At this time I'd like to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert) who has been battling in the trenches over this idea for a number of years and whom I'm just as pleased as can be that his idea has come to fruition today.

At this time, I'd like to yield 2 minutes to a real leader for fiscal responsibility on the Budget Committee, the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole).

To say to my colleague who just spoke, I've introduced a bill in this House that not only repeals the Bush tax cuts, the Obama tax cuts, and every tax break for every multinational corporation and every special interest favor and every…

At this time it pleases me to be able to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), one of my freshman colleagues, a leader on the committee.

At this time, I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to my good friend from Texas (Mr. Culberson).

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 534 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 534 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

I'm happy to be down here with you today, and for the purpose of debate only I yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend from Florida (Mr. Hastings). General Leave

I have got energy on my mind tonight too. It's a wonder, or I should say it's not a wonder, that everybody who comes to the floor of the House has this common theme, Mr. Speaker, that we have an economy that's in trouble, we have a…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the time. I appreciate your giving me a moment to set up my charts, because I've got some pretty ones down here, and I'm sorry you can't see them, Mr. Speaker. I've got here the White House. The White…

I thank you for the time this afternoon. It's been a big day, freshmen in this body coming up on the end of our very first year. In fact, all of us here, here with my colleague from Wisconsin, all of us here, freshmen, finishing up our…

I thank my colleague from South Carolina for yielding. He knows just how excited I am to be down here today. He knows how excited I am because, unlike what my colleague from New York suggests about accepting how the world is, today's a day…

I had not intended to address the House this afternoon, but it has been a painful thing for me to listen to this debate today. I'm a freshman in this body, and my understanding was when I showed up here that we would work here and that the…