Steve Womack: “I believe I have heard from more than one of my colleagues on the other side that it only helped the millionaires and…”

I think a lot of us up here would agree that the federal bureaucracy has become bloated, but I think we need to be a little bit more precise in downsizing a department with a mission as critical.

Preserving the safety, security, and prosperity of our Nation is arguably our most important duty. There is a new axis of evil on the rise around the world, and just like the terrible original, this group is bound together by their desire…

Let me correct the record on one thing my friend said. He referred to the continuing resolution that expires not February 17, but this month, November 17. I just didn't want him to give the American people the appearance that we had a lot…

I thank my friend from Tennessee for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this amendment. To be clear, I have a record throughout this entire appropriations process that will demonstrate that I am not a supporter writ large of the…