Mr. Speaker, this isn't about politics. This is about the Constitution, and it's about Congress's mandate to do oversight over both the executive and judicial branches of government. The President is asserting executive privilege to…

While many of us recognize the need to accommodate our tourism industry, we are in opposition of the Federal Government purchasing more land in our county.

I would submit that people don't work just for their self-esteem or for their dignity. They need to make enough money to be able to pay the rent and put a Barbie doll under the Christmas tree at Christmas.

I couldn't afford to lose Medicaid. It is a benefit, and if the government wants to help people, they should.

No, sir, I can tell you that they are not. But I want to stipulate, Mr. Doggett, that welfare recipients are not stupid.

the title of this hearing, 'How Welfare and Tax Benefits Can Discourage Work,' is at best a misnomer, and at worst is just fallacious non-sequitur.

You are just trying to figure out if you have to work and it is not--and if you don't work it is not because you have poor character.

It is a crapshoot, as you said.

we are asking for a level playing field that, you know, we have the same access to the programming that our competitors do

I am a huge fan of child support.

What it means is that the cost of daycare in 2012 terms, $1,000 a month, $1,500 a month, depending on the age of your child, is so great that work does not pay.

I would say that if we really want to encourage work, things like the Earned Income Tax Credit, things like providing child care, things like providing food supplements, encourage work...

I can guarantee you that the 4 million people who are now receiving TANF would storm the Capitol and demand welfare reform.

What we don't want to do is make sure people get just enough to get by and then provide disincentives for them to work.

I can tell you what the alternatives are to having $1,000 a month to pay for decent daycare.

Perhaps you ought to expand it.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me this time. I introduced H.R. 4223, the SAFE DOSES Act, to address the problem of medical cargo theft across the United States. Medical cargo theft poses significant health risks to patients…

We ask that you support Senator Herb Kohl's S. 2158 to establish the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area.