I thank the gentleman for yielding, Mr. Chairman. During the full committee consideration of this legislation, the chairman will recall that we discussed the accompanying report language that, for the first time, would allocate NSF…

I thank the gentleman. This is critically important. I appreciate the chance to work on this, as the legislation moves forward.

I appreciate my colleague from Florida yielding, and I appreciate the work that she and colleagues on both sides of the aisle have done on this bill. I want to commend them for their work. Mr. Chairman, I do want to address an amendment…

I remember first testifying about biennial budgeting something like 15 years ago before the House Rules Committee.

By not paying attention to the budget, by not paying attention to appropriations, by not paying attention to oversight, we are transferring immense political power from the legislative branch to the executive branch.

I would argue that the primary generator of economic uncertainty in the last decade in the United States has been the United States Congress.

There are three great battles in Congress. One is the battle between the parties, Democrat on Republican. The other great battle is the battle between the branches, executive versus legislative.

We should all redouble our efforts to address instead the underlying causes of our long-term fiscal challenges.

You do not balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor.

A democratic Government cannot function when a small faction chooses to hold the American people hostage.

What we have got to do is muster the political will to make difficult and politically costly decisions, including a comprehensive budget plan that addresses the main drivers--the main drivers--of our deficits and debt, namely, tax…