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…

I would inquire of my friend if he has any further requests for time.

I'm prepared to close as well. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 540 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 540 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

I thank my friend for his kind comments. I know that Mr. Walz and Ms. Slaughter have been working for years and years on this proposal. And again, I have some issues with this proposal. I do believe that there are some better options out…

To say that I appreciate the gentlelady's work. I know that her effort on the STOCK Act comes from the heart. I disagree with a lot of the underlying crafting of that bill, but I know that the effort is to solve a very real problem and to…

To thank the gentleman for his kind words about the underlying bill. I say with the utmost sincerity that here in my freshman term in Congress, one of the Members I have enjoyed working with the most is Mr. Polis. You can always count on…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. I'm pleased to be down here with you today, Madam Speaker, because what…

It really is a source of pride for me as a Budget Committee member to be a part of this. This is an effort, much like the STOCK Act, that did not begin in this Congress. The Expedited Line-Item Veto is an effort that has been going on for…