Steve Southerland: “I mean, we are $16 trillion in debt, OK, the CBO just came out this week and said on our current pace we are going to…”

This appears to me, Mr. Chairman, to be a solution looking for a problem.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I appreciate the efforts of you and Ranking Member Rahall, and those efforts, how they have advanced this bipartisan piece of legislation. I would also like to thank Subcommittee Chairman Gibbs for giving this issue the urgent attention…

Quit talking about it and show us. Let our people work.