I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, the majority leader says that his side is against the Affordable Care Act. He's said that regularly since it was first considered. He's said they're against revenues. Mr. Speaker, he's…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I would suggest that the amendments put forward do in fact express policy, which of course is what the budget does. Those policies are pretty straightforward in terms of not raising taxes on the…

I thank the gentleman for his comments, and that would be a positive effort, I think, towards that. Of course, if we could adopt a budget and if we could adopt appropriation bills and Ways and Means recommendations pursuant to such a…

I thank the gentleman for his comments, and I would remark that I was pleased that he had the opportunity to go to Selma with John Lewis and others of us who had the opportunity to go to the birthplace of our colleague, Terri Sewell…

I wish I had the figures in front of me, and I don't. It's my understanding the SKILLS Act was introduced February 25 and marked up shortly thereafter. There may have been hearings in the last year when the SKILLS Act was passed in a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in support of his substitute and in opposition to the so-called SKILLS Act. Mr. Chairman, there was an opportunity to do this in a bipartisan fashion. As we so often do, unfortunately, in this…

I am extremely disappointed that the sequestration has taken effect because Republicans refused to work with Democrats on a balanced plan to prevent it. The automatic, arbitrary, and irrational cuts it has imposed could have, and I think…

The honoring of our agreement demands that we vote ``no'' on this and pass a CR that obviates the sequester. I urge my colleagues to defeat this CR so we can send a message to those who control this Chamber that we have a responsibility to…

While the Defense funding in this package is something, as I said, I would like to vote for--it would continue support for critical national security programs important in my district, but more important than that, important in our…

I agree with the gentlelady who has just spoken, but I want to say to my friend, Mr. McKeon, this is neither regular order nor rational policy. It ought to be rejected. This CR does nothing to address the irrational cuts to defense and…

The gentleman said a lot, and I could have a lot of comments on that, but I will say this. As long as the gentleman believes it's only us saying that we need a balanced program, he will oppose it because we are Democrats. If the gentleman…

I want to congratulate the leader for her efforts in getting us to this point. Today, after 2 months, I think we're going to do something very positive, and we're going to do it in a bipartisan way, and I think that's excellent. I think…