Paul Broun

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 56, line 18, insert ``231'' in place of ``461''. Page 56, line 19, insert ``231'' in place of ``456''…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 50, line 18, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $180,000,000)''. Page 80, line 2…

I would like to bring a point of order about the gentleman's accusations that I want to do harm. I believe this meets the criteria of taking down his words, and I would like a ruling from the Chair regarding that. The Acting CHAIR. All…

Sir, I have the time. I do resent the fact that you accuse me of wanting to do harm. Mr. Chairman, I'm not sure if this comes to a point of order of taking down the gentleman's words, but I bring forth a point of order.

No, sir. Actually, it will do good. The thing is, we come to the crux of the problem here in that some people in this body believe that the Federal Government ought to take care of everybody in the world, and I would love to be able to do…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding. Mr. Dicks, I resent the fact that you accuse me of wanting to do harm, because I do not----

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 49, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $940,198,000)''. Page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 48, line 11, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $175,000,000)''. Page 80, line 2…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Foxx

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 44, line 19, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $604,000,000)''. Page 80, line 2, after the dollar…

I rise to offer my amendment, which would reduce the budget for the Rural Housing Assistance Grants Program by over $20 million. My amendment would drop the allocation for this program from $32 million to just around $12 million. This is a…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 33, line 12, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,480,000)''. Page 80, line 2…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 27, line 23, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''. Page 80, line 2…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 17, line 25, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $7,750,000)''. Page 80, line 2, after…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $7,000,000)''. Page 80, line 2, after the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 5, line 5, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,900,000)''. Page 5, line 6, after…

It is long past time that we stop rewarding irresponsibility. If we continue to give the Democrat administration everything that they ask for, they will never learn fiscal discipline or how to control their outrageous spending. Taxpayers…

Thank you, Mr. Shimkus. I appreciate it. And I appreciate your efforts over many Congresses since I have been here. I am in my third Congress, as you know. You have been a stalwart fighting this issue all along, and I appreciate the hard…

I believe that SPOT-trained police officers working in conjunction with the TSA are critical to the success of the SPOT program.

My suggestion is that the TSA, with the help of an independent panel of experts, should review theories and empirical findings on the elicitation of cues to deception.

Questions submitted by Chairman Paul Broun

I am, again, very disappointed the TSA has refused to come because there are a lot of questions that I know Ms. Edwards and I both would like to have asked TSA if they had graced us with their presence.

Thank you. My time has expired. For my questioning now, I recognize the Ranking Member, Ms. Edwards, for five minutes.

What I heard today is that, again, it doesn't work.

When the next shoe bomber or underwear bomber arrives at one of our airports or train stations to blow up one of our planes or subway trains or if they try to gain access to the Super Bowl or other major sporting event, even when we don't…