But I do think that this is the real issue of border security, and a lot of people lose sight of this, that we are in a war with drugs.

I was in a field hearing at Johns Hopkins Hospital with the former governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, and I asked him if we had gone from a war on drugs to a drug with drugs.

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for setting this up, and I thank the gentleman from Georgia for leading it. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the impact that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is having in Alabama's Sixth Congressional…

We have overregulated ourselves, we are overregulating our infrastructure, and it makes it extremely expensive, much more expensive than it ought to be.

This is an issue near and dear to my heart and close to me, particularly with my district.

The cost an average would be two times more than a similar project funded solely with local funds.

The project will have taken 9 to 12 months longer than if it had been a local project.

I grew up dirt-poor, so I paid potential and specific attention to things, how it impacts lower-income families.

I think that, you know--just for the record--that is what we have been trying to do for the last year.

I think this is right in line with what we are trying to do with the budget reform and appropriations task force to fix this.

There has got to be better information, in my opinion, that comes out that takes into account these improvements in the economy.

I think we owe it to the taxpayers to be an A-plus.

I do not blame the CBO for all of its failures. But I do think we have got to eliminate the gimmicks.

There has been an enormous change in the regulatory burden and the growth of regulatory burden in particular.

But if it is an open-ended deal where it depends on how many people signup, I do not think that is a cut.

we have seen estimates as high as $1.9 trillion in terms of what overregulation is costing the economy.

That, to me, is the gimmick of all gimmicks, Mr. Chairman.

When we--in our bill that we passed last year--froze Medicaid expansion, everybody was running around saying that we were cutting Medicaid which, frankly, that is not a cut.

We do not live our lives that way. Why would we, as a representative of the American people, make decisions for them on that behalf the same way?

However, it is safe to say fiscal responsibility has significantly decreased in the time since its establishment.

The use of baseline budgeting is flawed, and often construes government spending increases as a given prior to the appropriations process.

Unfortunately, these Keynesian economic policies, in many people's opinion--and I know some others--but in my opinion, have failed in reality, in real life.

That is not necessarily a cut, you know, if it is the same $100 that you spent the week before.

I have been very honored to join with the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Clay) and my other colleagues to not only honor those named, but their families and colleagues, as well, and let them know that these heroes, their loved ones, will not…

I appreciate very much the comments from the gentleman from Missouri. I know the family does. I knew Corporal Rivers. He attended the same high school as my children. I know his mom and dad very well. He is another example--as we have…