Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Reschenthaler), another valuable member of the House Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith) for the purposes of rebuttal.

Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith), who is here to explain the amendment.

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. David Scott), the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. {time} 1015

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a Washington Post piece titled, ``Climate change's impact intensifies as U.S. prepares to take action.'' [From The Washington Post, Aug. 11…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, Republicans will amend the rule to allow the House to consider an amendment that would stop the IRS from hiring 87,000 new agents to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith) for rebuttal.

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of…

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I don't see any other speakers on our side, so I yield to the gentleman for his closing, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as we close out this debate, once again, I acknowledge that I have been aided on the floor during rule debate by the able services of Rachel Huggins, who, unfortunately, is…