How much time is remaining on my side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 2 minutes remaining.

I think the question is: Is there any collegiality and respect for the Federal judicial system? Let me read a letter in reference to the underlying bill: We strongly urge Congress not to amend the class action procedures found in rule 23…

I include in the Record a StarTribune article. [From the StarTribune] Stand With Families Affected by Asbestos, and Help Kill FACT Act My husband was the late U.S. Rep. Bruce F. Vento, who served for almost 24 years in the House of…

Without having the ability to hear my colleague's opposition, I know that the supporters of this legislation will say that Bankruptcy Code section 107 will prevent these devastating results, but it is not true. This provision only permits…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 13, strike line 19 and all that follows through line 15 on page 14, and insert the…

As we speak, 24 Members, Democrats, have been sitting with our Republican friends in Energy and Commerce for more than 24 hours, hunkered down on a bill that no one has seen, no one has read, or no one knows what it is about. Contrast that…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Espaillat The Acting CHAIR. It is…

Let me say whose side I want to stand on, and that is the side of Mrs. Vento, the widow of our former colleague, Representative Bruce Vento, who passed away from asbestos- induced cancer. The bill's public disclosure of victims' private…

Thank you for your courtesies. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of topics that I choose to debate this evening, but before I do that, I would like to first raise a very important concern. I will soon draft a letter that my colleagues will…

I am glad to be an adherent of the Constitution, as I know that my colleagues are. We believe in the separation of the three branches of government. That is why it was so noteworthy and so outrageous that the leader of the free world and…

Well, let me say this. Mr. Chair, first of all, before I yield to the gentleman from the great State of Maryland, the reason why we need my amendment is because this deals with speech. This regulatory bill deals with speech, what you can…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I thank the Chair and the managers of the bill, in this instance Mr. Raskin and his collaborator, the Republican manager as well. I thank them for their very thoughtful discussion. I…