Hal Rogers

there is not a soul in the world that does not believe that the renminbi is being manipulated by the Chinese for trade practice purposes, and it is working.

the debt is approaching $17 trillion, having grown about $1 trillion each year of the Obama Administration.

21 percent is unacceptable. I can understand, you know, something less than that. But 21 percent, that is one out of every $5 that is faulty. I expect heads to roll on this one.

Well, the question of whether or not you want or need more money is academic anyway, because we ain't got no money.

Now, looking forward, how do we--how do we set up criteria for the awarding of promotions and bonuses to employees at a time when every other Federal employees' pay is frozen?

our economy is absolutely suffering tremendously because of the undervalue of the Renminbi.

It was your report that the IRS had overpaid low income tax credits by up to $13.6 billion in one year, 2012.

We will not rest until this is done, and I don't need to remind you or anyone else that the power of the purse rests in the Congress.

Commerce cannot levy countervailing duties unless Treasury registers China as a currency manipulator.

Well, OPM's guidelines say that bonuses over $25,000 have to be approved by the President, so did the President approve these bonuses of these very critical people in this scandal that we are investigating?

Mr. Werfel, I am beginning to like you when you say you don't want more money. That is music to my ears.

If these people received these bonuses, and by OPM's guidelines, were required to be approved by the President, and he did not approve them, should they not pay those bonuses back?

Whether or not the denial of the applications of conservative groups was the product of a few rogue employees in Cincinnati, or whether or not it was directed from on high, is a matter of great importance.

I would hope that you would exert some real action on giving some relief.

It is a sort of a mini industrial complex syndrome that has set in there. And we're going to have to guard against it every step of the way.

I claim the time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. I believe we can and should attempt to budget for disasters, as we did under the BCA. There are times when a disaster simply goes beyond our ability to offset. Hurricane Sandy is one of those times…

Coming from a University of Kentucky football and basketball fan, to my friend from Louisville and the Cardinals, congratulations. Fantastic for the State of Kentucky.

I yield myself 3 minutes, Madam Chairman, and I yield to Mrs. Lowey, the ranking member of the committee--who, by the way, this is her first appearance on the floor as the new ranking Democrat on the full Appropriations Committee. I want…

I have no further requests for time. I'm prepared to close if the gentlelady is prepared.

First, I want to thank the gentleman from Colorado for his work on the Emergency Watershed Program. I am aware of the need for this assistance not only in Colorado but in other parts of the country, and I look forward to working with you…

Reclaiming my time, yes, the gentlelady's understanding is correct, and I further yield to her.

May I inquire, Madam Chair, of the time remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 14 minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from New York has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I urge adoption of the Rogers amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIR. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 327, noes 91, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 15] AYES--327 Aderholt…