I think what America wants is to only be able to bring lawsuits against discrimination when there was, in fact, intentional discrimination, not just because, at the end result from some statistics, some may believe that there was…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

In the end, Mr. Speaker, what we are intending to do here is to allow for the Justice Department to proceed when there is evidence of intentional discrimination. But when there is no evidence whatsoever, when it is purely on statistics…

You just said something. You said that the Justice Department will not go after them if a whole set of policies result in discriminations.

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…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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 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…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let me begin by thanking the chairman of the Budget Committee, Chairman Paul Ryan, and the Budget Committee staff as well for their hard work on H.R. 1872, the Budget and Accounting…

And if I can catch him before he leaves, the ranking member of the Budget Committee, I appreciate all of your comments. I won't touch on all of them, but I will touch on one or two. In a sign of bipartisanship, I would like to extend to…

Just two couple of points. Process is important. I guess you could be opposed to process--the gentleman from New Jersey referenced the NCAA. If there were no rules and all the players could just go out and do anything they wanted to, I…

I will be brief, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Just to set the record straight, actually, we did have hearings on this, and we did have markup hearings on this back in June of 2011. We dug into it at that period of time…

I object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. The Clerk will read. The Clerk continued to read. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Connecticut is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr…

A number of questions come to my mind after just hearing the sponsor of the motion. They don't necessarily go in this order. One is: Why does she want to hide from the American public the actual facts of what they are doing to the American…

The Bureau of Financial Protection claims unlimited power to define and regulate every conceivable financial transaction in the country, and yet it claims to be unaccountable to no one. So I find it disturbing that the Bureau collects…

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me, and for leading this Special Order this evening in recognition of what week we are in, Celebrating Marriage Week, and recognizing the very importance that marriage has to our society. Our society…

I believe the gentleman from Delaware has already yielded back. So, at this point, I would just like to again thank the gentleman from Delaware for his work, the gentleman from Wisconsin for his leadership on this issue. And, also on his…