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I thank you for the time and being down here with me. I will set up my charts tonight because I can't commit it all to memory. I'm glad to be here at the end of the leadership hour. We've talked about China, we've talked about U.S. energy…
I appreciate my friend from New York for yielding. You are absolutely right. I have some Fair Tax passion. I believe that there is a better way to create a United States Tax Code, and I believe the Fair Tax is that. H.R. 25, for folks who…
That is what is so amazing about small business folks. You never have a small business person come to your office and say, Rob, what I want is a leg up on everybody else. I want an unfair playing field so I can beat all my competition…
Mr. Graves, I appreciate you taking this time tonight. Folks ask me, What goes on in the evenings there on Capitol Hill? When you finish the votes for the day, what goes on next? I say, Well, folks are all back in their offices, working…
For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my colleague from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…
I appreciate the comments of my colleague from California, and I know her concern for America's seniors is heartfelt, and it's one that I share as well; and I hope that she will support this rule that allows for a series of votes on many…
I yield myself such time as I may consume to say to my colleague from Wisconsin that her words are always among some of the most powerful that we have on the Budget Committee, and I don't believe I've ever heard her speak from a place that…
I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to say to my friend from Connecticut, because I can see her passion--again, I know it comes from the heart--your mother will be in no way affected by the budget that we're voting on…
I appreciate the comments of my friend from New York. We serve together on the Rules Committee, Mr. Speaker, and we grapple with tough issues on the Rules Committee every single time we meet. There's no easy day on the Rules Committee…
I thank my chairman for yielding. As a freshman, I have the privilege of serving on the Budget Committee. And in years past, the Budget Committee has been all about producing a political document, a document that may make for great sound…
In your church, in your Sunday school class, at the CVS and at the Walgreen's is where you see those family practice docs. Do you really think those folks are the health care problem in this country? Do you really think that clamping down…
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 597 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 597 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…
To say that I think the gentlelady from New York is right on target. I mean, these budgets are moral documents. They talk about our priorities as a people. I tell folks back home, Mr. Speaker, and we don't have any young people on the…
Reclaiming my time, and I thank the ranking member for his question. And that's a good way to conclude, Madam Chair. The reason is because the language of the bill speaks for itself. The language of the bill speaks for itself. When this…
To say that, as a freshman in this body, I've had to learn a few things over the last 15 months here serving in this body, and what I have learned is that I haven't been able to get every bill that I want out of this House the exact way I…
My amendment is a very straightforward amendment. But before I actually talk about the text of it, I want to speak about the real accomplishment of my friend from Georgia, who is the sponsor of the underlying legislation, H.R. 5. 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 1, strike line 9 through page 3, line 8 and insert the following: SEC. 102. PURPOSE. It is the purpose…
I very much appreciate that. I thank my colleague on the Rules Committee for yielding. I wanted to come down here and talk about the rule. My colleague from Florida has just made a very impassioned case for why he is likely going to be…
I appreciate the majority leader giving me the time to come down here today, because I've got IPAB on my mind, Mr. Speaker. I say that like everybody knows what that is because we talk about it here in this Chamber all day long. IPAB, a…
I appreciate that. I was very lucky when my friend from Florida came to file that rule because that's another example that what we're doing down here isn't just howling at the Moon. It isn't just blowing hot air. What I'm talking about…
I very much appreciate the time and your staying with me late on a Thursday afternoon to do this. Is it Thursday afternoon, Madam Speaker, or Friday afternoon? It's Thursday afternoon. I'm losing track of my days because I'm on the Budget…
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate you being here with me on a Friday afternoon and for you providing the time. I tell you, I couldn't have asked for anything better than to have the President's economic message read right before I came…
I've come down here to talk about the budget. I am a freshman on the Budget Committee. The President's budget arrived on Monday of this week. Here in the Budget Committee, we had the acting OMB Director with us yesterday, we have the…
I very much appreciate the time, and I appreciate being able to follow my colleagues from the Progressive Caucus. There is not a lot that the Progressive Caucus works for in terms of their techniques that I agree with, but there is so much…
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