Mike Honda

Their tragic deaths are urgent calls to action.

We must act now to ensure that the Department of Defense has effective and continuous training for all ranks.

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. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this session of Congress represents a unique opportunity in history to accomplish something great. The pending sequester, the overwhelming number of tax provisions set to expire, and the threat of…

I have an amendment in the nature of a substitute at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: SECTION 1…

Next I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from California, the gentlelady from where there's a there, Ms. Barbara Lee.

If we use this common ground as a starting point, the fiscal year 2013 budget can put Americans back to work and promote nationwide prosperity.

To cut off the lifelines our government has put in place to support them is to display callousness, not courage, and to prioritize politics over fiscal and economic progress.

If we are going to make Social Security and Medicare reform part of our plan to reduce the deficit, our focus should be on rooting out fraud and abuse, not on cutting benefits.

I think competition is great. And how we use our innovation, how we use our power of innovating here in this country.

Part of the reason we are behind is that we have not been investing.

out of sight, out of mind does not work here either.

In this new era of fiscal constraint, I want to ensure we employ the most cost-effective use of resources to protect American national security interests.

It is my opinion that the 2006 agreement is completely untenable, and I'm encouraged by the recent flexibility displayed by the Obama Administration in adjusting major elements of this plan.

I commend you for owning up to this challenge by drawing up new guidance which finds $480 billion in savings.

We want jobs, we want to improve the economy, we want to make sure that manufacturing occurs here.

We are asking you, NASA, Ames, to deal with what we give you. And like you said, the President has to follow the law. So it is really us in Congress that determine the funding level.

What will be our standing, even with these cuts? Will we still be greater than the 17 countries?

the principle they laid out for us was do not address that on the backs of the vulnerable.

Having said that, we have been talking about extending the payroll tax cut and the unemployment insurance benefits, and the information I have says that if we extend the 2 percent payroll tax cut and the unemployment insurance benefits…

I was inadvertently not recorded on rollcall 33, on the Conference Report on H.R. 658, the FAA Reauthorization Act. I intended to vote ``no'' on the conference report because of the provisions it contains that would be devastating to…

I am an ardent supporter of the Dodd-Frank Act and the Volcker Rule, as intended.

I'm also very concerned about the long-term unemployed, and making sure we get these people back in the workforce as soon as possible.

I think every member of Congress agrees that we do have a deficit and a debt problem that deserves our serious attention.

Today Congress is considering a bill to keep the government running for the remainder of the fiscal year. That is our basic responsibility as Members of Congress. I am pleased that we are operating under regular order in considering the…