Steve Womack

But there was a comment. I am using one example of many that came up in this hearing today on the other side about CDBG.

So there are things on the expense side of the ledger that are must do. Federal government, it says 'provide for the common defense.'

Between now and the time that we fund the government on October 1st of 2020, we have still got a lot of ground to plow.

A trillion-dollar deficit, and it will feed into that $22 trillion, is a lot of money.

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

It has been suggested that we should use the Ryan-Murray deal from 2013 as a model for a caps deal.

As the Congressional Budget Office warned earlier this year, our nation is nearing a fiscal crisis. I would argue we are already in one.

Funding the priorities of the American people while addressing our nation's fiscal challenges is not an easy task.

I think the only way to really ever force the hand of Congress is to enshrine it into the Constitution.

We have a moral obligation to get our fiscal house in order, to make sure that our children and grandchildren aren't saddled in the future with spending decisions Washington makes today.

The very premise that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is working, as evidenced by the fact that unemployment is low, wages are higher

I struggle with the claims that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has led to a bigger gap in income inequality.

To truly address the fiscal challenges facing our nation today and future generations, we must tackle the core driver of our ballooning debt, and that is out-of-control spending.

What we have is a spending problem, a fact many Democrats are choosing to ignore.

Despite these successes, some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are looking for ways to reverse this progress and increase taxes on hardworking Americans.

Consumer confidence is at an 18-year high.

Unemployment fell to the lowest level since the 1960s in 2018 at 3.9 percent.

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.