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 157, after line 2, add the following new section: Sec. 10002. None of the funds made available by this…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Scalise The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I appreciate the comments of both of my colleagues. I certainly don't agree with them. However, if I understood the gentleman correctly who led in opposition, and I do want to get this right, and I will yield if I don't get it correct, but…

Don't want to. Thank you for the clarification. Mr. Chairman, by any measure, we won't and have not and will not fail those people because we have sacrificed so great a measure of treasure and loss of life. We have met every obligation to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding initially. I thank him for his leadership. I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment Offered by Mr. LaMalfa Mr. LaMALFA I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the…

I rise to enter in a colloquy with the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey, the chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, Mr. Frelinghuysen. Virginia is proud to be home of one of the Department's flagship national…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. __. SEISMIC TESTING IN THE ATLANTIC…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate the gentleman's argument. I certainly don't agree with it. The concern that we have--that I have personally--is that the administration's willingness to keep the tempo and the cadence…

How much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank the chairman for your leadership on this bill. I yield 1 minute to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wittman).

Before I begin my remarks, I want to just express my appreciation to our colleague, Mr. Fleischmann, and my respect for him and the eloquent tribute that he paid his father. Indeed, his father was a member of the Greatest Generation, and…

I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment to H.R. 2231, which requires the administration to complete its Atlantic Environmental Impact Statement by December 31 of this year, which will pave the way for us to…

I appreciate the gentleman's argument but my deep concern about the Federal government's real commitment to moving this forward is legitimate. I urge the adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

How much time do I have remaining, Mr. Chairman? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 1 minute remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. McGovern The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I just would respond to the gentlelady. I appreciate her comments. And I, too, am a strong supporter of our Federal workforce. I just believe that they can compete and should compete. This is good for America, good for our ability to…

I just refuse to agree with the gentleman's proposition there about laying Federal employees off. This does not state that, has nothing to do with that, in fact. It just simply says that this is a tool for the Department of Defense to use…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title III, insert the following: SEC. 352. MODIFICATION OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC…

These are very, very challenging fiscal times. Our deficit continues to grow, and that is putting pressure on every single line of our Federal budget, including defense. And yet the world has not become a safer place. So what's clear is we…

This morning I consider it a joy and really a special privilege to rise today to honor the 200th-plus anniversary of the Seatack community, the oldest African American community in the United States. The community, named for the sea attack…

What do we know with certainty about the bill which passed the Senate? We know it has bipartisan support, and that's encouraging. I'm a Republican who has been making the case that revenues must rise. This bill does that; and if it becomes…

I thank Chairman Terry very much for yielding and my friend and colleague, the gentlelady from New York, for your support of this good bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Drywall Safety Act of 2012, as amended. I urge my…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 359, nays 36, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 35, as follows: [Roll No. 629] YEAS--359 Adams Aderholt…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I thank my colleagues for being here tonight to support a really great and much- needed piece of legislation. I do rise in strong support of the Drywall Safety Act of 2012. This truly is a bill…

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute, to honor, and to remember and celebrate the lives of American heroes. We're approaching a most sobering anniversary, August 6. This is the day 1 year ago when a Chinook…