Jim Nussle: “You mean to tell me that the words to this song are cut taxes and control spending and the deficit goes down. My…”

I am transmitting a status report on the current levels of on-budget spending and revenues for fiscal year 2006 and for the five-year period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. This report is necessary to facilitate the application of…

first of all let me acknowledge and welcome so many of our former colleagues back to the House Chamber here today. We welcome you. We thank you for your many years of service, and we look forward to the opportunity to renew old…

not since 1988--more than a decade and a half ago--has the Appropriations Committee passed all its bills out of the House before the Fourth of July. This year the committee stands poised to do so--even though its subcommittees have been…

this measure--the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006, H.R. 2863--is the most significant component of our wartime budget for America. It funds the bulk of the national defense commitment, particularly the global war against…