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Mick Mulvaney is a Republican politician from South Carolina who served as the White House Chief of Staff under President Donald Trump from January 2019 to March 2020. Prior to this role, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing South Carolina's 5th congressional district from 2010 to 2017. During his time in Congress, Mulvaney was known for his fiscal conservatism and was a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, which advocates for limited government and reduced federal spending. He also served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from February 2017 to January 2019, where he focused on budgetary reforms and government efficiency.
We have heard a lot of talk so far today about the Bank, about what the Bank does. We have heard a lot of talk about small business, a lot of talk about the Bank leveling the playing field, a lot of talk about the Bank being that lender of…
Fair enough. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas may continue.
If this is not dilatory, what is the effect of passing this motion to recommit? I so often hear the preface, ``This doesn't send it back to committee; it doesn't kill the bill.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. If adopted, the motion would…
Does the person offering this motion represent to this body that they are in favor of this motion in order to qualify? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman qualified by stating her opposition to the bill.
Fair enough. Further parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.
No, it hasn't. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is about to put the question on ordering the previous question on the resolution.
I have an amendment at the desk. I would simply like to ask what rule the Chair is relying on in denying me the ability to bring that amendment now. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Clause 4 of rule XVI. The question is on ordering the previous…
While you are continuing, I would like you to consider one thing. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may proceed.
You did not address, then, my issue on receiving a message from the Senate or approving the Journal. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has entertained numerous parliamentary inquiries on a matter on which the Chair has already ruled.
I thank the gentleman from Texas. I want to pick up on where my friend from Arizona left off regarding the comments about my good friend and colleague from Washington regarding regular order. It is not regular order. If we have regular…
I have an amendment at the desk. I would like to have it heard now. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The previous question has already been moved.
Parliamentary inquiry. Who moved the previous question? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tennessee.
A few minutes ago, in reference to a question raised by the gentleman from Texas, you indicated that the amendments would be in order if the motion for the previous question failed. My question is: Are motions to amend in order before the…
Would the decision have been different if we had not made 1-minute speeches? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair cannot respond to a hypothetical question. The Clerk will report the title of the resolution. The Clerk read the title of the…
I'm sorry, and Mr. Speaker, when you were giving your decision before, I was reading the rule. Would you please restate the basis for your decision. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has entertained 1-minute speeches on previous discharge…
Further point, Mr. Speaker. The only way that it is privileged is that if it was brought up immediately after the pledge. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is also following prior practice of the House in entertaining the motion.
If 2(d)(1) says that it shall be in order if brought up at this particular time but the Chair is ruling that it may be in order at other times, what rule is the Chair relying on for that determination? The SPEAKER pro tempore. There is…
Does the language of section 2(d)(1) not specifically say ``shall be privileged if called up''? It is not ``may.'' It is ``shall . . . if. . . . '' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The rule is not so limited. The motion would be in order if it…
The rule is very explicit. The rule does not say that we may not take--the rule says that we must proceed immediately. I recognize the fact that on occasion 1-minute speeches are not considered business of the House, that receiving…
I would point out, Mr. Speaker, that we took up 1- minute speeches; we received a message from the Senate; and you, yourself, approved the Journal. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point of order?
Was that seconded? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The previous question does not require a second.
As the House prepares next week to take up a discussion about Planned Parenthood, I want to speak very briefly to what the debate is not about. It is not about women's health. The proposal that many of us are making to this House is that…
Bipartisan legislation, the National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act, H.R. 2287, has been introduced by Representatives Mick Mulvaney and Kyrsten Sinema to require greater transparency and credit union input during…
So all the horror stories we have heard today that we are trying to fix are already against the law, aren't they?
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