I thank the Chair. After 40 years, the evidence is in. The Congress is broken, and unless you change the system fundamentally, we are going to run our Nation into the ground. So I support a balanced budget amendment. Here is the way it…

Republicans want deep spending cuts with no new revenues as the price of raising the debt limit. Some Republicans have downplayed the impact that defaulting on the national debt would have on our economy and our people, and most…

It was an honor to be here earlier with Congressman Ted Poe from Texas explaining about the Federal lands and how they could be developed to create jobs and opportunity. It is particularly fitting that the Speaker pro tem at this moment is…

Today we will have the opportunity to vote for a solution on the impending debt ceiling issue in Washington. The Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011 will cut $111 billion of spending next year; it will cap the total Federal spending for the…

I can't tell you how much I long for a discussion of ideas, an honest and open discussion of real ideas in this Chamber as opposed to talking points. Clearly, we're not going to be getting that here this evening. What we've heard so far is…

``The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. Leadership means that the buck stops here. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today on to the backs of our…

One problem that I see from my colleagues across the aisle and the President is that many of them have never signed the front of a paycheck. They have only signed the back of a paycheck. I was a small-town banker for 8\1/2\ years. I…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for that. Folks, reforms like a balanced budget amendment, coupled with spending caps and significant spending cuts, are the types of revolutionary reforms that can prevent our children and grandchildren…

I want to thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding and for his leadership on this and so many other issues. Mr. Speaker, the President says he wants to do a big deal. He says he wants to do something transformative. He wants to do…

Over the weekend, concerned constituents advised me they are tired of hearing politicians grandstand about fixing the Nation's debt ceiling. The current administration has proven it would rather threaten our senior citizens than propose…

But what have you done lately? Amendment Offered by Mrs. Adams The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, 2-minute voting will continue. There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the…

Thank you. I want to thank my good friend, Joe Barton. It was a great game last night, not exactly an ``eking'' game. Cedric came within five outs of pitching a no hitter, something I have never seen in the 17 years I have been involved in…

For months now here in Washington we have debated spending, the debt ceiling, and job creation. But for generations, American businessmen and -women have shaped not only our national economy, but the world's economy and made our country a…

Rather than negotiate in good faith with the Republican leadership, the current administration has resorted to scare tactics. On Tuesday, the President threatened to withhold benefit checks for Social Security recipients and disabled…

Before I begin, I would like to join with my colleague from Illinois, Congressman Adam Kinzinger, in congratulating the people of Wisconsin on passing a concealed weapons bill. I think they'll find, as we have found in South Carolina, that…

I thank the gentleman. The time is now. The time is now to stop the policies of this administration of taking Federal land off the table when it comes to wind, solar, and hydrogen. The wind farms. There's a bill in our committee that deals…

Thank you, the gentleman from Kansas. You hit on something. Obama's Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, before he was nominated to be the Secretary of Energy, wanted to figure out how to boost the price of a gallon of gasoline in this country to…

I, too, believe in America's greatness. And I stood here and heard her talk about the world is looking to America to be great again. This is an area that we can be great in. I've traveled around my district recently and asked folks about…