Jerry Lewis: “Possibly. But, frankly, I have a feeling that under this scenario, if it is put back in this pool and they do meet the…”

It is a fabulous program, using the money very well, and I urge a ``no'' vote on the gentleman's amendment.

Mr. Speaker, it is kind of hard to believe that Christmas is less than 2 weeks away and that David Obey provides me with material for my own presentation one more time. While most Americans are Christmas shopping and decorating their…

But in the meantime, we are talking about regular order, trying to change the appropriations process so it makes sense, not destroy our committee. I would suggest we are on a pathway to destroy this committee.

title II of the bill requires HUD to rescind $1.3 billion in the funds that the Congress provided in 2007 or prior years. Frankly, HUD cannot meet this rescission without doing great harm to the most vulnerable of our population, those…