Mr. Chairman, I, too, rise in strong opposition to this mean-spirited amendment. This attack on the integrity and professionalism of the Congressional Budget Office is shameful and is part of a strategic assault on the objectivity and…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment that would increase funding for the Government Accountability Office, offset by a minor decrease in the funding for the MRA accounts here in the House of Representatives. I am offering the…

Reducing our deficit and balancing our budget are goals that every Member here supports. But I worry that we often get distracted by the title of these resolutions without paying serious consideration about whether the specific provisions…

If a balanced budget amendment doesn't address that fundamental problem, you will never succeed in whatever you do with regard to balancing your budget.

I think if you repealed the 16th and 17th Amendment, a balanced budget amendment would probably become not unnecessary.

I support a balanced budget amendment. The question is what that amendment does and what it looks like.

If we are ever going to balance the budget, the fact is we are going to require members to cast some tough votes. Many of these votes will be career-ending votes, and a constitutional amendment will not change that reality.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition of H.J. Res. 111, which will overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule, prohibiting forced arbitration for many consumer contracts…

Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 410.

Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, I have worked long and hard to preserve the availability of fair, affordable arbitration to consumers. Hearings before the Judiciary Committee have demonstrated repeatedly that…

We want to see a reauthorization. We're happy to help, but--okay.

Donald, this man's a loser. Don't do it.

there was no empirical evidence to justify putting marijuana ahead of the drugs the chairman just listed as a Schedule I drug 50 years ago.

That's why pairing of mental health services and addiction treatment services is so critical.

But why?

I won't help you with Donald Trump, but----

The deadline is February 1 of next year.

We are developing a strategy now.