Mr. Speaker, the Budget Act is not the problem. The problem is a lack of discipline, not the Budget Act. I said yesterday on the constitutional amendment, if you want to balance the budget, do it. Do it. Offer a balanced budget. Mr…

You had that opportunity to do it. You won't do it. I guarantee you that you won't do it. You can say whatever you want. Mr. Speaker, they won't do it. They haven't done it. There will not be a balanced budget on this floor from either…

Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come, and I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy). (Mr. McCARTHY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, will the majority leader tell me when I voted to shut down the government? Does he have a cite there? I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. Once I finish this, I will give my friend the date. Tuesday, on the…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, the majority leader and I serve in a coequal branch of government. We don't serve at the pleasure of the President, nor should we go hand in hand to the President of the United States and say: Can we do…

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. He knows that is not true. You just said I want to stop unification of moms and dads? You know that is not true, and you know I made an offer to actually speed that up.

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, is the gentleman saying that, when we had discussions in your office and you wanted to eliminate the option to sponsor mothers and fathers by their children, was not that not part of the offer that you…

I'll be glad to hear the explanation. Mr. McCARTHY. So, when someone comes here, they can petition others. They can petition their parents. They can petition their children. They can petition their spouse.

Currently. Mr. McCARTHY. Right as of today, currently, you are only allowing 65,000 for brothers and sisters. That is not a mother, and that is not a child. Right now, today, there is more than a 30-year wait. So what we proposed is that…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, we go round and round on that. Obviously, when we talked about family reunification, you had an offer that you said you were making on behalf of the President that clearly undermined the ability to sponsor…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time, and I rise today not so much to oppose this legislation, as to deride it as a sham, as a fraud, as a pretense of fiscal responsibility. If you want to balance the budget, just…

Mr. Speaker, since President Trump took office, this year, fiscal year 2018, $980 billion in deficits; next year, $1 trillion. Every year thereafter, during the Trump administration, another $1 trillion of debt. It will total some $14…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 5 minutes. Mr. Speaker, our good friends across the aisle have been bristling when my colleagues have pointed out the breathtaking budget hypocrisy being shown by the majority today, so I thought, instead, I…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur). {time} 1515

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this budget amendment. You know, when the majority forced through their $2.3 trillion tax cut for…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the House Democratic minority whip.