the reality is that, in the current state of affairs here within Congress, there isn't going to be money available.

The President's budget is a reflection of the Budget Control Act that the House of Representatives and the Senate passed.

My colleague from California has it right. California is in a severe drought, as well as half a dozen other States, including Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and Nevada. The intent of this amendment is to signal to the…

My colleague from California (Mr. Royce) has been working at this issue for a very long time, and he has considerable knowledge and certainly a compassion and a deep understanding of these issues. There is far more to this than was…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: state…

I love messaging, and I appreciate the House acquiescing to the previous amendment that is a messaging amendment. Now, let's do something. Let's not just send a message. Let's send $50 million to the Department of Agriculture's Emergency…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 20, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``, of which $50,000,000 shall be for the emergency conservation program…

The gentlelady from Tennessee spoke about the American taxpayer and the money that is being spent by Congress, and I would like to pick up on that subject because I am deeply concerned about where and how we spend our taxpayer money. It is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following new section: Sec. 417. (a) In General.--None of the…

We could use the rules of this House to promote policies that are beneficial to the American Government, beneficial to the American taxpayer, and, most importantly, beneficial to the American workers, whether they are employed in the steel…

I don't think we will take a full hour here, but there are a couple of things that we need to talk about. I always like to start these hour sessions with why we are here; what are the values that we want to put forth. Why do we spend these…

Apparently, that has not yet been achieved, at least among the members of this committee and a good portion of the public.