I think tying the spending reductions to the debt limit increase is very important.

I was a big fan of that. I was in high school when it passed, and I had great optimism for it.

We can't speak now for what successive Congresses will do.

Mr. President, I rise today in support of Senator McCain's amendment to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the construction of ethanol blender pumps and ethanol storage facilities. My vote today is not a vote against ethanol as a…

Mr. President, I ask that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, our Nation's challenges grow by the day. The citizens of Utah get this. The citizens in this country get this. A recent NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll found that 62 percent of Americans think the country is on the wrong…

And I should also tell my story. I'm also unemployed.

Mr. Chairman, this is a simple amendment to limit the subsidies for mohair. Mohair is something that back in World War II we needed for our military uniforms. The problem is we haven't used mohair in our military uniforms since the Korean…

I would hope this body would take this amendment with the same pace we did the mohair subsidies, but perhaps not. This amendment seeks to eliminate the cotton and peanut storage payments that we have been making. I would point out to my…

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: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

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: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Madam Chair, this amendment deals with three different services within the Department of Agriculture. The idea and the goal of the situation here is that perhaps they could take a reduction in funding, not totally zero them out, and really…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 8, line 15, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $43,000,000)''. Page 8, line 18, after the…

Thank you. I will be brief, Madam Chair. I recognize the spirit in which you are doing this, and I appreciate the process and the back-and-forth. I did want to say for the record, I would join with the gentlewoman from Texas, and I have…

Mr. President, one negative aspect of Senator Coburn's amendment No. 436, as modified, to the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 is that it is a tax increase that is not offset by a tax cut of an equal or greater amount. It…

Mr. President, today is Flag Day and it is the perfect day to re-introduce a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress to protect the American flag from physical desecration. I am joined in doing so today by my friend, the…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Owens moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2055 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer this final amendment for the benefit of those men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as for veterans of all wars in need of care. There's been much debate in the House today about hard…