question before the House is should we now proceed and consider House Resolution 569. While the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill, the Committee on Rules is not aware of any violation. In my view…

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…

Again, I want to thank my friend because I know he is, indeed, committed to this idea. In closing, Madam Chair, I think, as usual, my friend Ms. Wasserman Schultz probably made the salient point of the debate. We are taking from our…

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 want to begin by thanking my friend. We serve together on the Rules Committee. It is very seldom that I would disagree with my friend, who not only has a distinguished record here, but a distinguished record in law enforcement. And let…

First, I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I want to thank my friend too because I know he is very serious about looking for places to cut costs. Indeed, later on, there are a number of items that Members have brought to our attention…

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…

Thank you for the recognition, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 4487, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015, provides $3.3 billion for the operations of the legislative branch, excluding Senate…

I just wanted to once again thank my friend, my working partner in this, Ms. Wasserman Schultz. She, in this area, is an absolute expert without peer in this House, which has been enormously helpful to me. Again, I want to thank the…

My friend and I have had a number of opportunities to talk about this issue. We talked about it in committee, we talked about it yesterday in discussion on the rule, and we are talking about it today because I think he wants to make his…

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…

I thank my friend for yielding. I want to thank my friend too because I know the spirit in which this is brought is to save money and to make some tough decisions, and I share that. It is worth pointing out that we did reduce the…

I want to thank my friend. Again, I appreciate the spirit in which he approaches this. This is an interesting point of discussion because we actually have Members of both parties who really like this program and think it is very important…