Sheila Jackson Lee

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 9, line 9, strike the closing quotation marks and the following period, and after line 9 insert the…

The gentleman is very kind to yield. Very briefly, let me say it is about policy and process. The gentleman knows that most of America is very happy about the changes in the Affordable Care Act to get them out of the junk insurance…

We will not stand for this outrage.

I don't want a government shutdown.

Let me thank my colleagues for allowing me to join you this evening in what I think is an enormously important tribute. As I present this distinguished gentleman, this hero, I just want to make mention of my friend Clarence Eugene Sasser…

I am glad the gentleman pointed us out to pages 12 to 14, because he indicated a number of procedural hula hoops that we have to jump through. Each of those procedural hula hoops will be subject to a filibuster. But this is what the…

Thank you. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 20, line 10, insert after ``means any rule'' the following: ``(other than a special rule)''. Page 21, line 2, insert before…

Is it the proponent or the author of the amendment? The Acting CHAIR. Under clause 3(c) of rule XVII, a manager in opposition would have the right to close.

Who has the right to close? The Acting CHAIR. The right to close will not be established until the time in opposition is claimed.

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman will state her parliamentary inquiry.

Let me thank the gentlemen, and thank them for their commitment to the men and women of the United States military. And let me thank my colleagues for accepting this amendment. With that, I know that we will be safer, secure and healthier…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 29, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 34, line 15, after the…

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. 25 Offered by Mr. Cantor The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 16, line 6, strike ``low-performing schools'' and insert ``neglected, delinquent, migrant students…

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 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 28, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 29, line 21, after the dollar amount…

And some evidence. In this instance, we have one line that was stated that, No, I will not prosecute, versus the fact of the signing of an affidavit that did not result in a prosecution. Congresswoman?

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available in this Act…

All of this does not answer the question when this bill will be passed. I ask my colleagues to oppose the rule, oppose the underlying bill. Cap this. This is not the President's message. The President had an extended life to be able to…

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 Ms. Chu The Acting CHAIR. It is now in…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 21, strike ``60 days'' and insert ``1 year''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution…

Let me just say this. We have to save the traveling public, but I ask the question about 5,000 children in Texas that will lose Head Start, or the millions of seniors, or our military families that will lose support because we've got the…

I thank the gentlelady for her kindness. We are able to now say profoundly to these girls' relatives that we honor the children who lost their future. We honor them by saying to their families, We care for you. And in the words of John F…

When you look at the tax rate under President Clinton, that was 39.6 percent, and we created 20.8 million jobs. The Republican budget is a jobs killer. Then you have where we had a 35 percent tax rate, and you lost 580,000 jobs under…

I thank the gentleman. It is important to support the Democratic alternative, which streamlines and improves the coordination of training programs, which puts the dollars in community associations that are there on the ground. Madam Chair…