I am pleased to now yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Gainesville, Georgia, Congressman Collins, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

I appreciate the gentleman, my dear friend from Colorado, speaking most eloquently about the effects of 5 years of President Barack Obama. I will remind this body that President Obama said he would not negotiate with House Republicans. In…

More and more news continues to come to light about the poor workmanship that went into the Obama administration's Web site for ObamaCare. It is a problem and it is a mistake, and Americans are dealing with it all across America. The…

H. Res. 391 provides a structured rule for consideration of H.R. 2374 and a closed rule for consideration of H.R. 992. However, I think it is important to note that H.R. 992 is a closed rule by default because the Rules Committee did not…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 391 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 391 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

I appreciate the dialogue that the gentleman from Colorado is having. In fact, I have, for a long period of time, not only understood the plight of those who are perhaps in this country as undocumented people, but also I understood the…

I was honored to be at the funeral services at Arlington for ADM Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., an American patriot, a native of Mobile, AL, a man widely recognized for his character and integrity as well as for courage, intelligence, and…

I thank the Chair for the opportunity to share some thoughts, and I thank Senator Corker for his commitment and leadership on these difficult budget issues. As a businessman and someone who fabulously ran an important city in Tennessee, he…

do we have a 10-minute limit? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.

I would say, colleagues, that the defense cuts do not count the war reduction costs. Those were entirely separate and not part ever this. The defense budget is getting hammered, but we ought to smooth some of these reductions out in a more…

I thank the Chair. I have a number of other comments about where we are financially. I would ask unanimous consent to have 1 additional minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The vote yesterday was to raise the debt ceiling without altering by one penny the spending and debt path we are on. It was demanded by Senator Reid and the majority that we raise the debt ceiling, give the President another $1 trillion or…