I am pleased to support legislation making the Social Security Administration an independent agency. Social Security is an important trust between Americans and their Government. It asks for a commitment from workers to contribute--and…

I rise today to commend my colleagues on the Public Works and Banking Committees for their work on bringing this long awaited reauthorization legislation to the floor. The Economic Development Administration has played an important role in…

I rise is strong opposition to the Boehner amendment. This amendment is all advised and ill conceived. It would eliminate the entire Rural, and Urban, Education title in this bill. I cannot impress upon the membership of this body how…

Language in the General Accounting Office report states, I believe, that a capital budget helps narrowly focus on infrastructure needs and the funding and establishment of those needs, and addresses it in a much better fashion than is…

I have become convinced that in order to avoid the havoc that we face as we deal with this budgetary dilemma facing the country, we need to place a guarantee in the Constitution that there can never be such a period of irresponsibility…

I would only conclude by saying that is precisely correct. The Wise-Price-Pomeroy-Furse amendment is not a sham. It is not saying, ``We do not want a balanced-budget amendment, but, wink, wink, we will vote for this one, great cover.''…

The people I represent I think understand that you do not fund operating costs out of debt. That is what this country has done, and it is time for it to stop. The balanced budget amendment approach we seek would put a stop to it. On the…

I am very pleased to support the Budget Committee's resolution today. However, I want to alert you to one outstanding issue contained in the budget resolution. In this resolution, the House Budget Committee adopted a new baseline for our…