the first stimulus bill was a one-time shot in the arm by the administration, and I think they botched it by not focusing on what was needed or what could be done.

we need to get some answers as to what the real substantial proposals are, how we are going to pay for them, and how the taxpayer is going to be affected.

I thank the chairman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I do rise in support of this joint resolution. It's not because I want to, but because it is necessary to support it today. It is necessary because we are stuck in a situation that…

I think our air traffic controllers do a fantastic job. And it has to be just a really tough job.

I don't like H.R. 1. I had a proposal that indicated that we should take Lee Iacocca's approach and cut everybody across the board some amount.

Because I happen to think the administration made a mistake when they canceled the Constellation program and surrendered near-space manned space flight as a government function to the Russians and Chinese.

I know. But the problem is we have got to back fill $35 billion out of the general fund just to make our current commitment.

If our goal is to put Americans to work, no better way to do it than with the transportation bill.

I think we all agree that taking more than a year to get appropriated funds out the door is simply unacceptable.

the President sent up a budget. He didn't include one recommendation from this Bipartisanship Commission that has been praised so widely.

there was a failure to govern, even with 250 some members in the House and at one point 60 Senators in the United States Senate in control of the White House.

It is refreshing that the former chairman, now the ranking member, has acknowledged that the reason that they have the cash carryover is because they were so late in delivering the budget for fiscal year 2010.