I appreciate the opportunity to visit with you today. And it's very interesting as we sit here and discuss the balanced approach. How do you have a balanced approach, Mr. Chairman, if you can't have a balanced budget? There are two…

Thank you. I appreciate the time from such a pro-life leader. First of all, my wife, Ang, and I are proud adoptive parents of four children. Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to their birth mothers and birth families for choosing life for…

Amendment XXIII: Section 1: ``The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of…

My amendment seeks to ensure maximum transparency in a process which will see billions of taxpayer dollars distributed through FEMA grants. While I appreciate that a provision was included to require the disclosure of grants over $1…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 25, lines 14 and 15, strike ``that is in excess of $1,000,000, the specifics of each such grant…

Oh, tremendous days are ahead of us. They say, hey, just stop doing a little of what you're doing. I'll even admit it. Some of them even say, you know what, what's there right now, as much as I don't like it, if you could just keep it the…

I appreciate the opportunity. Just like my colleagues, I've spent a little time in the real world. Some call it a recess; for many of us it was time to go back home. I admit in this job, I'll admit that I would much rather not be here and…

Fifty-five percent death tax. I mean, that's the one that hits the heart of my small businessmen and -women. And they're trying to hand on their business to their children or their grandchildren or someone else they choose, and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. As we know, to much of the world, America stands for liberty, for freedom. The Capitol and the White House are recognizable symbols of how Americans…

Thank you, Congressman Graves. I appreciate your leadership. Sometimes we wish there had been someone like you on the Court today. Actually, before we forget, as for one of the five votes that upheld ObamaCare, in any other court of law…

As a farmer and rancher myself, I am very concerned by this amendment. One might be led to believe that with the adoption of this amendment, somehow important research would continue. Actually the opposite is true, Mr. Chairman. We have…

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…