Steve Womack

Americans are seeing bigger paychecks, getting to keep more of their hard-earned money to save, spend and invest the way they see fit.

Our economy is strong again, with more than double the GDP growth seen during the Obama administration.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is working. It is delivering meaningful relief to workers, families, job creators, and communities across the country.

By the way, in case you didn't pick up on it, Chairman Yarmuth is not a big fan of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

This government subsidy for politicians is the most unbelievable thing that I think I have encountered since I have been here in Congress.

The more we found out that more people in this Nation today distrust politicians and government officials in Washington, D.C., than ever before in the history in this country.

Now we are going to ask the taxpayers to fund the campaigns of people who probably disagree with--that they are going to fund elections of people they possibly disagree with.

I just believe the States can do a better job of tailoring voter access to their people than big government bureaucracy can.

Well, all I will say, and I will leave the subject, is that it is clear that multivendor cloud environments are widely used, widely used by large organizations, for a simple reason: They increase competition, they improve security and…

I have strong concerns about how the approach by the Department of Defense in this arena seems to be geared toward, you know, producing a desired outcome with a specific vendor.

The 2-year budget, has been--was proven effective, was it not, to create certainty?

I hope the Congress is paying attention.

So as a former Guard guy, I can tell you, Mr. Chairman, the Combat Training Center rotation is the pinnacle.

I will get off my high horse on it and beg and plead with my colleagues to look for solutions to this problem.

I expect that maybe this year we are going to go right back into that pattern of waiting until the last minute to do something.

I would argue that if the institutions are so incredibly important that people around this dais would nominate their best and brightest young men and women to go there that they deserve to not be neglected from a recapitalization…

I think because we have--all of us have vetting processes of some type to send our best and brightest young men and women to these academies, a very prestigious honor, that it deserves to have the superintendents of these institutions down…

CBO says, 'As a percentage of GDP, spending on mandatory programs is going higher. But spending on discretionary programs, as a percentage of GDP, is going lower.'

The threat, I think we could all agree, is probably elevated right now.

It is a constitutional imperative to provide for the common defense.

While we disagree on some policy-related issues, we both recognize the need that has been expressed... the need for us to work together.

We could lock these doors and, John, I think you and I in about 30 minutes could probably fix a lot of the problems that have been discussed here today.

I consider myself to be one of the luckiest Members on the Republican side in a leadership position, because I have the honor and privilege of sitting side by side with John Yarmuth.

We cannot tax our way out of this problem. And to believe we can do so is being intellectually dishonest.

We are here to discuss discretionary caps, but this conversation - while important - is a waste of time without a plan to address the true drivers of out-of-control deficits and debt.