I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in opposition to this bill. Now, all of us are for a continuing resolution which keeps the government in business. In the past, on both sides of the aisle, we have talked about clean CRs, clean…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I also want to say that, yes, I have seen his comments. I think they have been positive. I think the gentleman has just gone through a list on places where we can, perhaps, find common ground. What…

I thank the gentleman for that response. We could go back and forth on how many jobs were, in fact, created. My belief is that there were substantial numbers of jobs created by this fund and the prospect of those 50,000 or 60,000 jobs is…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Of course it's money the government doesn't have. As you know, revenues are at the lowest point they've been in some six decades in America--on one hand because we are not collecting revenue and, on the…

And it's further my understanding that that offset, which is unusual in that, as the gentleman knows, during the Bush administration, as happens, we had natural disasters and emergencies-- hurricanes, floods, even earthquakes--that require…

I thank the gentleman. When you say all of that has been offset, it is my understanding that in fact in the CR for 2011--not for 2012, but for 2011--there is a $1.5 billion offset included; is that accurate? {time} 1330

I thank the gentleman for his information. I note that he has indicated the CR will be considered sometime next week, either Tuesday, but most likely on Wednesday. It's my understanding that the supplemental for emergency requirements of…

Reclaiming my time. I do know that very, very well. We had surpluses, not deficits.

I do not know whether that will be the ultimate conclusion, whether Boeing in fact violated the law by retaliating. And I've told my friends at Boeing that I don't know that that's going to be the conclusion. But I do know this: I am for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First of all, the issue here has been raised by a case that is not yet concluded. Let me state that again: the issue raised in this legislation is reference to a case that is not yet concluded and seeks…

I thank the gentleman for his comments, and I thank him for his time today. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

This week the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction began work on a roadmap to bring down our Nation's deficit and restore our fiscal health. They heard from Doug Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, who reiterated…