Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield to the gentleman from Texas for a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Is it in order to refer to Members of the other body by name? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not provide an advisory opinion. Mr. McGOVERN. So we don't want another Ted Cruz-led shutdown here in the House of Representatives. I…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. You know, Mr. Speaker, it was a little over a year ago that the American people went to the polls, and in their wisdom, they elected a divided government. They knew what divided…

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro…

Last week, I asked the question: What does it take for someone to get fired by this administration? We were faced with the serial incompetence of the rollout of the healthcare.gov Web site. Then, late last week, someone was fired--not for…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 3 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I want to remind Members of the House of Representatives about the President's press conference yesterday. I would like to read from the transcript of his remarks. The President…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 3 minutes for purposes of a response. The rate shock issue is one about which every Member of this House should be concerned. Let me read to you from a letter I received from a constituent who lives in The…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute for the purposes of response. Talk about changing the rules in the middle of the game. What in the world was that Presidential press conference 24 hours ago all about? It was about changing the rules by…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 3 minutes. We have talked about the votes in this House to delay or to modify portions of the Affordable Care Act. Indeed, the House has passed seven of those, and they have been signed by the President. What…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. It is hard to feel too sad for the gentleman from Massachusetts when a bill of this magnitude came with so little debate, so little input from the minority. We have got a 1-page bill before the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, that evening in March of 2010 when the Senate bill was finally going to be considered by the House, there was a meeting of the Rules Committee that night. Democrats were in charge. I…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. As a consequence, this bill came over to the House and we just simply had to pass it. We had to pass it before we found out what was in it. We didn't have a hearing on H.R. 3590. We didn't have a…