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

I wanted to mention it is very interesting to see my colleague, the chairman, to use statistics and data for his own purposes. We have, over the last 12 years, had nine omnibus appropriations bills, and where those bills were put together…

Congress still holds the power of the purse. If the war is not funded, the war cannot continue. That's perhaps a position I disagree with, but it is a factual matter. If you are serious about this, you would do that. Or you would have a…

this motion involves bold direction to provide the funds necessary to fund all aspects of the security barrier needed to protect our borders. When I say ``all aspects,'' I mean fencing, tactical infrastructure and technology, any and all…

I don't stand to take credit for all kinds of extra earmarks. But as long as we are talking about it, the gentleman has heard the Predator mentioned a number of times. I think the gentleman knows that the bureaucrats don't necessarily have…