I thank my colleague, and thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to follow on to what my colleague said in his opening remarks about trying to get your hands around how big $1.2 trillion is. It's one of the things I struggle with. I know it's one…

And that would be to simply send us a budget that balances. In his lifetime would be great; in his children's lifetime would be okay; but send us a budget, Mr. President, that balances at some time. You are at the White House right now…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I want to thank my friend and colleague from the great State of South Carolina, Mr. Tim Scott, for his outstanding work on the Rules Committee. So here we are again, Mr. Speaker, less than 6 months removed from…

Mr. Speaker, you don't decide to go to the matinee instead of the 9 p.m. movie and order a cheaper appetizer when you're $142,000 in debt. You make real, dramatic, systemic transformative change. Each one of us received an inheritance, Mr…

Hypocrisy is nothing new in the House of Congress, unfortunately, and even in this House. My good friend from Colorado talks about what we're doing on the right-hand side. There's no question, however, that Mr. Polis himself voted for the…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 515 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 515 Resolved, That a motion to proceed with regard to a joint…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

The Budget Control Act of 2011, which was enacted into law on August 2, 2011, authorized increases in the administration's borrowing authority subject to a joint resolution of disapproval. The law provides for consideration of a joint…

Mr. Speaker, I find it quite interesting to hear Mr. Polis, who sounds like a good Republican over there, I must concede, sounds like a good Republican over there talking about excessive spending. But here's the question, the…

No, sir, but I yield 3 minutes to my good friend from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson).

Mr. Speaker, one of the comments by my good friend, Mr. Polis from Colorado, was that Republicans were trying to end Medicare. That's a laughable comment. As a matter of fact, it is so laughable that hot off the press, the PolitiFact…

I do remember that the Paul Ryan budget came in at a number of $1.19 trillion in overall spending for the annual year. If you're talking about the 10-year impact of the Paul Ryan budget-- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Randy Hultgren.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Mulvaney).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. Trey Gowdy. {time} 1320

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to support House Joint Resolution 98 denying this President the trillion-dollar draw on the Nation's line of credit. You know, just because you've got the credit limit that you've asked for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I appreciate the leadership of Congressman Tim Scott on this very important issue. As South Carolina votes in the Presidential primary on Saturday, our State is grateful for the leadership of…

Mr. Speaker, in early 2009, the President assured the Nation that with the passage of his stimulus bill, which has failed, the borrowing and spending would reduce unemployment and that it would not exceed 8 percent. January marks the 35th…