I appreciate my friend, the Agriculture Committee chairman, and his opposition, but I must respectfully disagree. The proposed funding level for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is a nearly 30 percent increase over the fiscal year…

Previously, some of my counterparts in debate have said we should supply every need, the Federal Government should supply every need to every American, and now they want to persist in trying to satisfy the needs and wants of people…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 61, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,740,000,000)''. Page 119, line 20, after…

I am encouraging everyone to support this important amendment. I think it is important, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs). The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 61, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $240,000,000)''. Page 119, line 20, after…

Over the course of this evening during the debate of the underlying bill it was referred to as being heartless and disrespectful. This amendment was referred to as being disrespectful, as a matter of fact. This is what I would tell you…

Let's talk some more about the Fed and why we are in a world of hurt and why we have to start reducing spending and funding. We can't fund every project, everything around the world and even in our own country. We send hundreds of billions…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 11, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $157,572,000)''. Page 119, line 20, after the…

I have to say, I am actually baffled a little bit because it is like we are on the other side of an ocean, an ocean separates us. I never hear my colleagues say that they want to reduce spending on any program. I never hear it. Instead…

Today's hearing is an excuse for Republicans to double down on the failed policies from the Trump administration.

I believe, it is very transparent, that everything, all the hearings that we have seen from all the committees, including this one now, on this issue, is to tee up the ball so that when we finish the hostage negotiations after the…

A schizophrenic policy back and forth from hardline to more humanitarian, back to hardline, back and forth, back and forth.

Today's hearing is neither reasonable nor principled. It is a dehumanizing political stunt.

For the last while I have heard my colleagues across the aisle, they were talking about costs, that Republicans want to cut costs, and that we always talk about costs. Here is my question: What could they do? They are the ones who fostered…

Let's talk some more about what should be done. We have a structural deficit of $2 trillion. We are spending $700 billion in interest. The Fed is losing money. Our economy is slowing down to boot. The question is: What could we do? How…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 69, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $77,000,000)''. Page 119, line 20, after…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $12,996,000)''. Page 119, line 20, after the dollar…

Why else might we want to eliminate this program? The provision of free food to these seven nations on this list, which is required to be delivered in a not-so-timely manner on U.S.-flagged ships, distorts food production markets in those…