Now, provide for the general welfare, I mean, that is kind of a broad subject, and I think we can have a debate that goes a long time about what constitutes general welfare and what does not.

You have got a tough job. I mean, how do you--if you look at the spectrum of the federal government, what we fund, how is it possible to come up with any kind of a plan, any kind of a budget that could satisfy all of the desires, all of…

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

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

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

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life and legacy of the late Joe Steele, the founder of Steele Canning Company in Arkansas. Joe grew up in northwest Arkansas and eventually enrolled at the University of Arkansas. To cover his…

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.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life and legacy of Arkansas businessman and Tyson Foods founder, the late John William Tyson. John spent his life building Tyson Foods into one of the world's leading food companies and was…

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

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