Why are we in debt? We borrow trillions for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, trillions for tax cuts for the rich. We borrow billions from China and Japan. We have plenty of money for war, Wall Street, and welfare for the wealthy; but when…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following new section: SEC. 3__. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION AND…

The 2005 BRAC Commission actually rejected this consolidation and it was proposed at that time for Massachusetts. In 1995, it was proposed. We should not keep moving these jobs around until we have a cost-benefit analysis. All we're asking…

I'd like to thank our chairman and ranking member for including amendment No. 149 and my ranking member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, Loretta Sanchez, for joining me in an important amendment. We are deeply concerned about a…

This amendment is really very simple. We've had a recent election where the tide of the taxpayers has spoken where they want this House and they want Congress to start making decisions and the government to start making decisions to…

Many times we talk about the taxpayers and saving the taxpayers money, but, unfortunately, sometimes when it comes down to parochial interests we get to the point where we say it doesn't really matter what's in the best interest of the…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio has 15 seconds remaining.

The gentleman is correct that this is a time of deficits and concerns about spending, but he is not correct that this doesn't hurt our national security. He also states that our troops in Europe are not needed, and that is absolutely not…

Mr. President, this month marks commencement season at our great colleges and universities across Ohio and the Nation. I have had the honor of speaking at a few this year--Owens Community College, Ashland University, Cleveland Marshall…

I would like to point out again that these are arbitrary numbers. Our troops in Europe pose an important asset for all of our operations in the protection of national security, including, as has been stated, training troops that go into…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

This amendment has been previously debated in committee and was defeated and should be defeated here. There are three reasons why this amendment should be defeated. This is a program that has had past cuts that have endangered the program…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Foxx). The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

On rollcall No. 337, I was unavoidably detained and did not vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

Mr. President, yesterday the Senate conducted a procedural vote on whether it would begin deliberation on S. 1038, the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011. Due to inclement weather, my flight from Cleveland returned to Cleveland, and I…

I thank the gentleman from California, our chairman, Mr. McKeon, for his leadership on this bill as it's moving through the House, and Ranking Member Smith. I would also like to thank all of my colleagues on the Strategic Forces…

Thank you very much, Mr. McGovern. And to my friend on the other side of the aisle, I want to say that I will be offering an amendment to the defense authorization bill which would defund the war in Libya. The war is unconstitutional. The…

To my friends on the other side of the aisle, I am offering an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill which would defund the war in Libya. The war is unconstitutional. The President did not come to this Congress, he went to the U.N…