This program I believe is not stimulating the economy. It's simply more Government spending that is forcing our Nation further and further into debt.

the wisdom of the President said that as we move ahead we will not only do infrastructure in roads, but in information superhighway.

I'm getting calls from my Chamber of Commerce. We've got this co-op, just bursting with the desire to create jobs in the installation of rural broadband.

We're actually going to be on time with this hearing, which is--Congress needs to take its own admonition for speed sometimes.

broadband is their tool to expanding private sector jobs.

the No. 1 issue is creating jobs for the country.

So thank you. Thank you for the management, thank you for the metrics, and thank you for the efforts that are being made.

Well, as the gentleman probably knows, there are some 260 bills that we've sent from the House to the Senate and we look forward to them sending some of those back to us. And my expectation is they will. In addition to that, we are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. On Monday the House is not in session. On Tuesday the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed, Mr. Speaker, until 6:30 p.m. On…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at noon on Friday, January 29, and further, that when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2, for…

I don't want to get into what we've been getting into, but simply to observe that as the gentleman knows when he uses the 60 some odd percent, much of that, a significant part of that spending, was specifically not included in the…

I thank the gentleman for his question. As you know, the President has not yet submitted his budget, so anticipating when we're going to pass it or bring his budget to the floor is a little premature. But I would certainly hope that we…

It is possible, but, again, as the gentleman knows, given the differences between the two Houses, there's still ongoing discussions as to whether they can be resolved, and if they can't, what alternative steps should be taken. So it is…

Mr. Speaker, Justice Brandeis got it right: democracy or wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but not both. And that's truer today as the United States Supreme Court just wiped away decades of legal precedent, allowing corporations…

I firmly believe that the development, manufacture and wide scale deployment of innovative renewable energy technologies will be critical to long-term job growth in the U.S. and the recovery of the nation's economy.

It is way too big, and we know we can't have a sustainable, fiscally responsible Federal budget unless we deal with the debt.

I hope that what will clearly be nonnegotiable is that health care reform has got to bring down the growth rate of health care costs.

We also know that we need consumer confidence for people to spend.