I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, finally, the Democrats do get it. What they get is, if they do not find a way to scare our senior citizens, they have no chance. When you cover the expenses of running this government…

Madam Speaker, I send to the desk a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: H. Con. Res. 43 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 223 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 223 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let's just clear up a simple point here. The only specified savings in this budget are from raising taxes and cutting the military. If we really wanted to have an opportunity to make…

Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time…

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 311, nays 106, answered ``present'' 2, not voting 13, as follows: [Roll No. 267] YEAS--311…

I yield myself such time as I may consume, Mr. Speaker, and I just want to address a few points that Congresswoman Slaughter brought up. I have scoured the budget looking for this notion of a voucher system for Medicare. I've scoured the…

Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford). (Mr. LANKFORD asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. Chairman, for the last several weeks--and my guess is for the next couple of days--we will be hearing a lot of things from our colleagues across the aisle about the relationship between cutting spending and jobs. They have taken the…

Madam Chairwoman, I wanted to speak very briefly to a topic that was raised earlier tonight by my colleague, Mr. Ellison from Minnesota. It is a comment, a message that has been repeated several times tonight and was, in fact, repeated…

Madam Chair, when I travel my district, I have tried to figure out a way to explain to people, and to myself, how to make sense out of these trillions of dollars. And I do it this way. I put it in numbers that I can understand. I tell…

And I put it to you, Madam Chairwoman, that that's what this debate is really about. That's what this debate is really about. Are we going to maintain the American system, or are we trying to move towards a European system? And I will tell…

I thank my colleague for the opportunity to speak. Mr. Speaker, it's been roughly a hundred days since I've been here. I'm one of the new folks in Congress. I began with my very first presentation several months ago congratulating my…

Mr. President, a lot of Members now understand the problem we have with the port of Charleston in 2011. There is no money in the President's budget to do a scoping study. Under the new rules concerning earmarking, it has been very…

I thank the majority leader very much. It is appreciated on behalf of all of us in South Carolina. And I look forward to finding a solution for the country as a whole. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my good friend, the majority leader. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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