I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous materials to the Record on H.R. 4167, as amended, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro…

Again, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks, and also to submit extraneous materials for the Record on this bill, H.R. 627, as amended, and currently under…

At this time, we are joined by the original sponsor of the legislation. I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Paulsen).

At this time, we are now joined by the sponsor of the bill, the gentleman from Kentucky, who, as was indicated, worked in a bipartisan manner to get it out of committee, here on the floor. And I assume we are going to see a strong…

How much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Amodei). The gentleman from New Jersey has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Florida has 10 minutes remaining.

I just want to take a moment to respond as well to the gentleman from Massachusetts. He indicated that he is probably not going to convince anyone who is supporting the bill. I presume I am probably not going to convince him either, as I…

At this point, we have no other speakers. I, again, would just like to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for joining us with the sponsoring of this legislation; Mr. Lewis, not only for legislation that is on the floor…

At this point, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4167, which is the Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act. It was introduced by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr)…

I yield myself such time as I may consume Just one point to that. I have sat through that committee now for a number of years, and since this is an issue that I have been somewhat following for that period of time, I knew that your…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, before I yield to the chairman of the full committee, I want to go back to the gentleman from New Jersey who made the point as to which side of this issue is OMB and CBO on, and it is…

Reclaiming my time, what I was just pointing out is you are saying that both sides' coaches were going to be yelling at the refs and they wanted their side, win or lose. If you want to use your analogy, in a game there has to be rules, and…

So, as I say, my staff will talk to your staff on that, and thank you for your other comments. Mr. Speaker, I will insert into the Record a letter dated January 30 from the American Action Forum, which is an organization run by former CBO…