There are no tough choices here. I talked to the gentleman whose seat I took the other day. I said, John, you know, when you were up here as a Congressman, you made it look fun. Folks were always saying thank you, thank you, thank you for…

You know, when I hear my colleagues talk, it sounds as if we have a choice about doing one thing or another thing. I will say to my colleagues, when you're borrowing $1.4 trillion a year from your children---- Ms. DeLAURO. Will the…

I appreciate you coming in early to be with us early this morning. This is a big day. This is the reconciliation bill. I serve on both the Rules Committee and the Budget Committee, Mr. Speaker. As you know, we've had some tremendous…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 648 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 648 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

I would say to my friend from Massachusetts that I am prepared to close if he has anymore speakers. Mr. McGOVERN. I'm it.

Then I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question. If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to this closed rule to let the House work its will and to…

I would be happy to let the gentleman have his own time, Mr. Speaker, because I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Just by way of time update, the gentleman from Georgia has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I say to my friend, as the Republican Budget chairman said to him yesterday, I appreciate his passion on this issue. What brings us to the very best decisions that we can make in this body, Mr…

Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman both for his comments and for his offering of that substitute. The reason is threefold: Number one, that substitute doesn't comply with the rules of the House. We made a decision in this body that…

Reclaiming my time, I would say to my friend, what we have within our power is the power to stop the borrowing and the spending. I'm reading here from today's Congressional Quarterly, because folks sometimes get confused, Mr. Speaker. We…

I have a very brief question. My understanding of your substitute is that it raises $3 in taxes for every $1 in spending cuts. Could you tell me which bipartisan commissions have represented that, have also agreed that $3 to $1 is the…