Spending. Just to take folks through the rules Committee Process a little bit, madam speaker, what waived the s we cutgo provision in the rules. A lot of focus groups going on around the chamber right now about how we should change the rules to make the system work better. Sometimes the rules committee, we end up waiving some of the rules to make the system work better. Some folks thinks it works better and some worse. We ought to have that conversation as a body. We had to waive cutgo in this rule, madam speaker. It increases mandatory spending. I have a bill beside me, i think it was the gentleman from colorado who made this point. We voted on the leg Branch Appropriation bill this year, it was a 3 billion spending bill, eight amendments on the floor of the house, it passed. We voted on the Financial Services spending bill, it was a 21 billion bill, we had 51 amendments on that bill, we passed it out of the house. We voted on the energy and water spending bill, a 34 billion spending
That you tried to teach your chosen people in the time of samuel, the prophet, that to be the most favored nation in your eyes, that nation must be unlike other nations. Lord, i pray for ministers of all faiths, that they may be protected from the penalties of assigned to law breakers who find it their duty to follow their conscience, save those who think it their duty to destroy america. Put in our hearts a desire to build a nation unafraid to follow your commands. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. Doggett. Mr. Doggett thank you, mr. Speaker. Let us honor our flag and our country. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The
Daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. Wolf, for five minutes. Wolf mr. Speaker, today ive come to the floor to raise the seventh in a series of critical but Unanswered Questions about the terrorist attacks on the consulate in benghazi last september 11, 2011. The American People still do september 11, 2012. The American People still do have w if the answers been questioned. Im increasingly concerned that
Order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of fiveminute er the rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 11319. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those comminted in part b of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment. And shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. All points of order against such amendments are w
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