I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McADAMS. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Again, there is no question that everyone knows that we are in a suicide epidemic. We have to do whatever we can, whatever is within our powers--work with our States, work within our local jurisdictions, work with our community…

We are going to need a lot of volunteers, actually, in a month because the majority, time and time and time again, has voted against taking care of these children when money runs out this month. That is a fact. Yes, we will need…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry). The fact of the matter is that the majority, last year, when they were in the minority, voted along party lines to not provide funds to take care of children in the Labor-HHS bill in…

Graduate medical education is absolutely a problem; there is no question about it. The demographics are clear in the United States. We have an aging population that requires more services, and yet we don't have enough graduate medical…

Woman, I rise in opposition to the amendment, even though I agree with the idea behind the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

Woman, there is no question that the rural areas in this country frequently get shortchanged. I know because I represent a rural area. That is why I was surprised because we just heard a lot of lip service to doing great things for the…

There is no question that we have shortchanged career and technical education over the last few years because, to be honest, the last administration had a very different attitude about the needs of higher education. Thank goodness this…

The idea is okay. This is all part of the puzzle. The Senior Medicare Patrol is a part of the puzzle. But, again, my problem with this amendment is not that this program doesn't have some value. It is from where it takes the money. It…

I don't oppose the amendment, because this is a very important topic. There is no question about it. This is another one of the ways that our country needs improvement. Certainly, the Federal Government is an appropriate place to look for…

I join the gentlewoman from California in recognizing the incredible importance of this. I have stated that. Having your cake and eating it too is not related specifically to this amendment, but the idea that we have been discussing now…

There are a lot of wonderful things we can do, but here is the problem: Since the last vote series, we have actually cut management by $22 million, and now we expect them to do more. This is wanting to have your cake and eat it too…

Again, it is nice to believe that, somehow, if we put this language in, we are going to save money somehow. This was the promise of the ACA: If we just insure more people, for instance, they won't use the emergency room as much. Remember…

Here we go again. I mean, let's play some more pretend. Look, it's 3:30 in the morning, America is watching. This is why they have a 9 percent favorable rating of us. The fact of the matter is, this whole budget is pretend. It pretends…

Well, we finally have a prioritization here. This amendment actually takes money from one program that it thinks is not as important and puts it in another program it thinks is underfunded. But that is interesting because, look, the…

I stand corrected. The gentleman is absolutely right. It is the unions actually forcing nonunion members to pay. And it is equally egregious. It equally is enforced under this, and that is why I oppose it. We should actually be increasing…

There is no arguing that these programs are important, but, again, we have to set priorities. This doesn't say this program is important, and this other one is less important so we are going to take money from it. In fact, it takes money…

Again, I am not going to argue about the importance of the clinics, but to somehow suggest that a program that is a complete subsidy program--Madam Chair, all we have to do is just read. This is, again, why the American people just have to…