On rollcall No. 592, I was unable to be in attendance for this vote as I was attending the funeral of a family member. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Waxman The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished…

(Mr. Chair), on rollcll No. 598, I was unable to be in attendance for this vote as I was attending the funeral of a family member. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. DeFazio The Acting CHAIR. The…

On rollcall No. 600, I was unable to be in attendance for this vote as I was attending the funeral of a family member. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Stated against:

On rollcall 599, I was unable to be in attendance for this vote as I was attending the funeral of a family member. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Flake The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished…

On rollcall No. 603, I was unable to be in attendance for this vote as I was attending the funeral of a family member. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Stated against:

The seminal question, I think, to those who are watching deliberations here on the floor tonight, they are asking themselves the question: Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago? When you look at the economy, you have to answer…

I would now like to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon) who recognizes that it is really not a balanced plan to say that we want to raise $3 on every American in taxes and only $1 in spending reductions, and it is…

At this time I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford).

Reclaiming my time, what we have here before us is a lack of direction, a lack of leadership that America is so looking for out of Washington. The American public is looking for leadership from Washington. They're not seeing it from the…

I advise my colleague from Maryland that I have no further speakers at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

At this time I'd like to yield 2 minutes to another gentleman from California (Mr. Campbell), who understands that we are in fact presenting a balanced approach inasmuch as we present the options to either pass this legislation that the…

Before we hear from our leader, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. West).