Make no mistake. These budget alternatives are political documents that are unworkable and unserious when it comes to governing. Like previous Republican budgets that rely on sequestration, I have no doubt that the majority will not be…

I thank my friend, Mr. Van Hollen, for yielding, and I thank him for the extraordinary job that he has done as ranking member of the Budget Committee. My friend from South Carolina has left the floor. I regret that. He was the Governor of…

I thank my friend for yielding. The fact of the matter is, I oppose this rule. I think my Republican friends' budget will pass. I understand that. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Speaker, in parliamentary parlance, what we have before us is termed a ``structured rule.'' However, I would venture to say that this is an unstructured rule. It is a rule put forward by a majority with no…

I thank the gentleman. I wish he would go back to the drawing board. And I will tell my friend, I will participate with you. Nobody believes, I think, that sequester is going to ultimately rule the day in our appropriation bills because it…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott). Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen of the House, I rise in very strong opposition to this resolution, and I urge every one of my Members to oppose this resolution. We considered a Paycheck…

I thank the gentleman. According to a 2013 report by the Center for American Progress, the decline of union membership between the 1960s and today correlates to a decline of the middle class. When we have strong unions and workers' rights…

I was proud to join many Members of this House in Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery, Alabama, from March 6 to 8 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, which led inexorably to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in August of…

The assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov last Friday in front of the Kremlin was a reprehensible act that demands a thorough and independent investigation. Mr. Nemtsov was a political leader who had fought for democracy…

What we ought to have the courage to do is to tell all our Homeland Security personnel, We are going to fund you through the end of this year, as we have told every other employee in the Federal Government that is protecting us and serving…

I urge Republicans and Democrats who have all said not funding the Homeland Security Department now for the balance of the year is--Mr. Rogers didn't quote this, he was talking about sequester--is ill-conceived and wrong. I therefore…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I join her in thanking Mr. Carter and Mr. Rogers for bringing to the floor in December a Homeland Security bill that was appropriate and that funded at the levels that were agreed upon…