John Doolittle: “I respect the honesty of the gentleman. I completely disagree on the solution, but I think some of the problems he has…”

And the increase in mandatory spending, and two-thirds of the budget is mandatory spending, we slowed the growth rate of mandatory spending for the first time in 9 years. 1997 was the last time that happened. Those are two huge…

I very much wish to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) and his staff and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) and his staff and also the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Costello)…

And yet they talk about it all the time and blame us for being antihealth care and antieducation. And yet all the innovations that have occurred in the last dozen years have occurred under Republican leadership.

I thought I made clear, the bill allows for foreign investment in the country. The student, under the provisions of this amendment, himself would not be able to buy the home if he were a student not able to work, therefore not having a…