Jim Nussle: “I, ignorantly, said at one point in time in my career that CBO sucks, and I have been apologizing for that for some time…”

I thank the gentleman. We will have more discussion about this during the debate on his amendment. I withdraw my reservation. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the new form of the amendment is considered as read. There was no…

when the Appropriations Committee realigned its subcommittees earlier this year, one of the larger challenges fell to the measure we are considering today--the Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill. The bill…

at a time when nearly all Federal agencies are facing the need for spending discipline, it is imperative that we apply restraint to ourselves as well--to the operations of Congress itself. This bill--the Legislative Branch Appropriations…

these are the same arguments we heard before we reformed welfare and unlocked 30 million Americans from the dependency of government. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart).