On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 235, nays 178, not voting 17, as follows: [Roll No. 235] YEAS--235 Abraham Aderholt Allen Amash Amodei…

This morning, the Rules Committee issued an announcement outlining the amendment process for H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017, which will likely be before the Rules Committee next week. An amendment deadline has been…

I send to the desk a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: H. Con. Res. 48 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That…

Yesterday, the Rules Committee issued announcements outlining the amendment processes for two measures likely to come before the Rules Committee next week. An amendment deadline has been set for Monday, April 3, at 10 a.m., for the…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Crist).

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 228 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 228 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I reserve the balance of my time, and I am prepared to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from 87 patient and provider organizations, including the Cystic…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I just want to take a second to summarize this rule because people have been asking about it. It is a closed rule. The only amendments allowed are amendments offered…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui).

We are going to keep moving on. We were allocated the same amount of time. I guess the answer would be no. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Kelly).

And I thank the gentleman from Florida very much. In fact, the gentleman is correct. We had an opportunity to quote the Bible, Janis Joplin, and ZZ Top when we were doing our hearings. We had so much time with each other, and I enjoyed the…