He would pass, quote, 'One of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history.'

I am not going to touch Social Security and I am not going to touch Medicare and Medicaid.

He would eliminate our debt, quote, 'Over a period of 8 years.'

This Congress has disgraced itself year after year by not being able to pass a budget.

the reason why we are paying $1 in for every $3 we are consuming in Medicare is largely because of Medicare Part D.

He would deliver, quote, 'Giant, beautiful, massive tax cuts.'

the Administration is then going to break the President's promise to not touch Medicare and Medicaid.

it has now become, in many cases, nothing more than a weapon to stop or delay any kind of development

I think you and Mr. Bridges have both cited in your testimony that at times the process has been hijacked, almost, by litigation coming in from activists to be able to just literally stop a project.

I think the legislation that we are seeing on this floor today demonstrates addressing a variety of issues, be it on our public lands, needing that to be able to be updated, private property rights to be able to update it, but probably…

all year the majority has tried to ram through legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with proposals that, in effect, cut healthcare for millions of people to finance tax cuts for those who make millions of dollars in…

I want to talk about the last time we did tax reform, in 1986. In 1986, I was in the sixth grade. I had just come back from Camp Cheley, from sixth grade camp. I think the Atari 7800 was the popular model that we all wanted for Christmas…

I thank the Senator from West Virginia. I ask unanimous consent that at 2:50 p.m., Senator Rounds be recognized as the leader of the colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Oklahoma.

I ask unanimous consent to join in a colloquy with my freshmen colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Senator from Louisiana for that, and I recognize the Senator from West Virginia for comments on why this is important to the country.

I want to thank our ranking member, Eliot Engel, for collaborating with me on this bipartisan text that we are taking up today.

I want to thank Congressman Mast for his leadership on H.R. 2712. This is the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act.

I thank the gentleman for those words. It is great that we have been hearing today from Representatives from all over the United States: from North Carolina on the Atlantic Coast in Georgia to California on the Pacific Coast, from Michigan…