I thank the gentleman for his information and would ask him on the timing. The conference committee has met twice on the payroll tax cut, the unemployment insurance, and the so-called ``doc fix,'' or to ensure the fact that doctors are…

I thank the gentleman for his response, and he says the earliest day possible. I tell my friend that Tim Walz of Minnesota has had a bill, as the gentleman probably knows, of the STOCK Act--also, Louise Slaughter, ranking member of the…

I think that all of us, hopefully, agree with what the leader has just said. We clearly want to make sure the American public has confidence and trust in the actions we take in that they are not driven by personal interests but by public…

For the purpose of inquiring about the schedule for the week to come, I am pleased to yield to my friend from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the majority leader.

I simply don't think this bill or any other bill will get us to that end if we do not have the courage and, your word, ``discipline,'' to effect that end.

Yes. Not spending money we don't have. From my perspective, we did that when we cut taxes. We didn't pay for that. It wasn't like we had a real surplus. We had a projected surplus. We banked on that; and as I said earlier, we lost on that…

I thank my friend for yielding. Frankly, this issue is of such importance, it is a shame we don't have a lot of time to discuss it because I think in many respects we do agree. Where we disagree, however, is when you say that body that is…

I was just going to kid him that he's just now trying to get to things that we can all agree on.

I don't believe in dynamic scoring. I think dynamic scoring is a liberal, radical idea. Why? Because it pretends something you don't know. George Bush said we had $5.6 trillion we could rely on and therefore have very deep tax cuts. Didn't…

You can't, and the American public knows that. We talk about, well, we ought to operate like a family. Family understands that. They know their electricity bill goes up, and they know they can't get the same kind of heat this year or next…

I thank Mr. Van Hollen for yielding. If Members in fact, not for political gamesmanship, want to vote to restrain and eliminate their COLA this year, they have an opportunity to do that segregated from any other issue on the previous…

I thank my friend, the ranking member of the Budget Committee, Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, for yielding. I, unfortunately, have not been able to listen to all of the debate, but I've listened to enough of it. This week we're playing…