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 225, noes 179, not voting 25, as follows: [Roll No. 387] AYES--225…

And I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes for debate. Mr. Speaker, I rise to debate this rule, but I would urge my colleague from Texas to be mindful that this ain't going nowhere, so we really are, when…

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so that we may protect these critical programs for this generation and the next. Mr. Speaker, I would be prepared now to advise my colleague from Texas that I have no…

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 225, noes 184, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No. 371] AYES--225…

Reclaiming my time, I will take that as my colleague doesn't have an answer. I will take that as my colleague's nonresponse to my question with reference to show me a precedent in that regard. There was none. I have been on that committee…

And I thank the gentleman, my friend from Georgia, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes for debate. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to debate the rule for this measure, the Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal…

I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, we consider today's important bill as we approach the hour of our President, Donald John Trump's, private sit down with President Vladimir Putin…

And I invite, Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Georgia to show me an example of where we shut down a Member that was asking a question. And I might add, Chairman Nunes did not send a designee. He came to the committee himself, and then Mr…

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 235, noes 178, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll No. 323] AYES--235…

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 have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 102, after line 13, insert the following: SEC. 2509. EXPANSION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT…

May I ask how much time is left on both sides of the aisle? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida has 5\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 24 minutes remaining.

My staff and I worked with Democratic staff members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and received input from the majority staff to craft what I believe is a commonsense amendment that will increase diversity…

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

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 222, noes 172, not voting 33, as follows: [Roll No. 292] AYES--222…

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so that we may protect these innocent children. Mr. Speaker, I would advise my colleague that I have no further speakers and am prepared to close. I reserve the balance…

Then they had a hurricane. The hurricane was the first category 4 hurricane to hit Haiti in over half a century, claiming 1,000 lives and displacing more than 2 million people. Haiti, quite simply, continues to climb out from the rubble of…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I would remind Mr. Burgess that he has the levers of power now, and I predict that today, the two measures that we are going to be dealing with are not likely to reach the…

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 22, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 24, line 3, after the…

Let me say at the outset to the chairman and ranking member, that I do not intend to ask for a recorded vote on this measure. I thought earlier today that I would withdraw the amendment, but in light of the fact that we are here in the…

I would advise the gentleman from Texas that I am prepared to close if he is.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), the ranking member of the Committee on Rules, my good friend, who also serves on the Committee on Agriculture, to discuss the significance of this…

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 227, noes 180, not voting 20, as follows [Roll No. 211] AYES--227…

And I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes for debate. Mr. Speaker, the underlying measures that are in this combined rule are matters of substance that do need to be addressed, and I will get back to it…

If we defeat the previous question, I am going to offer an amendment to the rule to bring up Representative Sarbanes' bill, H.R. 20, the Government by the People Act. This legislation would overhaul our broken campaign finance system and…