At this time it's my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law.

At this time, it's my pleasure to yield 2 minutes on this job-creating legislation to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Smith), a great new member of the House Judiciary Committee,

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus).

May I ask how much time is remaining on each side? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 11\1/2\ minutes. The gentleman from Tennessee has 10\1/2\ minutes.

I believe all of the speakers on our side have spoken. I reserve the right to close, and at this time, I await the gentleman's actions. Then I will be happy to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

A year and a half ago, the President of the United States came to give his State of the Union address here in the House Chamber and stood at the podium just below where you're standing right now. He had a long list of legislative items he…

I want to thank the gentleman from Illinois for offering this amendment. It is another good amendment. I also want to say to my good friend from Tennessee that I was a little older when Richard Nixon was in office. We are not minimizing…

The amendment carves out of the REINS Act Congressional Approval Procedures regulations that the Office of Management and Budget determined will lead to net job creation. The danger in the amendment is the strong incentive it gives OMB to…

I would say to the gentlewoman from Texas that the bill prohibits a filibuster in the Senate from being used to block consideration of regulations that come before the Congress. We are making every effort to have that bipartisan…

I just want to point out to the House that the assertion that this does not prevent a filibuster in the Senate is incorrect. If Members would examine pages 12 through 14 of the bill, they will see multiple ways in which procedural motions…

The statistics about the delays in poor performance at the Department of Veterans Affairs with regard to veterans' claims are reasons to oppose the gentlewoman's amendment. The amendment carves out of the REINS act congressional approval…

It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise).

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I commend him and support this important amendment. The REINS Act restores to Congress the accountability for regulatory decisions that impose major burdens on our economy. This amendment strengthens…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is a good amendment to a good bill, and I support it. By requiring all new major regulations to be submitted to Congress for approval, the REINS Act provides a powerful check on overreaching…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the amendment carves out of the REINS Act Congressional Approval Procedures all regulations that pertain to nuclear reactor safety standards. REINS Act supporters believe in nuclear…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, the fact of the matter is that, when it comes to regulatory safety, the gentleman cites the Congressional Review Act. I'll remind the House that, as I noted earlier, since 1996, it's…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I support the amendment. I share in my colleague's desire to bring more congressional scrutiny to regulations with high economic impacts, and I know that recent major regulations…

I yield myself 30 seconds. Mr. Chairman, since 1996, the disapproval process described by the gentlewoman from Texas has succeeded just one time. During that time, tens of thousands of regulations have been passed; and if people think that…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding, and I'm going to support his amendment. I share my colleagues's desire to curb the abuse of agency guidance documents and other agency directives, statements, and actions that too often have…

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rokita).

I regret that a meeting at the Whtie House caused me to miss the first vote series on August 1, 2013. Had I been present, my intention was to vote as follows on the amendments to H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumers Relief Act: ``no'' on the…

This opportunity does not come often. I feel as though my entire time in Congress, 18-plus years, has been spent looking for an opening to fix our broken immigration system once and for all.

I have spoken about the fact that as part of the step-by-step approach the House is taking to address immigration reform, we should look at whether we as a Nation should allow this group of young people to stay in the U.S. legally.

the expansion of the federal code--to some 4,500 criminal statutes today, as well as tens of thousands of regulations carrying criminal penalties--has resulted in a code that no average American citizen could be expected to read and…

recent Congresses have crafted scores of new federal criminal laws that lack adequate criminal intent requirements.