the rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority because the majority can do whatever it wants to whenever it wants to.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 284, nays 122, not voting 25, as…

We can put the proxy quorum rule on hold. We can suspend it until the courts can make a final ruling on its constitutionality. Once we have that answer, we can then move forward. But to move forward without knowing where we are going on…

I would reiterate and thank the gentleman for his kind comments. He is absolutely right. I come here today not as a Republican or a Democrat. I come here as an American, and I have no agenda today except to defend the Constitution. And…

I appreciate the kind words of my good friend and colleague, and we will miss him when he goes on to do greater things elsewhere. Madam Speaker, if we do not pass the motion to proceed to the previous question, we can put the proxy quorum…

While the PPP loan program has been a success, I am afraid it could be a bridge to nowhere.

Small businesses throughout the country have seen their revenues become nonexistent in a matter of days due to stay-at-home orders meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

One of the top priorities that I have is the adequate need for funding of coal communities in Virginia and throughout Appalachia.

We need to reclaim the abandoned mine lands in a way that both supports economic development and helps us transition from an economy that was built on coal.

Whenever you can bring Tim Kaine from his side of the political spectrum and Morgan Griffith from my side of the political spectrum together, you have done something.

Landowner's rights have to be respected.

I agree with you that trying to say it is either climate or forest management is a false dichotomy.

When I was a young man in the 1980s, some of my friends were smuggling marijuana into the hospital in our community...

I told them my position on medical marijuana, which I went public with in 1998 on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates.

We have heard today several times that we were told this was urgent and that things must move quickly. And yet it has been 26 days since it was passed on the calendar, 15 working days, and 10 legislative days have gone by, and yet the…

Virginia actually has the oldest medicinal marijuana law on the books.

I appreciate that. As one of the sponsors of the bills, a lot of times people think, why does a conservative Republican get into this and champion it?

It causes me some great concern that apparently the FDA thinks it is OK for opioids and opiates and barbiturates, but somehow marijuana should stay schedule I.

I rise for a parliamentary inquiry or a series thereof. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

I respectfully disagree that it is an advisory opinion and thank the Chair for her indulgence. ____________________

Reviewing its parliamentary history, I would ask the Chair, is there any precedent, other than incapacity, of a Speaker not timely transmitting action of the House to the United States Senate? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not…

I thank the Chair. Additional parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Since 21 calendar days, 12 working days, and seven legislative days have gone by since H. Res. 755 passed the House and the Speaker of the House has not been physically able to deliver H. Res. 755 to the United States Senate, does clause…

I thank the Speaker. Additional parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Is H. Res. 755 currently within the bosom of the U.S. House? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is inquiring about the status of a measure not currently pending on the House floor.