I encourage my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I would just conclude by thanking the gentlewoman from Florida for sharing her story. I know it has been a rugged journey that she has endured on, but this legislation will save lives. It is so important that we do this work today. I had a…

I have no additional speakers on my side of the aisle, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I call on my colleagues to support this important legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, and I especially thank Ms. Schakowsky, whom I have had the great privilege to serve with for many years. There is no more fierce warrior for consumers…

I have no other speakers on our side of the aisle, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have a statement from Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey that I will include in the Record in support of this legislation. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis), who is one of…

I appreciate my friend from California's comments, especially about the smoke and his sympathy for the folks all across the West, and especially in the Pacific Northwest. I am a native Oregonian and, tragically, we have been choking on…

I thank my colleague from California for his remarks. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I want to go back to the issue underlying this, which is wildfires and smoke. When I chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee, I…

May I ask how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the chairman and I have had a wonderful working relationship during our time on the Committee on Energy and Commerce. I understand where he is headed…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, nays 185, not voting 25, as…

I thought we had gotten past where we couldn't reconsider, that was part of the motion, and so a recorded vote was not in order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The yeas and nays were ordered on the amendment, and further proceedings were…

I have one more speaker who wanted to speak, but he is not here. I apparently have the right to close, so if the gentlewoman would like to go ahead while we wait for our other Member, I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeGETTE. Mr…

In closing, and I, again, I think I outlined pretty clearly some of our concerns with this measure. I think there is a lot we could find common ground on in the energy picture, certainly for working Americans and especially those dealing…

May I inquire how much each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 30 seconds remaining.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I want to thank my friend, the ranking member of the House Energy Subcommittee and the former chairman of the full committee, Mr. Upton, for yielding me this time. Tragically, I have to rise in opposition to H.R. 4447. This reminds me of…

Under Republican leadership, we passed a 10-year, fully funded extension of CHIP when I chaired the committee.

I think we still have a lot of work to do, especially in the area of surprise billing.

Operation Warp Speed is something that we should be proud of.

Let's not forget for those Republicans in 1996, as part of ERISA, put preexisting condition protection into law.

Americans expect us to do that, and I hope that after this hearing gets behind us, we could still work together this fall and get good things done.

I am really troubled that we have not provided for continuous and robust funding for our community centers. It is a travesty that this Congress has not done that.