Michael Burgess: “While they may be habituated they are not addicted.”

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, may I inquire as to how many speakers the gentleman has remaining?

Last night the House Committee on Rules met to report a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 115, the Midnight Rules Relief Act under a closed rule. The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate equally divided between the chair and…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1486 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1486 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 14 minutes remaining.