I come from the point of view of someone who started a startup with $500 from his parents that is now $150 million a year...

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to present an amendment that addresses an imbalance in our efforts to promote the long-term economic and national security interests of the United States. This amendment reverses the deep and harmful cuts to the…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an amendment with my friend from Colorado (Mr. Polis). Our amendment is very straightforward. It simply cuts the $23.7 million from the B61 nuclear bomb not requested by the Department of Energy. The National…

Mr. Chairman, I respect and have enjoyed this thoughtful debate that we've had in the last few minutes about this issue, particularly because it raises critical issues about our relationships with our NATO allies, but let's look at the big…

Mr. Speaker, entire neighborhoods in my city of Chicago are being torn apart by violence. Last week, from Wednesday evening through Sunday evening, more than 70 people were shot in Chicago, 11 of whom died. Last year, over 500 people were…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 29, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $23,700,000)''. Page 60, line 12, after the…

If I am correct, it already has achieved significant savings.

Just as we cannot be sure of how much savings there would be, we don't have any reason to suggest that there will be no savings.

GAO is not saying that savings won't be achieved under the Affordable Care Act.

Bottom line, I mean, we are certain, in a real sense, that the Affordable Care Act has provided for savings...

I am extremely concerned with the rise of groups such as Ansar al-Sharia and their growing influence across the Islamic Maghreb.

Average healthcare costs per family are going to go down $2,500 a year. Do you remember that? That is not true.

What was promised to the American public by the President of the United States was you get to keep your physician.

That is an embarrassment that we could see a foreshadowing of it when then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said this out loud.

DOD occupies about one-third of the 30 areas on our high risk list.

How concerned are you with DOD's failures in these areas?

Is the improper payments also tied to, this committee had testimony in previous hearings on just not keeping track of how we are paying contractors, what we are being charged by contractors is not accurate.

If DOD can't even properly estimate its own improper payments, doesn't that heighten the government's overall exposure to waste, fraud and abuse?