Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you gentlemen for being here today.

I am looking for help.

I rise today to introduce legislation on a subject that is never far from the minds of citizens in my home State of Florida, folks along the Gulf Coast, or on the Atlantic seaboard: the threat of hurricanes, and the devastation that these…

I wish to talk about our Nation's financial troubles. Over the years, I have supported a balanced budget amendment, spending caps, and spending cuts. Recently, we had a proposal to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year…

This is an extraordinary and alarming finding. It is almost impossible that that could occur by chance alone and it deserves urgent attention.

MSA passed based on the data being current, accurate and up to date and that NMFS is using MSA in a way not intended by Congress.

you remember a year ago, before we passed the health care bill, everybody testified that Medicare was set to go into bankruptcy in 7 years? Do you remember back then, just a year ago, Medicare paid doctors when seniors got sick, and…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Health Care

if you all are still developing these things 10 years from now that is going to be too late.

Well, the information that I have is contrary to that.

I for one would have been happy had we been able to do more across a wide range of government programs, but fiscal responsibility is a big part of the message that we are all working with at this juncture.

I would love to get $18.7 billion for NASA.