The 2010 Federal budget deficit will hit $1 trillion this month, and we've also recently learned that the Federal debt will reach $19.5 trillion by 2015. You'd think this would be a case for some real careful examination of the Federal…

Here's one way the American people can tell that it's an election year. After racking up record deficits, congressional Democrats are now trying to run away from the truth about their out-of-control spending. Last fiscal year, Democrats in…

Well, I thank Mr. Bishop, the gentleman from Utah, for being in charge of this Special Order tonight and bringing to the American people what I think is one of the most critical issues facing us in this country, and that is the issue of…

We've got a debt problem in America. The Federal Government keeps spending money and running up the national credit card at a record clip: $8.5 trillion over 10 years. Congress can't just cross its fingers and hope everything works out…

I think that it is time that we create a new dictionary that explains the language being used in Washington. As my colleague from Texas pointed out earlier, our colleagues across the aisle, Mr. Speaker, constantly bash corporations, but we…

But what we need to say over and over and over again, that instead of addressing the staggering deficits and debt that the Democrats, who were totally in control of the Congress--and that needs to be repeated over and over and over…

House Democrats are refusing to do one of the most basic jobs that the American people have sent their Representatives to Washington to do: Make a budget. We are in the midst of a spending crisis. Seven months into this fiscal year, and…

We are looking at a record-breaking budget deficit this year, most likely more than $1.5 trillion, and next year, well, we're not sure since our Democrat colleagues haven't passed a budget. Not since modern budget rules were adopted with…

We learned last week that the Federal Government ran up an $82.7 billion deficit in April. That's the largest April deficit in our Nation's history. The Federal Government is spending Americans' tax dollars at a record clip, so it's no…

After being engaged in the spirited debate surrounding this bill, I am pleased to report that both supporters and opponents of the underlying bill, regardless of partisanship, can support the amendment I am offering. It's my belief that…

Again, I want to say that I think the Congress of the United States is being used unfairly in this process. We do not need to be doing this. What the proponents of statehood are doing is rigging the process in favor of a vote for statehood…

I think this bill as it is crafted is not the right way to go for the people of Puerto Rico. I don't have a dog in this fight. I have not taken a position on whether they should have statehood or not have statehood, but I don't like the…