Madam President, we have had a great debate here on the floor today about the budget. What we have heard is the fact that in the face of unprecedented debt and deficits, we need to get spending under control and grow the economy…

Madam President, I rise in support of Senator Sessions' motion to recommit on a balanced budget. I think it is important that we have a balanced plan before us, as we have talked about a lot today, but that means balancing the budget, just…

Every year since 1981, the Congressional Black Caucus has offered a fair and balanced alternative budget. The CBC Alternative Budget for fiscal year 2014 is a ``Pro-Growth, Pro-People, Pro-America'' budget. It acknowledges that only by…

Thank you so much, Congressman Bera. What a great opportunity for me to tell my story when I think about Medicare and what that means to me--but more importantly, what it means to this Nation, what it means to the citizens in the Third…

This week marks an anniversary that doesn't warrant celebration. Three years ago, President Obama's takeover of health care was signed into law. This mountain of stacked paper represents the 20,000 pages of new regulations in President…

In 2008, at 92 years old, Major Tom Griffin stood up at a Veterans Day event in Cincinnati, and he told his story as one of the Doolittle's Raiders that attacked Tokyo after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Managing to bail out after…

I urge my colleagues to join me in voting against this rule and the underlying budget. Stand up for America's seniors. You know, if you go to any food bank in this country, senior citizens are coming in at an increasing rate of 37 percent…

Well, then you've seen them in the line. You've seen the senior women in the line in all these food banks, a third of an increase, sir.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time. I would say to the gentleman, what you said was very, very important, because we do have choices in a budget. And you know, sir, at the food banks around this country, there isn't enough food…

--Just to say that the first obligation is to feed the hungry, feed the hungry. And I don't think the gentleman would want to have on his conscience any harm to the senior citizens of this country, so I'd ask you to rereview your budget…

I thank Ranking Member Slaughter for yielding me this time and rise in strong opposition to the rule and the underlying bill that essentially is the Ryan budget. I want to say to the prior speaker that the way you balance budgets is to put…

I'll give myself 30 more seconds to say we believe in putting seniors in charge of their health care, not 15 bureaucrats. Our budget does not change the Medicare benefit for anybody in or near retirement. But to guarantee that that promise…

What's the message? The message is that Congressman Ryan's budget is not a path to prosperity for our country. Why? Because we lose with jobs. His 10-year budget destroys 2 million American jobs, according to the Economic Policy Institute…

Next to me is a photo of Doolittle Raider Tom Griffin's memorial service I recently attended in Green Township, Ohio. Tom Griffin was an inspiration to everyone who had the honor to know him. I had the great pleasure to meet with and talk…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to thank my colleagues, Congressmen Jeffries and Horsford, for again leading the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour on an issue of great importance--the Federal budget. Mr. Speaker…

Thank you so much, Congressman Horsford. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss House Budget Committee Chairman Ryan's fiscal year 2014 budget and Democratic alternatives that work. I first want to thank my colleagues, Mr. Horsford and Mr…

Absolutely. I thank the gentlelady. What we have done in this budget, not only did we put in $13 billion for workforce training, for Job Corps, for dislocated workers, retraining, segment training, but, in total, we have almost $500…

It was just over a week ago that we learned that the White House is being closed to public tours. Now the President attempts to justify this decision saying it's a Secret Service decision. I find this disturbingly ironic, coming from a…