Tonight I would like to share the tale of two garages: the American Dream and the threat to that American Dream. The first garage is down in Oklahoma, and it is owned by David and his wife Barbara. In 1972, David and Barbara borrowed $600…

I thank Representative Latta, and you brought up a great point, of how employees can lose coverage. They have health insurance now, these two families are offering it, but an option they have is to drop coverage completely. How is that…

I thank Representative Bachmann. Very well said. I thank God for Members here as well who are standing up for religious freedoms. I thought she said it so well: Is toleration going to be a two-way street, or are we going to allow this…

Thank you, gentleman. Well said. We have been here, and we are not done yet. My time is about done, but we are going to continue on here because we believe in standing up for the Constitution. We believe in the First Amendment: religious…

Well said. Thank you for sharing your story. I now have a friend from Kansas, Representative Tim Huelskamp.

I thank Representative Bentivolio. Well said. Foundational principle: religious liberty. I thank you very much for that. Now I turn to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. Bachmann) to share her thoughts on this historic moment.

It is time for Washington to quit wasting money. A good place to start is to eliminate duplicative programs. Why should we pay twice for the same thing? We shouldn't. Nonpartisan inspectors general found that management at Federal agencies…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 241, noes 123, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 66, as follows: [Roll…

Thank you so much, gentleman. Thank you for your leadership on that. That is a great bill, and we really need more of that to push back on these onerous regulations by the EPA, like you pointed out, that cost the taxpayers $1.8 trillion a…

Excellent points there. I think you are right; we need to make regulations that make sense. What the EPA is doing does not make sense. It does feed into the distrust of government bureaucracy by the American people, and well-deserved when…

I am glad you are here tonight. I am glad you are here representing the common person in this country who is fighting these regulations every day, who has had real-world experience dealing with the EPA, like many of us have. You are…

Thank you for your leadership on this. That issue is just so important to farmers all across this country and to rural communities, which could certainly use that $3.3 billion. Now I would like to turn to my friend from Oklahoma, Markwayne…