I will fight, with every ounce of energy I have, to defeat this budget or anything like it, to fundamentally change it.

I don't think you were the original or prime architect of this budget at all.

resources without vision is a waste of time and money. And that's what I think this budget represents.

Well, I'll be honest with you, I'm afraid they're going to look at the messages of this budget, and if they want to be an astronaut, they're going to conclude, 'Forget it.' That's my concern.

Well, again, I came to the Senate hearing this was the body of full and open debate, full and open consideration of amendments. The problem is my experience here in 5 years has been anything but that, including yet again this week on this…

this budget, canceling every major internal human spaceflight program in sight--most obviously, Constellation--extends their gap, as I said, to infinity.

Mr. President, I rise to talk about what I believe should be our top priority, almost our exclusive focus in terms of immediate work, and that is the issue of jobs and the economy. Doing so, I applaud the fact that finally as a body we are…

That is correct. It is kind of a crazy thing where if an HSA is used for a generic price on an over-the-counter drug, which is what we are describing here----

Dr. Boozman just pointed out that the price controls upon insurance policies is the ultimate in a top-down, bureaucratic, doesn't matter what the market says, we're going to control your costs from Washington. It never has worked. On the…

Clearly, I think we can all agree on what are the goals of health care reform. We want access to quality care at an affordable price. And it kind of gives us a nice way to judge each of these. I am struck. Medicare is going bankrupt in 7…

Which lowers cost, it's not available for an over-the- counter medicine. And so that $20 prescription is actually over-the- counter medicine, and we're talking about ulcer medicine. So in this way, the patient reacts so as to take care of…

Mr. Speaker, I am a physician. I still see uninsured patients at the public hospital where I've worked for 20 years. Now, to give uninsured patients access to private health care, we've got to lower costs. But lowering health costs is more…

Mr. Speaker, Americans are asking, where are the jobs? Now, to create jobs there must be affordable energy. As it turns out, creating energy creates jobs. First, let me compliment the President. Last week, he announced a commitment to…

You know, it is interesting because we can see from the Republican administration of Richard Nixon, the Democratic administration of Jimmy Carter on oil and gas, that when you try to artificially control price with regulation, it doesn't…

Mr. Speaker, earlier this week President Obama released his latest version of a government takeover of health care. And as you look at the details of his latest plan, it is not much different than the previous plans that the American…

If we are not trying to coordinate, is there a country in the world that is tasked with coordinating...

I am concerned however with the proposed cuts to the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, the Emergency Operations Centers and the incorporation of the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) into the UASI program.

We are very concerned that this fund may run out of money, Madam Secretary, because there are still some major projects pending for reimbursement.