Congressman Walberg, with you and the other great people at work down here and the American public, I believe we can do it. It's time for us to roll up our sleeves. Let's get busy cutting, let's do things the right way. Design programs…
W. Todd Akin
The Public Record
The fact of the matter is, first of all, if you allow this monkey business to go on here, this is just silly. There is no way you can excuse kicking the can down the street and ignoring this huge problem, and this huge problem really is…
And we started out tonight talking about the overall fiscal problem we have in America, and the fact that it's really unique. This is a pretty scary situation that America's in. And the solution, as Ronald Reagan said, the solution is…
I have to wonder, particularly of the people out in my State of Missouri, what they'll be thinking when they find out that $3 million of their money is being used to come up with a program to take care of spilled milk. I don't know how you…
Now, you haven't even mentioned the massive new supplies of natural gas they're finding, particularly under Pennsylvania. That's an incredible find.
Now, if you had some cats around in a cage and could open the cage, do you think that would work or do you think the EPA is going to want something more expensive than that?
Who says we can't have fun in cutting the wasteful spending out of the government and at least do it with a little twinkle in our eyes? It is noteworthy that a freshman Congresswoman could walk away with this kind of a prize. Certainly…
Well, I think what you're getting into, Doctor, is something that I wanted to talk to a little bit tonight. And that is the assumption that you can just go taxing and taxing and always talk about the rich guy and, oh, we're going to talk…
And the main thing that's wrong is, as Ronald Reagan said, we're buying too much government.
Chairman Young, I would appreciate a commitment from you to work together on the issue, the Appropriations Committee and the Armed Services Committee, as we consider the fiscal 2012 defense budget. The Congress must ensure that marines…
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is a de facto ban on the plain old lightbulb that Americans have known a long time. It's the incandescent bulb. And this de facto ban essentially says that all the new lightbulbs have to be…
My concern is that the Department of Defense may interpret this language as direction from Congress to terminate EFV in this year, regardless of any recommendations made by Congress during debate on the fiscal year 2012 budget. No matter…





