I withdraw my point of order and rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

Again, I thank the gentlelady for raising this issue. Clearly she has some personal experience flying these aircraft, and I'm grateful for her service.

I appreciate the gentlelady bringing the IG report to our attention. As Ranking Member Price can attest, the committee has a long, bipartisan history supporting robust funding for the H-60 conversions. In fact, the bill includes funds…

I do rise in opposition to this amendment. I'm certainly sympathetic with the predicament of the gentleman from New York--and he's doing his best to represent his district--but this amendment would cut funding for the National Bio- and…

I thank the gentleman, and I thank the Speaker for allowing me to address the House tonight regarding the Problem Solvers group. I, too, am a proud member of this group--a group of Republicans and Democrats who I think have really one…

The House will again vote to address the imprecisely named Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Critics say that we're tilting at windmills. Well, Mr. Speaker, let's review: Within the last month or so, we've heard from the Senator…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Holt The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I seek to offer an amendment and address the House. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 19, after line 17, insert the following: (c) Existing Contracts Not Affected.-- (1)…

I just want to quickly address a few of the issues. My friend, Mr. Holt, said that these reservoirs will be depleted. I agree. The issue is who's going to invest in an enrichment and refining facility at a reservoir that's going to be…

Our amendment, the Dent-Higgins-Esty amendment, ensures the continued supply of helium for end users while requiring the BLM, Bureau of Land Management, to honor existing contracts for the supply and delivery of this vital resource. Most…

How much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 45 seconds remaining. The gentleman from Washington has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I do support this legislation. In our T-HUD subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, FAA Administrator Huerta admitted that he saw no administrative flexibility to help the flying public, so we're giving him that flexibility now with this bill…

At this time, I would like to yield 1 minute to my colleague from New York (Mr. Higgins). {time} 1030

the public doesn't trust us when we say the border's operationally secured.

I think many of these communities really want to maximize the number of people who are getting Section 8.

Congress must reauthorize VAWA to prevent more innocent Americans from becoming victims and to provide critical services for those who do. Further delaying this crucial legislation does this Congress no credit and leaves State and local…

I just believe the American people deserve better of this committee and this process.

I am just enormously disappointed that we are having this discussion because you are telling me for the record that this was not designed in any way to undermine the good faith bipartisan negotiations on the immigration reform.

My congressional district abuts the State of New Jersey. Hundreds of thousands of people in my congressional district were without power for some time. We were very much impacted, but what I noticed most during this terrible hurricane were…

I am here today to rise in support of H.R. 6223, a bill I introduced earlier this year as well as in the 111th Congress. I would especially like to thank Chairman Lamar Smith for his service as chairman of this committee for the past 2…

I want to thank the gentleman from Alabama and the gentlelady from California for their leadership of the committee. As a member of the Committee on Ethics and as the chairman of the investigative subcommittee, or ISC, in this matter, I do…

I think withdrawing that controversial information collection request, the ICR from OMB, is a good step forward for CFATS leadership.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 402, nays 21, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 438]…

I just heard the previous speaker say that the Affordable Care Act is going to provide so much opportunity for medical device manufacturers that they will simply be able to eat this device tax. Well, that's not the case in my district, and…