I thank you for all of your leadership and friendship over the years, and your very capable staff as well. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate you on your retirement as well and wish you the best. You know, I came to Washington to cut spending and…

I have had the privilege of serving in public office for 30 years, 22 of which have been in the United States Congress. I have met many wonderful people, cast some tough votes, and made some difficult decisions. It has been an honor, a…

For those who think that relaxing our laws does not create a magnet, they need to go to Central America and talk to the people who would be taking advantage of this. Finally, let me say this about leadership: in split government with three…

We are hearing a lot of feigned outrage from the other side, but I want to point out a few things. Number one, it was the President himself who said, over 20 times, why this action is illegal. I would invite the Democrats to read his…

We need to develop American energy, and that is what this bill does. It is commonsense tax reform, commonsense regulatory reform, and commonsense energy reform. I am appalled that the United States Senate has not had time to take up one of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I wanted to also say, the gentleman from Maryland talked about a company, and I am not familiar with this company, but a company that is moving out of America because of our burdensome Tax Code. Does…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the McKeon amendment and in support of the continuing resolution. I want to say this: I have heard a lot of people say this process isn't good and that we…

As I have looked at the 2001 and the 2002 authorizations for military force, I believe that the President is probably right. I haven't come to a 100 percent conclusion on that, but I believe that he does have that authority. I think it…

I want to be sure Members look back because that is the example where people say airstrikes alone are sufficient, when they point out the operation in Yugoslavia that was from March 24, 1999, to June 10. Even though we did not have ground…

Thank you, Mr. Cole. Mr. Speaker, I want to make three points about the continuing resolution. Number one, as an appropriator, I would be remiss in my duty if I did not say we do not like continuing resolutions, because we on the…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I join the chairman and Mr. Wilson in opposition to this, and I appreciate Mr. Fortenberry's withdrawing because of so much of what has already been said. This project actually is about 70…