Jerry Moran

The nomination is dead on arrival because it does nothing to increase accountability or shed light on the operations of the CFPB.

The President's solution is to raise revenues to balance the budget, but does anyone really believe that increased taxes will be used to pay down the debt or will it just be used for even more spending?

But in my view, the financial collapse around the corner is the most expected economic crisis in our lifetime, yet nothing is being done to stop it.

I would underscore what the distinguished ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee has said: This amendment prevents guidance and rulemaking. It's that comprehensive. What EPA and the Corps of Engineers have tried to do is to…

There is no question that the Clean Water Act is responsible for the health, such as it is, of the Potomac River. There was a time when you could almost strike a match and light the Potomac River on fire, there was so much pollution in it.

I thank the gentleman from Washington. I am not going to belabor this, but I do think for the record we should clarify. Some of what the gentleman said is accurate except for the material. This was not sewerage. This was filtered silt that…

I thank my very good friend, the ranking member of Energy and Water Appropriations. Let me first address the points that were made by my very good friend from Montana. First of all, there was a suggestion that there was sewerage dumped…

I've explained what this amendment does. I believe that it is critically important to protect the headwaters and the wetlands of America. Two Supreme Court rulings cast considerable doubt on what is to be considered navigable water…

Only 3 percent of the water on this planet is freshwater, but that's the water that we depend upon for drinking, for agriculture, and for much of our fishing and wildlife habitat. If my amendment to strike section 109 of this bill is not…

There is insufficient time to lay out the other side to what has been presented. I don't particularly have strong disagreement with many of the points that have been made, but I do think there is another perspective to this. It ought to be…

I thank my very good friend from California for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, the Middle East peace process is at risk of collapse, and I believe that only American leadership can save it. Both sides can and should do more to…

Imagine if, just 2 weeks after Secretary Gates excoriated some of our NATO allies for skimping on their commitments to the global security infrastructure that is a key to our economic system and the open societies that safeguard our…

If this resolution passes, and we weaken NATO's mission, Qadhafi may very well prevail. His forces will then kill, rape, and torture all those Libyans who opposed him, as he has already tried to do. Qadhafi has reportedly kidnapped…

We were asked to come into Libya by Libyans, by the Arab League, by the Gulf Cooperation Council, by the European Union, and by the United Nations Security Council. Today we are standing where we should be standing, with those who believe…

I do rise in opposition to this amendment that would allow horse slaughtering to resume in the United States. The language that the gentlelady's amendment would strike was put into the bill as a bipartisan amendment by two Republicans and…

It is my experience that in at least many of those small rural communities they have the least amount of preparation, expertise, responsibility as compared to a larger community that has more professional ongoing planning and response to…

I want to make certain that we do not have a formula that unnecessarily excludes folks who happen to reside in rural America.

On Friday of last week, the U.S. Department of Labor released a dismal update on our Nation's economy. Not only did our Nation's unemployment rate rise to 9.1 percent, but the number of Americans looking for work increased to 14 million…

Mr. Chairman, I think perhaps my last question is related to Nina E. Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate's, testimony.

So, you would be requesting $190 million more in your appropriations request in your budget request, but for those savings?

Mr. Chairman, thank you.

Reducing funding for the IRS will almost surely increase the deficit, because the reduction in revenue collected by the IRS will exceed the reduction in funding.

I was very pleased to see the Congress address some of the uncertainty by passing legislation to repeal the costly and unprecedented 1099 tax reporting mandate in the new healthcare law.

The IRS's goal of improving services, making voluntary compliance easier, and enforcing the laws to ensure that everyone pays their fair share of taxes, is all laudable.

Okay. What percentage of American individuals file their return with the assistance of a professional preparer?