If we don't get more people back to work, if we don't have a dynamic and robust economy, all of this talk that we are having is just that.

First of all, Social Security is a business. We have to have more money coming in than going out.

The reason it is not working is because we don't have an economy that is functioning right now.

The real problem in this country right now is an economy that is not growing.

Social Security has to get it right the first time, because we can't keep throwing money at it.

If we can't fix this, shame on us.

Social Security's aging and outdated IT is a real problem. So I think it is time to fix the systems.

It seems like we should have gone over all those things when we built the new centers, right?

Too many programs right now are unsustainable. They were unsustainable from their very concept.

Mr. Chairman, at the outset, I would like to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their work on this appropriations bill. While not perfect, the bill funds the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative at $300 million so that critically…

Mr. Chairman, by prohibiting the use of funds by States in violation of the compact, Congress can send a clear message that it takes seriously its responsibility to protect the largest surface freshwater system in our Nation.

Mr Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: compliance with great…

Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting Chair. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Higgins). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 102 Offered by Mr. Lowenthal The Acting…

Madam Speaker, I want to thank the gentlewoman from Tennessee for yielding and for her leadership not only on this bill, but especially for her work as chair of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives. When we talk about this…

Madam Speaker, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, those words are inscribed in the Declaration of Independence among our inalienable rights, but the most important is life itself. As a physician who has delivered hundreds of…

Madam Speaker, as a physician, I took an oath to save lives, to protect lives, and as a heart surgeon, I worked day and night to save lives, to protect life at every step of the way. I believe that the oath I took way back when I finished…

Madam Speaker, I include in the Record the testimony from Honorable Dr. Dave Weldon, author of the Weldon amendment, on this very bill and a few letters I received from obstetricians and gynecologists from across the country. Statement by…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…