Thank you, Congresswoman Buerkle, for holding this Special Order tonight, along with my colleagues on the Doctors Caucus. And thank you, Mr. Speaker, for being here. We are all here because we are health professionals. We know the real…

I thank my good friend from Ohio. Thank you for holding this Special Order. The American people are ready for solutions, as you know. We are working so hard here in the House on coming up with those solutions. We will be voting on a…

Absolutely. All of our homes, we all live by budgets. The American people have had to redo their budgets over and over and over again. Why? Because of the economy that we're in today, because of the cost. And yet the Federal Government…

It didn't balance, and it didn't pass in the Senate. Ours did not come up for a vote. So Washington continues to function without a budget. And yet, again, our households function with a budget. Mothers and fathers are up at 3 o'clock in…

Thank you so much, and thank you for leading this Special Order tonight. It's so important. You've heard from my fellow women colleagues the discussion we're having about our families, our seniors, Medicare, Social Security, and the…

Thank you so much. I would like to now yield to one of my fellow freshman colleagues who I have gotten to be very good friends with. She is an incredible individual. She is a great person to be serving with. I truly appreciate all of her…

Thank you so much for your comments. You know, it's interesting, we all have our stories, our anecdotes about our household budgets and what we're dealing with. My son is 16 years old, and he received his driver's license a couple of…

I would now like to yield to my very, very special friend, Mrs. Biggert from Illinois, who has been a voice of reason. She is a strong woman here in Congress for us in the GOP conference, and I appreciate all of her remarks, which are…

Thank you. And to your point, I would just like to refer to this chart right here. As you can see, we have two individuals who are talking about how they're going to pay those taxes, and that checkbook right there, with obviously a nice…

Thank you so much. I yield now to Ms. Herrera Beutler from Washington. Thank you so much for coming today. She is one of my fellow freshmen, and we have gotten to be good friends.

Thank you so much. I yield now to my very good friend from Alabama (Mrs. Roby), who is the mother of two, and she is wise beyond her years.

Thank you very much. I now yield to my good friend from South Dakota, part of our freshman leadership, part of our freshman class who has truly shown her leadership. Thank you for coming today, Mrs. Noem. I am very excited to hear your…