We should have the guts to say that.

What we are doing is we are cost-shifting again; we are making it go back to the government.

They were grandfathered in up to 1999, but no provisions were given for that detail past 1999.

We were looking that up, my colleague from Washington. We don't have that on the laptop at this point of inquiry.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 31, lines 2 through 10, strike ``Funds made available'' and all that follows through ``that period, but'' and insert…

I have an amendment at the table. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 36, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(decreased by $4,367,000)''. Page 88, line 9, after the dollar amount…

Thank you, Madam Chair. As someone who has practiced chair-side dentistry for 25 years, I know firsthand the profound value of oral health, particularly for children. Oral health care access early in life is shown to be a critical aspect…

It allows the option for choice of charter schools as defined as ``charters schools.''

This is--I mean, both sides of the aisle are furious, and the American people ought to be furious at you.

This was absurd to even have this idea. And to hear this merry-go-round bantering back and around where we can't get an answer from Mr. Newell, I mean, the buck stops to somebody.

At a national unemployment rate of 9.3 percent, this is a jobs amendment. Davis-Bacon does not protect the Federal Government nor the taxpayer. It only increases the cost to the taxpayer and the Federal Government by 22 percent. There are…

The Second Amendment is a key component of national security. And in that aspect, it allows citizens to carry. This is about possession of sidearms only. It does not apply to explosives in or around structures. I will finish up by saying…