Mr. Chairman, I rise to join the chairman in opposition. The amendment would decimate the salaries and expense accounts at the Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies. There are broad…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Torres).

Additionally, the Community Development Block Grant and HOME programs are each cut by $100 million in this bill despite bipartisan calls from local elected officials across the country to preserve those funding streams. We are in the midst…

Mr. Chairman, I thank our ranking member for yielding, and I thank her and our chairman for their good work. I must still rise, however, in opposition to the fiscal 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies…

The buck stops somewhere. Who does it stop with?

Mr. Chairman, I thank you for actually conducting the hearing and obviously taking the leadership role here.

We have got a crisis on our hands, and we have got to figure a different way of dealing with this.

Mr. Chairman, I yield the remainder of my time to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman).

Mr. Chairman, this is a lot of money, as I mentioned earlier. The State of Good Repair account is funding at 18 times last year's appropriated level. Let me say that again: 18 times last year's level and the budget request. I will close…

Mr. Chairman, 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 1184, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $474,054,999)''. Page 1190…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to oppose a $900 million earmark to the Gateway Project, an upgrade of an Amtrak rail bridge and tunnel between Newark and New York City. This earmark is a…

Mr. Chairman, a couple of things. I look at this, and this still allows funding of existing projects and infrastructure, but it also reduces the deficit, too. And I want to quote the Eno Center for Transportation here: ``It is obvious from…

Mr. Chair, 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 North Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Brooks of…

I cannot imagine any reasonable Member in Congress seriously considering cutting the State Department budget.

They just didn't want to give away a debt ceiling increase without getting something in return.

I would love to buy into FEHBP as a Member of Congress again, wholeheartedly.

If it had, we'd be carrying bat phones around with us now, and we wouldn't have the technical innovations that have occurred.

I am so convinced of that. We have the freedom to create all these wonderful businesses and industries that have come about.