David Schweikert

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 9 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have a handful of things we need to do. A little while ago, we had an Oversight Subcommittee hearing--I chair the Oversight Subcommittee on Ways and Means. Some of the things that get said around here, we just shake our heads. Think…

Forgive us, as we are getting ourselves organized. The gentleman from Texas ended a couple minutes sooner than we expected. Mr. Speaker, for anyone listening, whether it be staff, another Member, anyone that actually gives a darn, give me…

Tonight is going to be a little thick, so I apologize to everyone, but we are going to actually try something a little bit broader. We are going to actually play economist. I am going to try actually to walk through three or four themes…

I think we are going to try to do a bit of a continuation of what we were doing last week. If you don't like math or economics, please turn off C-SPAN. There are a couple of things that we have to walk through. Last Thursday, I think I…

For the gentleman from Pennsylvania, a bit of reference, in the old days when we were put in the chair, particularly when we were freshman, it is because we had been annoying to the Speaker. I don't know if anyone remembers that. I love…

We have half an hour, so consider that a mercy for everyone who has had to deal with some of these presentations. The original goal tonight was actually to do some things that were a bit more optimistic, some things that we have identified…

For those of us from the Valley of the Sun, the Phoenix, Arizona, area, there is an excitement around us. Our college team, Arizona State University, which was predicted to be last in its first year in the Big 12, has made the college…

All right, I am going to talk faster. Sorry about that. Oh, the poor people who try to take our words down. It is a punishment, I am sorry. I have some other boards here, so I am just going to try to do two more boards in this 2 minutes…

A couple things. First, I committed a sin last week. How many of us have always learned when you do one of these floor speeches, like I did a couple weeks ago--and I never ever ever read the comments, except over Thanksgiving. First, I…

One of the magic things about Debbie Lesko is she has proven you can be conservative and not be angry about it. You can actually be joyful and kind and sweet and just a decent human being. I have learned more things about urban chickens…

First, I am going to ask everyone's--let me extend an apology. I have fairly severe asthma and just got off an attack, so I am pumping down some inhaled steroids, just routine. Also, last weekend, I lost my voice. Should I be worried that…

For everyone's sanity, I promise to use only a couple minutes of it. Mr. Speaker, this is 2024. We functionally are going to take in $4,898,000,000,000. We are going to spend $6,880,000,000,000. Anyone see the math problem? Then, if you…

We have 30 minutes here, and I am trying to do sort of a wrap-up. As folks know, the House actually passed a continuing resolution. I personally wish we had battled it out and stayed and just tried to see if we could get the Senate to do…

I think I heard applause and happiness that I am only allowed to go for 13 minutes. For anyone that is paying attention, it is because of the lateness of the hour. My brothers and sisters on the Democrat side, we have to split the…

I may have a slightly different experience. Bill was my senior Democrat for my subcommittee. You actually could not stop yourself from at least liking him because he was just brutally honest with you. He would say: David, I really think…

I am going to try to do something a little backward tonight from what I have typically done. One of my great frustrations here is sitting on Ways and Means, having the Joint Economic Committee economists as part of my team, and the number…

For those trying to take down my words, I am sorry for talking so fast. Tax revenues are projected to be billions of dollars. Once again, I want to make the point that individual income taxes are projected to be up dramatically. Payroll…

Sometimes I come behind these microphones and often what I share, what I need to share--it is my therapy--is a bit dour, and it is sometimes fun to listen to someone who actually is happy and joyous. Now that the uplifting portion of this…

We are going to try to do something a little tricky this evening. You are going to see the continuing theme of, hey, here is where we are borrowing and here is where the borrowing is coming from. Then I am going to hit on some of the…

What would happen if I came to you tomorrow and said: Hey, you know that thing you can wear on your wrist, the FDA about 3 weeks ago said it was for your heart, it is a medical device. Apple got its watch certified as a medical device…

Congressman Al Green and I are almost oceans apart, as a traditional Democrat and a conservative Republican. Yet, since the day I have been here, he has always been remarkably kind to me. He is one of my little girl's favorite people…

The priority, number-one priority of our society needs to be those kids.

Maybe our priority needs also to be the child and the child's welfare and the child's future.

It is antisemitism. It is burning down and moving back to a historic evil. And it will tear civil society apart.