David Price

If we had a 2-year process, I could spend a whole year doing oversight.

I do think that biennial budgeting does lead to business savvy.

Circumstances, however, are very different.

Legally no direct transfer of powers would occur. Practically and politically, I believe that relaxing on that second year of scrutiny and oversight... brings in the White House, whoever the President is.

But this is truly a case in which the remedy is worse than the disease.

These cuts in grants will seriously hamper States and communities in their preparedness efforts. We simply have to do better next year. While this is an imperfect bill, under the circumstances we know it could have been much worse. It's…

I am pleased that we are finally considering an omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2012 to fund critical Federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security. After a year of lurching from one manufactured crisis to another…

Opponents of financial regulatory reform in the Senate continue to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from fulfilling its legislative mandate. The CFPB has been open since July 21, but it's taken 3 months for the Senate…

I rise for the third time this year to oppose a measure that would summarily repeal our system of public funding for Presidential elections. Once again, the House majority seems intent on dismantling the few remaining safeguards we have…

Of all the extreme statements we've heard coming out of the Republican Presidential debates in recent weeks, perhaps none is more alarming than the idea that we should ``cut foreign aid to zero''--even for steadfast U.S. allies, even for…

China's policy of undervaluing its currency is undercutting American manufacturing and American jobs by giving China an artificial and unfair advantage. In this time of economic uncertainty and high employment, we need to take direct…

The end this week of Don't Ask, Don't Tell shows us that we have nothing to fear and can only gain by extending liberty and equality to all of our citizens. Brave young men and women will not be denied the opportunity to serve their…

Here we go again. Just yesterday this continuing resolution failed because of widespread concerns with the plan to offset disaster relief funding from a key Department of Energy program. One day later we're having the exact same debate…

The fact that we are even debating the substance of this continuing resolution is a telling statement about the priorities of the current House majority. FEMA's disaster relief fund, after all, is operating on fumes. Since late August, the…

We should never have reached this point. Under Democratic and Republican presidents alike, Congress has always fulfilled its responsibility to pay our nation's bills when they come due. We have disagreed vehemently about matters of fiscal…

Since our Republican colleagues assumed the majority in January, we have swung from one artificially created crisis to the next. In the spring, we barely dodged a government shutdown. Now we face an unprecedented and unnecessary crisis…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I commend both the chairman and the ranking member for their hard work on this bill, although, with an inadequate allocation, there are decisions that have been made that I believe will adversely…

The Open World Program is an effective diplomatic tool, and one of the legislative branch's few direct democracy promotion programs. My colleagues, Open World is not about us. It's not about us. It's not about our institution. It's an…

This ``Cut, Cap and Gut'' proposal isn't just a retread of the policies our colleagues voted for in their extreme budget resolution that would end Medicare as we know it; it's worse. This bill holds an increase in the debt limit hostage to…

Today, the House is considering H.R. 2018, the so-called Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act. This bill, which represents the latest attempt by the House to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency, could just as easily be called the…

I do not intend to oppose this measure because I agree with its basic premise: that the United States Congress strongly supports a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and opposes any action that will make such…

The amendment before us is a legislative attempt to circumvent a draft Executive order which would provide for increased disclosure of the political contributions of government contractors. The draft Executive order being developed by the…

This amendment would prohibit any funds in this bill to be used for new construction, purchase, or lease of a new building or space in Washington, D.C., in fiscal year 2012, the life of this bill. If adopted, this amendment, as I read it…

I've been listening carefully to the gentleman as he described his intentions in offering this amendment, and all I can do, I think all any of us can do, is react to the amendment before us, not to hypothetical future amendments or future…

I appreciate the chance as we enter the homestretch of this debate to also express my appreciation to the many colleagues and staff members who have brought us to this point. I want to commend Chairman Aderholt for this first voyage that…