Well, you need to--we need to understand this. This is huge, because we have a unified budget.

I would also like to thank Congressman Hanna and Congresswoman Chu, who are cosponsors of that bill.

The debt, as a practical political matter, can be blamed on the President because he is advocating more spending.

At the bottom line, we are responsible for spending.

You cannot spend the same money twice.

I think Dr. Elmendorf did a pretty good job, and a lot of times he was under intense political pressure, and I think in general he produced reports that were objective and respected on both sides.

What good is a budget if we do not follow it?

Gross debt in excess of 90 percent of GDP has typically been associated with mean growth of 1.7 percent versus 3.7 percent growth when debt is low, under 30 percent.

I appreciate both of you and your thoughts on the 2-year budget.

I did not think it cut enough.

In listening to the remarks that we have just heard from the gentleman from Massachusetts, I was struck by the fact that so much of it had to do with things other than national defense. I said in the very beginning that this is the…

H. Res. 260 provides a structured rule for consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. It is my privilege to present this rule to the House as a member of the Rules Committee. It is also my privilege to do…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 260 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 260 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley).

As I predicted in my opening statement, we have heard a lot about a number of things that don't have to do with the defense of the United States of America. For 53 straight years, the Congress of the United States and the Presidents of the…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as I said, there is a lot in this bill that we all support, and there is much in this bill that many of us find very…

I strongly oppose this amendment because it strikes a section that helps us set priorities in defense spending. Dismantling U.S. nuclear weapons is not a priority. Getting nuclear modernization done is the priority. Two weeks ago…