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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…