I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 244, noes 185, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 542] AYES--244…

Would you be so kind as to advise how much time is remaining on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida has 8 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Alabama has 15 minutes remaining.

Before yielding, I would like to speak very briefly about process, because a lot of times people don't understand that the base bill that we are discussing today, the two rules, the process allows the minority an opportunity to present a…

Background checks are the first line of defense to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. If we defeat the previous question, I am going to offer an amendment to the rule to bring up legislation that would expand the current background…

I am very pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson), my good friend, to discuss our proposal. He is the chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 242, noes 183, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 522] AYES--242…

The gentlewoman from North Carolina says that we are discussing the Export-Import Bank because we are losing, as she put it, on the subject that is the base bill here today. We are not losing. This bill will pass the House of…

And I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding the customary 30 minutes for debate. My friend, the gentlewoman from North Carolina, says that the minority speaks in a way that is hollow. I will tell you what is hollow: talk…

To discuss our proposal, I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to my good friend from Washington (Mr. Heck).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to go back to how I began my remarks today, and that is to say that the measure before us has not gone through regular order in the House of Representatives. There were no…

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stated that the bill falls far short of any standard Federal health legislation policy, and insisted that ``it would serve only to scare providers away from providing comprehensive…

I would just like to indicate to my friend from Maryland that, while there are 13,000 community health centers, many of them are overcrowded to begin with and can't provide even the daytime that you mentioned in Salisbury, all the services…

If we defeat the previous question, I am going to offer an amendment to the rule to bring up H.R. 3611, a long- term reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the…

I am very pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui), my good friend. {time} 1245

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on adopting…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me the customary 30 minutes for debate, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, 2 legislative days--really a day-and-a-half now--remain before Congress recesses for 5…

I won't belabor things by talking about that, but I have to say the previous question makes an awful lot of sense for us to do a 6-year plan. People in our States and in our localities are looking to us to give them some certainty. I hear…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 240, noes 167, not voting 26, as follows: [Roll No. 471] AYES--240…

I am very pleased at this time to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), a very good friend of mine and the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Natural Resources.

Would you be kind enough to advise how much time remains on both sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Washington has 13 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Florida has 15 minutes remaining.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 245, noes 183, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 439] AYES--245…

When the gentleman speaks of growing up in that area, my father grew up in Griffin, Georgia, on a farm. My first job was on a farm. I picked beans, I stripped celery, and I cut chicory. So I don't need lectures about not understanding…

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Hahn), my good friend.