I thank the gentleman for his response, Mr. Speaker. Again, I understand the gentleman's issue with respect to the President. Both the gentleman and I understand and agree that the Constitution, in article I, gives to the House of…

I thank the gentleman for his comments, and I would observe to him that with respect to H.R. 1, numerous economists have indicated, including Mark Zandi, who was, of course, one of the principal advisers to John McCain when he ran for…

I thank the gentleman. The gentleman and I have had this discussion, and I think we both agree that continuing to fund government on either a 2-week or 3-week cycle is not what we ought to be doing. Furthermore, Mr. Speaker, a number of…

And I take it the gentleman is reasonably certain, obviously we don't know what the other body will do, but in light of the fact that that CR will be offered next Tuesday, the gentleman's presumption is that, in fact, we will be out…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Now, it's my understanding we are not scheduled, according to his announcement, to meet next Friday. Is that accurate?

I thank the gentleman for that information. He mentioned the CR, the continuing resolution, the continuing authorization to operate government, which I understand will be for a 3-week period. Can the gentleman tell us what will be in that…

I want to clarify so the public understands as well when they hear us, what we're talking about cutting from is 14 percent of the budget, the discretionary, non-defense, non-security, part of the budget. So let me focus on that. And when I…

I want to congratulate the gentleman from Washington State for focusing America on what the issues are before us. In recent weeks I have come to the floor to argue that the Republican spending plan does two extremely harmful things: It…

I thank the gentleman. Just in concluding on that, the administration did, of course, appoint a commission, Mr. Bowles and Senator Simpson, which did, in fact, look at the spectrum of spending and made some very substantive…

I thank the gentleman for his comment. And certainly, I agree with him that we need to deal with the deficit. As the gentleman knows, I've been pretty vocal about that and indicated that we need to look at the whole spectrum of spending…

I thank the gentleman for that answer. The reason I ask that question, however, I don't know whether the gentleman had an opportunity to read a column in The New York Times by David Brooks, a relatively conservative columnist in The New…

I thank the gentleman. I would simply suggest to the gentleman and hope that we can work together, as the gentleman suggests, come to resolution for the balance of the fiscal year. The gentleman has made a number of comments in the past…