Yesterday marked the gruesome second anniversary of the administration's misnamed stimulus plan. When this irresponsible plan of massive spending was introduced, liberals promised unemployment would not exceed 8 percent. At that time…

I want to briefly begin by thanking the Appropriations Committee. I understand the nature of what has been happening here, the size of the taxpayer savings that we have seen over the last 3 days. But I rise because the debt and the deficit…

This is a very important amendment, and I have called it the 10-20-30 amendment. It deals with what we call ``persistent poverty counties''--those places in America that have experienced a poverty rate of at least 20 percent for the last…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) Of the funds made…

I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) None of…

With all due respect to the ranking member, I was not clear. This amendment does not take defense, homeland security, or VA back to 2006 levels. Only non-defense, non-security discretionary spending.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR…

On Monday, the proposed budget for next year was released by the current administration. This budget fails to address the issue of Washington's 4-year spending excess. The proposed budget freezes will not work. They will not provide a path…

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 208, line 14, after the first dollar amount inside the quotes, insert ``(reduced by $324,400,000)''…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I won't take the full time here. This amendment deals with the Legal Services Corporation, which is a relic from the Great Society, originally known in the 1960s as the Office of Economic Opportunity Legal…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Sec. 1341…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me this time and thank her for her tremendous leadership on this and many other areas that come before this Congress. I want to take just a few moments to talk about an issue that's very, very important…

I would now yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California, Ms. Barbara Lee.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, every single day Americans are asking, Where are the jobs? The answer is simple. Current regulations are destroying jobs. Last year alone, government regulations…

May I inquire as to how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from South Carolina has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 10\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke of Dillon, South Carolina, is the latest leading economist to admit that out-of-control deficits could hurt our national economy. Last week, Mr. Bernanke warned, ``Sustained high rates of government…

Yesterday, Byron York, in the Washington Examiner, correctly recognized the memory of Ronald Reagan on the 100th anniversary of the President's birth. Without question, President Reagan stood for policies like lower taxes, less regulation…

I want to thank my colleague from California for hosting us out there recently at the Reagan library. What an inspiration it was to be at the Reagan library and to understand what President Reagan did and the man, Ronald Reagan, did for…