Maybe we ought to cut the IRS by about 20 percent. What do you think?

Yes. They would still have to go to the center and have to apply. In fact, in the language of the amendment, it refers to an approved transportation worker identification credential. So they would have to actually go and be approved…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Louisiana is recognized for 5 minutes.

I rise in support of the Clarke amendment. In fact, I have a similar amendment filed at the desk that I won't need to bring forward because this amendment accomplishes the same thing. What the amendment says is that all of those cities…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

We have much work to do because the truth is we still live in a country where there are two different Americas.

Madam Chair, the amendment I bring forward right now in this bill is really directed at addressing a bureaucratic red tape inefficiency that is causing over 1 million American workers to make multiple trips to get a document that they are…

Mr. Chairman, our amendment would enhance public safety in communities across the country by striking the provision in the bill that would limit participation in the Urban Area Security Initiative program to just 10 cities. Homeland…

Massachusetts appears to be the prequel or beta version of Obamacare.

It has always been my observation that politicians overpromise and underfund.

The reason I used the term ``mandate'' is because the practical implementation of this, when you look at how the Department has implemented----

Madam Chair, to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and on the same side of the aisle, I rise today to do two things. One is to thank the American people, thank Congress, and thank two Presidents for the assistance that they gave…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. Any appropriation for fiscal…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding because, as I said earlier, the language and, as you know, you are correct in reading the language of the executive order, the problem we have had is that the White House political appointees are…

Mr. Chairman, I bring the amendment because what we are trying to do is prevent the Department from implementing or using taxpayer money to implement Executive Order No. 13502. And the effect of that executive order has been to mandate…

Madam Chair, what this amendment would do is, under the provisions of the Stafford Act, the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, there are approximately 160,000 American citizens across this country who, in the aftermath of…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 91, after line 10, insert the following: Sec. __. (a) In this section, the term ``covered assistance''…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we are here today, not talking about something as the other side would contend is a joke. This is a very serious issue, and I rise in opposition to an increase in the debt…