Madam Speaker, I congratulate the gentleman from Virginia on his election as majority leader of his party. He and I have had the opportunity to work together over the recent years. It's been a positive relationship, and I look forward to…

I thank the gentleman for outlining the schedule. There was an interesting article in The Washington Post today about your job- killing comments always being attached to the health care bill. There are obviously some of us who know full…

I appreciate the gentleman's comment, and briefly in closing, Madam Speaker, let me say this. I hope we can cooperate, but we do have a divergence, as my friend pointed out, and that's of course the nature of what the House of…

I thank the gentleman for that response. In light of the fact that your side has made a pledge to allow ample time for Members to read and consider it, and notwithstanding that they have already not pursued that as vigorously as I think…

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We are certainly realistic to know that your proposals are going to be politically controversial wherever you went.

My concern is that if we were to pass the recommendations of the Commission, it is unlikely that that would stand for very long before Congress would once again, for reasons of political expediency, use the Tax Code rather than the revenue…

We want the best policy objectives. Future Congresses are going to act regardless of what we do in this Congress on these recommendations.

Let me just very quickly, Mr. Chairman, agree completely, and that bill, of course, was strongly supported by our delegation here, and we want to see you have that authority.

You have to set it at a rate where it will not cost the taxpayers any money, and yet it still gets scored as an issue because of the OMB formula.

We need to do it on our environmental commitments on storm water.

We cannot do it by roads alone. We cannot do it by transit alone.

I think we all need to understand, as we look for this credible plan to deal with our national debt, that it is the same people who live in municipalities, counties, States, and the Federal Government.

All of the major areas need to be on the table, and that was, I think, the credibility of the Debt Commission.

I think there is a real commitment here to make sure the capacity is there to move forward on approved nuclear reactors.

I represent Maryland. Maryland is prepared to move forward with a nuclear power plant at Calvert Cliffs.

I do not want to give up on the pricing of carbon.

If the Federal Government does not set the example, it makes it difficult to get the type of compliance.