Alan Simpson: “With that, Mr. Chairman, I believe we have no more requests for time on general debate and look forward to moving…”

“With that, Mr. Chairman, I believe we have no more requests for time on general debate and look forward to moving forward on the bill. Like my colleague from Ohio, I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired. Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 5-minute rule. During consideration of the bill for amendment each amendment shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to amendment. No pro forma amendment shall be in order except that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. The chair of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose. Amendments so printed shall be considered read. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: H.R.…”