Mr. Speaker, most people are shocked to learn that the House and the Senate have already agreed on a level of funding. There are only two issues stopping the shutdown from stopping right now: number 1, make Congress and the White House…

Mr. Speaker, most people are surprised and actually stunned and amazed to discover that the Senate and the House have agreed--at least for the next 5 weeks--on a level of funding. This is not an argument about money. This shutdown is not…

Mr. Speaker, there are just two issues stopping the Obama shutdown from ending: number one, make Congress and the White House obey the same ObamaCare rules as everyone else; number two, the President let business off the hook for a year…

We have the parochial interest of different members trying to micromanage what NASA does.

We want our space program to move forward.

I was delighted to see that there and I would just like to encourage you to share with our staff the benefits of allowing NASA to do that.

Well, I think that is the heartfelt wish of everybody on this Committee on both sides of the aisle.

If NASA is unable to attract private companies to utilize these facilities, what will happen to them?

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained in a meeting in my office and didn't make it to the floor before the gavel came down for the first vote (rollcall Vote 308) in this series. I did vote for the subsequent rollcall votes in this…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a great sounding name. But there seems to be some reason to question whether the title actually reflects the mission, or if in reality it is an oxymoron.

It is inconceivable to me, unless you are from the most dysfunctional agency in the entire world, that you would come here before this committee today unprepared to answer the very simple questions that you have been asked.