The President has backed us up against the wall. If we don't do something serious and, yes----

This is the plan: cut, cap, and balance. And this is the President's plan: speeches. That's all we're getting, no legislation whatsoever. I'll be glad to yield to my friend from Maryland. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman…

I agree with you. By law we need to have a balanced budget amendment so that Congress' hands will be tied from increasing the deficit.

After a 3-year spending spree in which the President drove up the national debt by 56 percent, the President has the nerve to tell the American people that they have to eat their peas. This from a President who has had the Federal…

And Mr. Visclosky's support as well. I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment Offered by Mr. Reed

I thank the gentleman. And I want to point out that the Ohio replacement nuclear reactor development program was identified specifically by line item within the Naval Reactor Section and allocated a full $121.3 million specifically for the…

Reclaiming my time, I thank the chairman for that. Just to be abundantly sure, in order to ensure that there's no confusion within the Department of Energy and Naval Reactors, is it true that the prototype development for this new and…

I want to ask my friend from New Jersey to engage in a colloquy. The purpose of it is to talk about the nuclear prototype. As you know, and as the ranking member knows and the full committee ranking member, Mr. Dicks, knows, the Ohio class…

I thank the gentleman. Then I am hearing that the subcommittee has fulfilled the body's intent to ensure all funding lines related to the SSBN(X) Ohio replacement nuclear program are allocated to the required amount. I thank the gentleman…

I make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation on an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule XXI because it requires a new determination. The Acting…

I think that the point you have raised is a very valid point and something that is very good discussion matter. Unfortunately, we believe that it is authorizing on an appropriation, as the Chair has confirmed, but that's probably the…

I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia reserves a point of order. The gentleman from Vermont is recognized for 5 minutes.