Are you saying, then, back in August under this deficit reduction plan, that that was based on projected spending, not actual cuts?

Let me just ask a quick question. Going back to the vote in August, am I correct in saying that that deficit reduction bill added a trillion dollars to our debt, making the total--we are right at $4.5 trillion, and we are going to be close…

Is it not interesting how that balanced budget amendment elusively, we thought we had the votes, and all of a sudden we just missed by a few votes. I voted on it twice now and the same thing has happened both times.

Absolutely; just 1 quick second. I have been involved here where we have voted and lost the vote on the balanced budget amendment. I think as Republicans we would certainly give a Democratic administration the line-item veto, but that is…

The key question is, Will spending policy decisions be made by the entrenched House leadership, or will spending policy decisions be made by a majority of the elected membership? That question is what A to Z is all about. Will spending…

about 9 months ago we started a project here in the House to address the greatest challenge we all have, and that is to live within our means to turn over a stewardship to the future of our country, to our grandchildren and our children…

a majority of this House has gone on record in support of the bipartisan A-Z spending cut plan. This proposal being offered by 223 Members of this House provides us with a historic opportunity to make real votes on real spending cuts. Mr…

as April 15 approaches, the American people are crying out for lower taxes. We all know that lower taxes come from lower spending. Mr. Speaker, spending cuts are coming. This week we will have the chance to vote for $26 billion in…

yesterday the President received a major blow to his health care plan. The Congressional Budget Office told him and the American people that taxes are taxes, and spending is spending. It does not matter how hard the President tries to hide…

2 weeks ago, on NBC Nightly News a correspondent, in commenting on the possible deployment of Patriot missile batteries to South Korea, set a new standard for misinformation. Errors in the press are not new to any of us and normally I…

every Member of this House feels a strong compassion for the victims of the recent California earthquake. We all know that massive Government aid is needed to get the Los Angeles area back on track. The earthquake relief package will be…

as we are now full swing into the health care debate, I want to share with my colleagues a success story from my home State of New Hampshire. The two largest hospitals in Manchester, NH, have just completed a long and hard trek through…

tonight the President will give the State of the Union Message. The American people have learned that it is not what the President says tonight but what he does afterward to follow up that counts. I am sure we will hear wonderful words…