Nick Smith: “I will vote for that amendment if she puts it in, but let us not take it out of crop insurance that farmers are going to…”

I wore my Adam Smith tie this morning because today we are going to talk about some ways that might help us give discipline to ourselves on how much money we spend and how much overpromising we do. Two areas. One, I am from a farm in…

It is a whole different 1-hour debate and discussion; but just, for example, one country, we have $100 billion deficit trade with China, and what does China do with that extra $100 billion? They probably invest it in our companies, or buy…

The reason we are here is to make clear to the world that we are not going to have military conscription right now for active military duty. I introduced a bill last year, H.R. 3598, because I think we need to seriously discuss the…

I oppose H.R. 2828, the California Water Bill because it preauthorizes wasteful projects. It forces federal taxpayers to pick up more than a $1.5 billion tab for a California-only project. It would not prevent taxpayers from getting stuck…