It is unfortunate that we have been put in this position with less than 48 hours' notice of what is in this bill to do something that all of us know needs to be done. The doctors of America, at least the organized doctors of America, have…

I thank my friend, the ranking member, Mr. Engel from New York, and I thank Mr. Royce, the chairman of the committee, for bringing this bill to the floor and working in a bipartisan fashion to effect an objective that I strongly support. I…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that information. The gentleman released an agenda memo about a week ago and talked about a budget coming to the floor of the House of Representatives. My understanding is that the budget will be…

Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come, and I am pleased to yield to my friend, Mr. Cantor, the majority leader.

Mr. Speaker, it is my honor this morning to express the gratitude of the House for this morning's opening prayer by one of Maryland's most dynamic and inspirational faith leaders, my dear friend, Pastor Jonathan Leslie Weaver. Pastor…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Ukraine

Mr. President, tomorrow we are going to have an opportunity to vote on S. 2124, and I am pleased to learn that it looks as if there is going to be overwhelming support in the Senate for the passage of S. 2124. This is the legislation that…

So when we saw this $186 million, it was deeply troubling.

So, we look forward to hearing your testimony.

Let me join some of my colleagues on our skepticism.

I think we have the right people who have the spirit of reform and transformation.

The Federal Government has spent more than $600 billion on IT investments over the last decade.

Part of the job of the Appropriations Committee is to be a quiet guardian of the purse.

We cannot tolerate this in this committee. We have to get value for the dollar, be accountable to the taxpayers.

Thank you very much for holding this hearing.

No veteran should stand in line to have their disability benefit processed.

I intend to be a not-so-quiet guardian of the purse.

I have become increasingly concerned about what I call techno-boondoggles.