Is there any way that we can use the housing stock that has already been constructed to meet these needs?

I believe, a canard or a bait-and-switch to say that the money that we are talking about here can be transferred to Highway 99, because it can't.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. As the ranking member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, I am pleased that this bill includes a number of provisions that continues…

Mr. Speaker, as we hear from Members of this House every day, I thought it would be refreshing to bring the people's voice directly to this floor. So I asked my constituents to send me their thoughts that I could deliver as a 1-minute…

Mr. Speaker, this is a positive bill for our military families, and when we move to the bill I'm going to take an opportunity to address that. But while we're on the rule, I have to express my immense disappointment that still, to this…

Ms. Brown, I will correct you that there are Republicans that vote for high-speed rail. I was one of them.

Look, I just want to see this project on time, on budget, and off of ag land.

We need to have big ideas. We need to have bold solutions.

the California taxpayers are on the hook for $9.95 billion.

So if there is no private investor and there is--just want to be clear--no private investor, California doesn't come up with their money, which they have not done to date--which the attorney general or the Governor has not come up with the…

California's commitment of $9.95 billion, at the minimum, would--there would be a conversation there.

I would consider that a bait and switch.

I urge this committee to support high-speed rail, and I urge your help in clearing the way for high-speed rail in our Nation.

I believe in a balanced approach to transportation. We have to have a highway bill. We need to improve our highway, as well as our goods movement.

Why would you choose something that was unanimously opposed by everybody, if this input process has integrity?

I am going to have hearings every 3 months and bring the Commissioners back so we can keep track of this.

I think there is a reason that the public approval of the Congress is 9 percent, and most of that 9 percent probably are our families.

Now, Senator Barrasso proved that there is a witch hunt going on against the Chairman.