David Price: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman.”

I thank the chairwoman for those kind and generous words. And I do rise in strong support of this critical legislation. As chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, or T-HUD as we…

I urge my colleagues to sit up and take notice of this. This is quite an amendment--quite a radical amendment. It indiscriminately would cut a total of 36 percent from programs in Transportation and Housing without any regard for the…

I strongly oppose this amendment. It seeks to waive longstanding prevailing wage requirements that are contained in the Davis-Bacon Act. This act ensures that workers are paid decent wages while preventing contractors from undercutting…

I want to stress that each dollar invested in the NIH is, in my view, a down payment on our future.