Steve Womack: “I will say again it is a flawed and broken process. It needs to change. We need budget process reform.”

I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the last speaker, my friend, Earl Blumenauer. It was a source of pride for me to be here on the floor this morning and see the gentleman's last speech on the floor of the House of Representatives…

This is not an attempt to undo the Guard. It is a very small number of people.

I am going to take that 30 seconds and brag on this guy right here, Tom Cole. He has reengineered, somewhat reinvented a lost appropriations process, and I am eternally grateful. I know I speak for the American people in thanking Mr. Cole…

Testing the boundaries a little, I would expect that.