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 Colorado will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Ms. Norton The Acting CHAIR. It is…

Now, let's take this back to basic economics. The Supreme Court itself said something along the lines of: power to tax is the power to destroy. That is from an early 19th century case. Whatever you tax, you discourage in the economy…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 54, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 56, line 1, after the dollar amount…

The $500,000 in funds will be for sites where remediation is currently being conducted by the Office of Legacy Management at DOE in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, called…

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 Colorado will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Office of…

What this amendment would do is reduce the budget deficit by $285 million. It gives Congress an opportunity to say: Let's not spend more than the President of the United States wants; let's make some reasonable cutbacks to levels that are…

I would and I have supported across the board 1 percent cuts and 3 percent cuts. I am happy to do it on this bill, too. I hope that somebody offers one. I haven't prepared one. Usually Mrs. Blackburn prepares those. I usually vote for them…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 45, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $645,000,000)''. Page 80, line 12, after the dollar amount…

I believe that the amendment has been revised, and if I might request that the Clerk report the revised amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Would the gentleman like to withdraw his earlier amendment?

I believe with this new structure of this amendment we have now addressed the procedural issue around deficit reduction. We are now, again, with this amendment, seeking to reduce the fossil energy subsidies back to the level requested by…

Point of parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

It is simply the deficit savings account, so when the money isn't spent, that is where it goes. The deficit savings account is not an outlay. It is simply not being spent in the first place. The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to…