Jim Nussle

I rise to honor President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan once said, ``We in government should learn to look at our country with the eyes of an entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only problems.'' It is that spirit that…

The provision in the Senate-passed budget resolution concerning the farm payment limitation is not included in the conference version. Any major changes to farm payment limits or any other agricultural policies should be addressed by the…

I yield myself 15 seconds, and then I will let them continue. But I want people to listen. Listen. We have got half the speakers on that side saying, worry about the deficit and debt, and the other half coming like the gentleman from…

we are reducing the budget deficit by $100 billion. So I understand there is concern out there. We are taking $100 billion off the top as a result of this budget because we are planning our work and we are sticking to our plan, and it is a…

reclaiming my time, and to correct the record, I would just get the Congressional Record out and show all of the votes and show the bipartisan support for a number of spending bills over the last 10 years, huge bipartisan support for all…

I mean, does the gentleman think there is a difference between the 1990s and the period of the 2000s since what happened when we inherited the Clinton recession of 2000 and the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon of 2001…

But the fact is that what we are talking about here is, you know, there are a lot of people sitting out there watching this, and they go down to the grocery store and they have a $20 bill and they say, well, I am going to buy some…

I have been doing a little research over on this side. Again for the third time in a row, the minority rushes to the floor with a breathless motion on fiscal catastrophe, as it was announced, and how if we vote for tax cuts without paying…

I only have one question. Why would he vote to cut taxes on one day without paying for them and then come to the floor with a motion the very next day saying he does not have to pay for those taxes?

I am perplexed. The gentleman who offers the motion to instruct conferees says, gee, it would be nice if we had a rule that tax cuts had to be paid for. Well, that is not what the instruction says. The instruction says they should. It is…

Mr. Speaker, we buy and they pay. We buy and taxpayers pay. This is an attempt, in my view, to look for a tax increase. That is what this is about, increasing taxes. We should not allow the Senate to impose a rule on the House. Sixty votes…

I want the gentleman to tell him that he actually does not get an allowance. He actually pays for an allowance. Is that not interesting? Do we think that would go over very well? I know it would not go over very well with my 13-year-old…

First of all, I join the gentleman when it comes to paying for things as we go. Every family, as the gentleman from California said, has to pay for things as they go. When they have a bill come in from the light company or from the gas…

We borrow it because we keep spending. The gentleman from Texas said, 'What happens? It is because we keep spending. We keep spending.'... But there is not less income. From this year to next year, first of all, $1.8 trillion. Next year…

I respect the fact that they put together a plan. It maybe would have helped take away some of the sting of the opposition that I have, because, as the gentleman knows, it is not easy to put together a plan. The fact that people are…

Let us just get back to this now. We were talking about the economy and, if this is doing so well, how come we are broke? All right. There are a lot of things that contribute to that. First and foremost, let me say to my friend from…

Mr. Chairman, we need a budget blueprint in order to build for the future. We cannot have the carpenters show up without a blueprint. A mess would ensue, as one might imagine. We cannot have the subcontractors do their work. We cannot have…

I have got the figures right here, and there is a cut in defense of $2 billion in this year. I would suggest you need to read your own budget because there is a cut in defense, and I say that as respectfully as I can. I believe we can find…

The Washington Post has something to say about all of this discussion on veterans, and let me just read this to my colleagues because The Washington Post, I do not think anybody would accuse The Washington Post of being somehow shilling…

Overall spending for veterans medical care has grown significantly in recent years. The Congressional Research Service estimates that it has increased from $17.8 billion in 1999 to $28.3 billion in 2004. That is 9 percent a year of…

Mr. Chairman, first of all, as I said in our opening, I respect the fact that we are putting our values on the table. I have enormous respect for that. But let me just at least respond to the gentleman with regard to what he just said…

Okay, Members do not believe The Washington Post, we will go back to the numbers from the Congressional Budget Office. The Washington Post may be understandably grumpy that Democrats are not standing with them, but we will get back to that…

Mr. Chairman, first, as I did when I opened, I do very much respect the job that has been done by the Congressional Black Caucus in presenting a budget. It is very difficult to do that. I know that just because I have the responsibility of…

Mr. Chairman, there is not an economist in the country, not one economist who does not say that the economic recession that we had to face began under President Clinton. President George Bush inherited the recession from President Clinton…

If facts are stubborn things, then why is it that you would increase taxes on those families you have just lamented $1.2 trillion over the course of the Democratic substitute, $1.2 trillion of tax increases. Why would we go through there…