Steve Womack

Stable funding allows our military members to plan and meet growing needs and threats.

The discretionary caps imposed since 2011 have had value. They still have value today, and should be extended and increased gradually.

If money were not an object, we wouldn't have to worry about spending and funding all sorts of great programs.

So programs like Social Security and Medicare that people rely on now and those that they will rely on in the future will see those benefits quickly dwindle, CBO says, as early as 2026. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this…

And so my question is where does the responsibility of the Federal Government begin?

And I think the last thing I want to say is this.

I guess I feel sad for some of my colleagues across the aisle, especially the freshmen, who are not here.

We need Congress to come together and work on something and succeed at something that moves us in the right direction.

I think it is very important at this point in time.

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

Ladies and gentlemen, nations go to war on imperfect information, and the decisions that we make here impact people's lives very closely, very intimately.

Good healthy discussion. Thank you, Representative Davidson for your comments, and your desire to seek improvement in our process.

But I think it is outrageous for people to question your integrity or the CBO's integrity...

It is not unprecedented that Federal bureaucracy sometimes allow personal bias to enter into their decisions.

But you agree with me that that would impact the borrowing of this country? The cost?

It is a major concern. One of my big concerns has always been interest rate risk.

I hope my constituents back in West Texas know that we are staying late and doing the work of the people.

It will give no reconciliation instruction so that we can finally get control and protect for long-term sustainability the social safety net program that many depend on. The bottom line is, you either acknowledge we have a deficit and a…

It is not about process, it is how the democracy works.

When Congress enacts a law, you need a new law to change the old law, and that new law needs to go through the same process as the old law.

I join the chorus of people, particularly those with strong opinions on this side of the dais, as we celebrate the appointment of Dr. Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

So, Mr. Chairman, that is why the Appropriations Committee approved language in our bill to address this issue, and we did so unanimously. Now Congress has to step in again to restore basic fairness to the effort to regulate arbitration…

I was interested in the port fees issue, and I wondered if you could talk a little bit about that.

I am gravely concerned about the tactic that we have discussed.

Let me appeal to you. I mean, look, obviously, I have got a major retailer in my district...