Jerry Brown: “there is a matter of the social dislocation caused by the impact of what we are spending here, and I recognize that, as…”

Let me point out that this simple innocuous amendment is approximately a 10 percent cut in the amount of money that would otherwise go to this fine agency and is much more important than might be thought. Let me say that I appreciate the…

I will vote against H.R. 4, a bill committing the United States to deploy a national missile defense system as a matter of national policy. I will not repeat the arguments against passing the bill, since such arguments have little impact…

Mr. Chairman, my remarks here directly relate to the point of order and to other similar situations which have arisen during the course of this and other appropriation bills. The rule with regard to legislating on an appropriation bill has…

I acknowledge that I am distinguished but not infallible. Sometimes I even wonder if I am distinguished. But let me tell you that without pretending to understand all of the implications of this bill, I found out very quickly, when it was…