I would argue that if the institutions are so incredibly important that people around this dais would nominate their best and brightest young men and women to go there that they deserve to not be neglected from a recapitalization…

Well, all I will say, and I will leave the subject, is that it is clear that multivendor cloud environments are widely used, widely used by large organizations, for a simple reason: They increase competition, they improve security and…

I will get off my high horse on it and beg and plead with my colleagues to look for solutions to this problem.

Active management plus using wood materials, overall, is a bigger carbon synch, better for the environment than just a hands-off approach to management.

I think southerners should be given more minutes. I think we are being discriminated against because of our slow cadence in speaking.

I don't think we need to manage on Yellowstone, we can let nature manage Yellowstone.

I thank my friend from North Carolina and appreciate his distinguished service on behalf of the citizens of North Carolina, his leadership of our Republican Study Committee in the last Congress, and his leadership as our Conference leader…

While we disagree on some policy-related issues, we both recognize the need that has been expressed... the need for us to work together.

it is a constitutional imperative to provide for the common defense.

CBO says, 'As a percentage of GDP, spending on mandatory programs is going higher. But spending on discretionary programs, as a percentage of GDP, is going lower.'

If money were not an object, we wouldn't have to worry about spending and funding all sorts of great programs.

We could lock these doors and, John, I think you and I in about 30 minutes could probably fix a lot of the problems that have been discussed here today.

The discretionary caps imposed since 2011 have had value. They still have value today, and should be extended and increased gradually.

We cannot tax our way out of this problem. And to believe we can do so is being intellectually dishonest.

the threat, I think we could all agree, is probably elevated right now.

We are here to discuss discretionary caps, but this conversation - while important - is a waste of time without a plan to address the true drivers of out-of-control deficits and debt.

Stable funding allows our military members to plan and meet growing needs and threats.

I consider myself to be one of the luckiest Members on the Republican side in a leadership position, because I have the honor and privilege of sitting side by side with John Yarmuth.