If I finish my remarks, I certainly will yield to the gentleman. {time} 1515 My friends on the other side have repeatedly said we want to shut down the government. That's the last thing we want to do. This bill actually keeps the…

Reclaiming my time, after you turned us down twice, we just think you guys are an awfully hard sell. The Senate is also a difficult sell on this. So let's move and do this CR and sit down in the next 75 days. I think we have an…

Yesterday the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration of H.J. Res. 59, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2014. The rule is a closed rule and provides for the consideration of a short-term continuing…

I don't want to put you under any pressure, but we're counting on you. I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to thank my good friend, the gentlelady. It's always great to have the opportunity to come down here and exchange…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend, the gentlewoman from Rochester (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 Joint Resolution 59 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 352 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in…

I know that Bob Woodward is a widely read author. I can look at the book sales that he racks up and know that there's a lot of people in this town that read what he has to say. But evidently my friends on the other side have never read…

I think it's still an open question.

I think the president deserves an opportunity to make his case, I think he had a powerful statement certainly on Sunday.

Right now, I would be a lean no. This to me is a civil war, it's a religious war, and it's a proxy war for regional powers.

I just think this process probably should have started a long time ago when red lines were being drawn.

Yes, it does. I think that's something you have to take into account.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we did have a referendum on ObamaCare. Do you know what we got? We got a split decision because, while the American people certainly reelected the President, they also reelected a…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 322 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 322 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to respond to a number of points my friends have made about the issue of sequester. I simply want to remind them whose idea it was. If they have any doubt, they should read the…

I do not have any more speakers, and I'm prepared to close whenever my friend is.

Reclaiming my time, I seriously doubt that you have never said we wouldn't do this. I've heard the same thing when we talk about debt ceiling where we know the rules get reversed from time to time. So I think this legislation--and I think…

We did. I appreciate that, and we found common ground. I hope we can again. But also when we're lectured a little bit on rules--and, look, we both wear these hats occasionally--I will remind my friends, when they were in the majority, the…

But this isn't the Senate. We don't have unlimited debate over here, so he's kind of stretching it a little bit, but it's always worth listening to.

And I want to say, my friend, the gentleman, exercised it to the extreme, but he's always worth listening to. I want to underscore a point my good friend made, because I do agree with you very much about government shutdown. I don't think…

In closing, I want to begin by reminding my friends whose idea sequester was. It was the President of the United States. The President likes to take some credit--and in some ways he deserves some--for our budget deficit coming down…

When the Committee on Rules filed its report (H. Rept. 113-187) to accompany House Resolution 322 the Committee was unaware that the waiver of all points of order against consideration of H.R. 2879 included: A waiver of clause 9(a)(2) of…

My friend--and he is my friend--I think is really one of the great speakers of this Chamber. I mean that with all sincerity.

I want to quickly respond, if I may, to a couple of points my good friend made. First, I want to begin by agreeing with her because, quite frankly, as I've stated publicly on many occasions, I don't believe a government shutdown is a good…

Yesterday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration of H.R. 367, the REINS Act; H.R. 2009, the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act; and H.R. 2879, the Stop Government Abuse Act. The rule provides a structured rule…