Missing appropriation deadlines have consequences. It causes uncertainty in agencies and delays plans, which may increas...
We spent $79 million on an Embassy in Mazar-e-Sharif. Never opened.
I think there is an argument to be made that our national security is actually made more perilous the more we spend and ...
$45 million on a natural-gas gas station in the defense budget because we are greening-up Afghanistan.
You know, after 16 years, thousands of lives, probably a trillion dollars spent, the Afghans do not seem to be able to d...
Thank you and your administration for these tax cuts. You are making life easier for working people in Kentucky.
I think from the Constitution, I think Defense would have to be done every year, but the rest of them could be biennial.
Even if only one department had to be done every year, it would still be, I think, a good idea.
I have never voted for any specific project or even for a group of projects because I have never voted for anything othe...
If we had the sequester across the whole thing, one, it takes pressure off of military spending.
I think ultimately, it is political will. It means electing people who care, and frankly, neither side cares, and that i...
The sequester turned out to be the best thing to slow down the rate of growth of government in a long time, and it actua...
If we do nothing, though, when the cliff comes and when we run out of money, then it is everybody.
Well on occasion, as with this tax bill, Congress passes major legislation that greatly impacts the economy.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Once again, thanks to all the witnesses for spending your morning with us.
one of the proposals that we are going to be dealing with in the next day or so is apparently to raise the defense budge...
What is not appropriate, as the Chairman mentioned, is to launch ad hominem attacks to undermine the credibility of CBO.
I also think of the GI Bill passed after World War II that was largely accredited with building the middle class.
