What Joe Neguse said, and what was done

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member of the Committee on the Budget for his leadership. I don't serve on the Committee on the Budget, but my understanding of the Committee on the Budget, perhaps a naive understanding, was that the committee would try to build a responsible budget, to live within its means.”

“Mr. Speaker, like tens of millions of Americans, my family has been impacted by the scourge of the terrible disease of cancer. My wonderful wife, Andrea, over 1 year ago, battled breast cancer for roughly 18 months.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 50th anniversary of Eco-Cycle. Based in Boulder County, Eco-Cycle was founded by a small group of local residents who took it upon themselves to bring recycling into their community.”

“Mr. Speaker, first, I thank my colleague from New Mexico for her steadfast leadership, for the work that she has done as a champion for the Southwest, the great State of New Mexico, and, of course, her leadership on all matters connected to science.”

“Mr. Speaker, John F. Kennedy once said that ``there are few if any issues where all the truth and all the right and all the angels are on one side.'' Mr.”

“Madam Speaker, first, let me say thank you to the distinguished ranking member of the Rules Committee for his principled leadership. I think it is well understood by most Americans that Congress is broken and that Congress is deeply dysfunctional.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 50th anniversary of the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center. Founded in 1976 in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (BOEC) has grown into one of the Nation's largest adaptive outdoor recreation organizations.”

“First, Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the distinguished gentleman from Chicago, Illinois, for his friendship, for his partnership, and for articulating so well today the stakes. Since returning to office, as my colleague from Illinois referenced, President Trump has made life harder for everyday Americans.”

“Mr. Speaker, I hope he does. I suspect the answer is ``no.'' I suspect that Mr. Langworthy is here alone and that he will be the only Republican who has been tasked with arguing in favor of this really important commemorative resolution that we are all so eager to vote on.”

“Mr. Speaker, 237 years ago, one of our Founding Fathers, John Adams, laid bare his greatest fear for our country, which is that in every assembly, Congresses like this one, Members would gain influence not by sense, but by noise; not by greatness, but by meanness; not by learning, but by ignorance.”

“If a handful of Republicans--I am not talking about 30 or 20 or 10--if three vote to defeat the previous question, then we can take up the Senate bill tonight, and TSA agents will be paid.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for her incredible leadership during such tumultuous times. Mr. Speaker, I had not intended to speak. I was watching this debate unfold from my office in Rayburn and could not resist the temptation to come down to the floor to call out the clear intellectual dishonesty that we have heard for the better part of the last hour from my Republican colleagues.”

“Madam Speaker, before I was first sworn in to the United States Congress, my predecessor gave me a great piece of advice. He told me that the most important thing to do as I was getting started was to build a great team.”

“Mr. Speaker, last night, in the dead of night, the FCC and the Department of Justice did something unprecedented. They approved a merger that would create the Nation's largest local television station operator.”

“Who could blame them given all of the concerns that they have in light of the economic conditions that they are experiencing by virtue of this administration's cruel policies that the House Republican Conference has abetted at every turn.”

“If they want to get serious about doing something about the cost crisis in our country, making life more affordable for Americans, there is an easy way to do it: Don't sneak in procedural roadblocks to considering tariff policies by the House.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sound an alarm, to sound an alarm about something dangerous and dark and pernicious that is happening inside our government. I recognize there are only a handful of my colleagues in the Chamber to hear that alarm and a few folks in the gallery, but I pray that Americans writ large will hear it.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Virginia for this opportunity to speak on the floor today. He is new to the Congress, but he has already made an outsized impact during the course of his 13 months of service in this august body taking on corruption.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for the time. I support this bill for many reasons. I support it for the reasons that were articulated by the sponsor, my colleague from Colorado, Ms.”

“Mr. Speaker, today I honor Colonel Herbert Stern, the oldest living graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and to wish him a happy 107th birthday.”

“Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Pallone for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, only in Washington, D.C., can politicians who vote to give tax breaks to the biggest oil companies and fossil fuel companies on planet Earth come down to the floor of the House and argue that their legislative efforts are going to lower electricity prices.”

“Madam Speaker, I thank the ranking member for his indulgence. By the way, Madam Speaker, just so that we are clear, this bill does absolutely nothing as a practical matter.”

“Mr. Speaker, today I wish to honor and thank Chief Rick Bashor for his storied career and dedication to serving his community in Lafayette, Colorado, and wish him the best on his well-earned retirement.”

“Mr. Speaker, only in Washington, D.C., could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio stations while 2 weeks ago they voted to increase the deficit by $4 trillion.”

“Mr. Speaker, first and foremost, I thank the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Hoyle), my colleague and the ranking member. I also thank Chairman Westerman for his support and his team and his staff for giving us the opportunity here to consider a number of bills that are bipartisan, common sense, and certainly mean a lot to the folks who I represent out West.”

“Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that Republican leadership has issued a notice to their Members that they aren't required to be on the floor, essentially an informal adjournment, notwithstanding that this amendment vote is pending.”

“Mr. Speaker, I asked whether or not it was violative of rule XVII or rule XX for Republicans to keep this vote open longer than any other Congress in the history of the United States House of Representatives.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. First, I thank the ranking member for his leadership in addressing the scourge of fentanyl overdoses across our country.”

“Mr. Speaker, as Mr. Goldman mentioned, I represent Boulder, Colorado, in the Congress. I live in Boulder County. My wife and I are incredibly blessed and lucky to be raising our family in this community.”

“Mr. Speaker, very simply, can we amend Mr. Gabe Evans' resolution with the inaccurate information so that it reflects the accurate information about the number of victims? Can we just change the number from 14 to 15 and add the Boulder Police Department and the FBI?”

“Mr. Speaker, there are three Republican Members in the Chamber: Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Crank, and Mr. Evans. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the House proceed to a vote on H.”

“Mr. Speaker, I again simply ask Republican leadership to do the right thing and to bring H. Res. 476, the resolution I have introduced to condemn this attack in my community and in my district, to the floor for a vote.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Goldman) for yielding. I also thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Van Drew) for introducing this resolution, and I am proud to co-lead this resolution.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for his leadership, and I echo his remarks. Mr. Speaker, it is difficult to listen to this debate and to hear the arguments peddled by my colleagues that are hypocritical at best and intellectually dishonest at worst.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina, Chairwoman Foxx, for the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise today yet again to expose to the American public the misplaced priorities of the House Republican Conference and the Republican majority here in the House of Representatives.”

“First, I just want to note, Mr. Speaker, and perhaps it is a point of information for your purposes, you admonished the prior speaker, the ranking member, for not making personalities, or rather making personalities against the President.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Langworthy) for the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I will try to clarify for the American people, those who may be tuning in, certainly the individuals who have joined us in the gallery today, what this debate is all about.”

“Mr. Speaker, recent reports suggest that President Trump may attempt to dismantle the Department of Education unilaterally. An executive order of this nature would be catastrophic for the tens of millions of students and teachers in schools across our Nation, including in the great State of Colorado.”