Jerry Lewis: “Is it not interesting we could have a crises like this, a crises like this that affects so many thousands and thousands…”

I very much appreciate our chairman yielding. I, too, want to express our deepest gratitude to Dale Oak and his family for the years and years of work and sacrifice they have put in on our behalf. As the chairman indicated, Dale has worked…

I can't help but wonder if maybe there is some lack of commitment to regular order that I had never perceived before. For example, my colleague from San Diego, the chairman of the VA Subcommittee, if he had been given an opportunity, could…

The American people know that, once again, Congress is putting partisan political considerations ahead of the needs of the American people. In my view, the quickest way to end this political nonsense is to vote `no' on this bill so that we…

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.