Steny Hoyer

The weaponization of the debt limit puts our country at risk.

America is one of the few countries in the world that has a debt limit and none of them go through the crises that we do.

It seems Budget Democrats are working at cross-purposes.

They know that they can't purchase as many goods today as what they could a year ago and it is because of inflation.

Hopefully, the Democrat Party will not remove any more from our Committee and we get to keep this same membership moving forward.

It is a great system. It is an absolutely essential system for the American people in our region, in the country.

Metro needs to do better.

I`m of the belief that Build Back Better will pass. It will be changed. But that`s the legislative process.

I understand the gentleman's position, which is held by a number of people. My own view is that employers make a reasonable decision when they say to an employee--for the sake, not only of the employee but for everybody else in the…

First let me say that I respect the gentleman's service in the United States Navy as I respect all of our men and women in the Armed Forces of the United States. Let me end as I began. All of us ought to vote for this motion to hold…

I agree with the gentleman. We have talked to the sponsor, and we have talked to others. I expect this bill to be on the floor next week.

I thank the gentleman, and I agree with his comments. It is my understanding, although I haven't talked personally, but it is my understanding that introducing the conference-agreed bill in the House, and passing it through the House will…

We have a list of suspension bills, which has been announced and has been on our calendar for consideration. Those would be the pieces of legislation with which we would deal, pending action by the Senate.

Yes, that is my understanding. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

The Energy and Commerce has been done, so we do have that. But the other two will be in the table, correct.

There would be debate on the rule, and then the 20 minutes of remaining debate on the bill itself; 10 minutes on your side and 10 minutes on our side. I want to say, we do expect to have a full table of the score. As those of you who have…

It will invest in child care, universal pre-K, and home care. The Build Back Better Act makes the largest commitment toward addressing the climate crisis ever considered by any nation in history.

We know where the glorification and promotion of violence lead, we`ve seen it, we`ve seen it this year, previous year`s, piercing tweets become sharp knives, fiery words bring out deadly firearms and cartoon killing begets real life…

We are working on that. We hope the CBO can accommodate that objective. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for the question, and then we will conclude. We hope to have not only a JCT score but also CBO scores. As the gentleman knows, the overwhelming majority of the bill has been pending for some time. Obviously, the CBO…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The reason I said he was misstating the facts is we have a bipartisan bill. It wasn't done by the Democratic leadership. It, frankly, wasn't done by the Republican leadership. It was done by Members of…

The vote in the full house will happen the day after tomorrow, on Thursday.

It is my expectation that we will be getting a score. I want to tell the gentleman it is also my understanding that the expenditures that will be proposed will be paid for.

The Budget Committee is going to take it up tomorrow. They don't need a CBO score for that. The Budget Committee chairman is seeking a CBO score as soon as that can be attained, but I don't know that particular date that that will occur…

Democrats want to talk to people who were in the room with President Trump.