I would interject; when I disagreed with Phyllis, I started with the assumption that I was probably wrong.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for a very moving presentation here. I know that it means something very deeply in his heart, as it does in ours here on this floor and across this country by the thousands. A couple of things that I want…

It is my honor to be recognized to address the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I intend to take up the topic of the commemoration of the life of Phyllis Schlafly. General Leave

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I would say in response to the gentlewoman from Minnesota that the actual application of the Davis- Bacon wage act is not what we would call a fair labor standard, not when you have some hacks that sit in a room once a year and decide…

I have to say in contradiction to the gentleman who just spoke, on-the-job injuries, I don't know what would support that, whether or not there is a Davis-Bacon wage scale on that. That has to do with your safety policy on the job. It has…

My amendment is an amendment that I have brought in past years. What it does, it says none of the funds made available by this act, including the amendments made by this act, may be used to implement, administer, or enforce a prevailing…

Are you aware that Hillary Clinton has repeatedly lied to the public about her emails and her email servers in public forums and, say, campaign speeches and interviews with the press?

It sounds to me that we are relatively universal among the witnesses that restoring responsible earmarks would be a constitutional thing to do.

It's curious to me that that turns out to be the very word that the lack of prosecution hinges upon, is intent, even though the statute doesn't require intent.

I think it is the constitutional responsibility that we have here in Congress. We should not abdicate this responsibility over to the executive branch of government.

I would point out that most of the rest of America is aware of that, and including her political supporters, who will continually say that they will support her even though she lied publicly.

Do you find it ironic that the last examination of a Clinton in this room... hinged on the meaning of the word 'is.'

The Highway Trust Fund is being diverted to pay for Davis-Bacon wages, bike trails, squirrel sanctuaries, and environmental and archaeological studies and compliance.

The reason for these inefficiencies in the Highway Trust Fund largely lay that the feet of a dormant Congress that delegated funding decision to the unaccountable bureaucrats in the executive branch.

Davis-Bacon wages, for example, make highway construction projects 20 percent more expensive than they would otherwise be.

Now, under Snowden, we have to operate as if any information he had access to is now in the possession of foreign hostile actors.

I thank you, Mr. Ridley. And I would ask unanimous consent to introduce the Cut Act into the record.

I would like to offer that also up to Mr. Min and see if he would care to comment.

I would say in response to the gentleman, I give some thought to the story of the Tower of Babel. We know that the construction manager there was Nimrod. He was building a tower to the heavens. They had the arrogance to believe that they…

I have an amendment at the desk, Number 38. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

I would say first in response to the gentleman, and I respect his position and his background, but I would say if he had a development in the Greek language, he might think of that pursuit of happiness as what our Founding Fathers did…

Is our borrowing capacity getting limited, and if so is it a percentage of GDP?

I believe the only way to ensure Congress acts with fiscal restraint over the long term is to pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

So probably the Protestant work ethic would be some of that, and I recognize that.