I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. It is the policy of the United…

I join my esteemed colleague Ms. Jan Schakowsky from Illinois in offering an amendment that hits at the heart of the issue of fiscal responsibility. This amendment would freeze Department of Defense programs at fiscal year 2011 levels…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the spending reduction amount), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) Prohibition on Use of…

Mr. President, I stand before you today to discuss a problem that is of concern to 300 million Americans. It relates to our national debt, a debt that will soon cross the $15 trillion threshold. We have been asked to raise the debt limit…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this amendment that is offered by the gentleman from Texas. The B-1 bomber is the workhorse of our long-range bomber fleet and has been flying missions over Iraq…

I am pleased that my colleagues, Representatives Nadler and Woolsey, are joining me in offering an amendment that make it the policy of the United States to withdraw all members of the United States Armed Forces and military contractors…

Our Nation is facing a fiscal crisis of unprecedented proportions. We have a $14 trillion national debt, a $1.65 trillion annual spending deficit, and we borrow 42 cents for every dollar we spend. After years of borrowing and spending and…

Mr. President, I rise, along with my fellow colleagues, to again address the need to reduce our deficit and our debt. The United States is the strongest country in the world--in the history of the world--but that will not be the case for…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Afghanistan…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 125, line 6, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $3,438,789,000)''. Page 125, line 12, insert…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 131, line 25, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $5,000,000,000)''. Page 161, line 12, insert…

Let me just first thank Chairman Rogers, our ranking member, Mr. Dicks, and my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee for their hard work in putting together this bill. I rise today to offer the Lee-Jones amendment, joined by…

I want to once again thank Mr. Rogers and Ranking Member Dicks and my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee for their hard work on this bill. Let me also thank my colleagues who are joining Representative Jones and me on this…

China recently rolled out the red carpet, pictured behind me, for Sudanese President Omar Bashir, an internationally indicted war criminal facing charges on 10 counts, including murder, extermination, forcible transfer of population…

Mr. President, I come to the floor this afternoon to lend my voice to the others who have been here--my colleagues--to talk about the need to come to the table and come up with an agreement around how we are going to deal with raising the…

I thank the Senator from Wisconsin. There is no issue that is more important or more pressing for the American people than this one right now, where we have reached a point where our debt-to-GDP ratio is about 95 percent. Our economy can't…

I thank my distinguished colleague, my senior Senator from Utah, Mr. Hatch, for his leadership on the balanced budget amendment over the years. He has been a consistent and stalwart advocate for the cause of amending the Constitution in…