Political Quotes

First of all, I acknowledge the great work that our Budget Committee chairman has done to bring us to this point today. It has taken him hundreds of hours and tested his blood pressure quite seriously to get us to this point. Mr. Chair, I…

I thank Mr. Van Orden of Wisconsin for his leadership on H.R. 5914, the Veterans Education Transparency and Training Act. This bill makes much-needed improvements to veteran educational assistance programs, and it will expand job…

The Chair thanks and congratulates Chairwoman Bice. The Chair now invites two former Members, Dennis Ross of Florida and Cheri Bustos of Illinois, to offer remarks.

The American people don't go home before their job is done, so why should Congress? In the nearly five decades that our current appropriations process has been in place, Congress has passed all 12 appropriations bills only four times--four…