I know the hour is late; but as I think many of us believe, our Nation is not a Nation of men; it's a Nation of laws. When a Congress passes and a President of any party signs a bill into law, Mr. Chairman, it is the law of the land. And…

Seventy thousand pages. It's my understanding it's 3\1/2\ times the size of the Bible perhaps, longer than all of Shakespeare's works, and it's all about to be centralizing power in Washington. We have a grand opportunity, I agree. With…

Thank you, Congressman Reed. It is a very timely topic. I come from western Kansas, and big skies and big dreams, and big visions; and I tell you, we can see an approaching storm brewing sometimes hundreds of miles away. You can see the…

It would probably be my guess that there isn't a colleague of ours that has read this Tax Code. Now, there are probably some special attorneys in this town that claim to have read that whole Tax Code. As you mentioned, how many pages?

I appreciate the hard work of my colleague from New Jersey. Today I rise in proud support of the RSC budget that we're discussing here today. This budget offers a clear vision for fiscal responsibility and limited government as well as a…

Today I rise in opposition to the budget offered by my colleague, Mr. Van Hollen. Then-Senator Obama, when campaigning for President, called President Bush unpatriotic for raising our national debt by $4 trillion in 8 years, a figure he…

That is an excellent idea I guess we would expect from the administration, but, fundamentally, that is favoritism. That is picking who gets to believe what. And as previous colleagues talked about escaping, immigrants that came to this…

Thank you, Congressman. It's a pleasure to stand with you today. It is a pleasure to be here. But it is a real shock to see what is happening today. I would agree with the comments of my colleague and many others. I must admit--and I guess…

Today I rise in support of H.R. 3581, the Budget and Accounting Transparency Act. The first step in treating an addiction is admitting you have a problem. An addict has to be honest with himself before he can overcome his dependence. In…

Today I rise in support of the resolution offered by my colleague, the gentleman from Florida. The jaws of the people I represent drop when I inform them that 1,000 days have passed since the Senate actually passed a budget; 1,000 days…

As I have traveled across the First District of Kansas to host more than 70 in-person town hall meetings during my first 10 months here in Congress, constituents have reaffirmed our shared belief that Washington cannot be everything to…

I appreciate the opportunity to visit with you on the floor today. Every day that goes by without these agreements is a missed opportunity. Hundreds of missed opportunities have passed because of years of delay, which is why we cannot…