I understand why folks want to vote ``no'' sometimes in this Chamber. You want to vote ``no'' because you don't like the ideas the other side has, and it turns out that if they have more votes than you have on any particular idea, they win…

I thank my chairman for yielding me the time. It has been a great privilege to work with Chairman Tom Price on the Committee on the Budget. I was down here earlier bringing the rule to the floor, but I was trying to defend a rule that was…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 163 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 163 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman 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…

I would say to my friend from New York that I have no further requests for time, and I would ask my friend if she has further requests for time.

As the gentleman knows--and, again, I thank the gentleman--I have introduced the only bill in Congress that abolishes every single corporate tax break in the Tax Code. I would welcome support and enthusiastic cosponsorship from any of my…

I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. I would argue that the problem of hunger in America is actually increasing our deficit and our debt; but I would also argue, if you want to find ways to balance the budget, maybe…

I yield myself an additional 15 seconds, and I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.

I thank the gentlewoman. Candidly, I am certainly on the other side of that issue. I understand that somebody is going to win and somebody is going to lose, but I think the process is always better when we allow everyone's ideas to come to…

I sure do appreciate that, and I appreciate you being down here with us. I enjoy this time of the evening. It is a little quieter on Capitol Hill. Folks are coming and going, but I always learn something that I wouldn't have learned…

What my friend says about people being able to rely on this budget, about the honesty and integrity in the budget, it really is contrasted with these deficit numbers that you see coming out of the White House, because there is not an…

Well, I appreciate my friend for yielding. I know my friend is well known in this body for his work on Medicaid and the effort to save that important health care program as well, and I thank him for that. Medicare is a great example. It is…