Rob Andrews

The author of that quote is retired Secretary of State Colin Powell who said yesterday: ``Tell me what you're going to cut.'' The minority doesn't want to grapple with that problem, which is why there are no amendments made in order, no…

Reclaiming my time, this is what General Powell was talking about: tell us where to cut, and we get verbiage, but no real answer.

Reclaiming my time, the chairman has said we won't have across-the-board cuts. That, of course, means that we will have to find larger cuts than 22 percent in other areas of the Justice Department budget. The court system? Enforcement of…

Mr. Speaker, as we meet this afternoon, there are 15 million Americans without a job. And this debate represents yet another wasted opportunity for us to come together and address the real number one issue of the country, which is putting…

I thank the chairman, and he is correct that in the NIH budget it could come from Labor or Health and Human Services. And I would ask him: In that bill, where will you make up for not cutting the cancer research by 22 percent? I would be…

First of all, I am most assuredly not demonizing the gentleman. I think the gentleman speaks with great sincerity. What I am saying is that the gentleman said I know exactly what is going to be cut. No one knows exactly what is going to be…

I thank my friend from Massachusetts. Madam Speaker, well, we could have a bill on the floor today that expands fair trade for American companies, but we don't. We could have a bill on the floor today that finds ways to stop sending a…

So in the hours that we've spent thus far during this debate, we could have been debating ways to help small businesses and entrepreneurs create jobs for the American people, but we did not. Instead, we have gotten the slogan…

I think we should begin by thanking Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi for leading us through such a civil debate at such an important hour of our country's history; a moment of consequence. Unfortunately, one of the consequences of this…

I wanted to explore one of the aspects of this repeal promise that's being kept. Thus far, there are hundreds of thousands of seniors who have gotten $250 rebate checks to help them pay for prescription drugs. I would ask anyone on the…

As we sit here this morning, there are millions of Americans sitting in front of computers or the want ads desperately looking for their next job, 15 million unemployed Americans. The question they are asking this Congress is why don't you…

As we meet this afternoon, there are 15 million unemployed Americans. And no matter where you go in this country, you hear that the number one concern of our constituents is creating an environment where businesses and entrepreneurs can…

We are gathered here this afternoon to show respect and affection for our beloved colleague, Gabby Giffords, to mourn the dead, and to provide support for those wounded in body and in spirit. We also have a special responsibility here this…

There are 15 million Americans unemployed as we meet this morning. They do not want us to play politics with health care; they want us to work together to create jobs. There is a job killer loose in America. The job killer is unfair trade…

I think the gentleman, Mr. Speaker, aptly points out, the majority promised accountability but they are delivering hypocrisy. They said that their number one goal would be job creation. There is not a bill, not a word, not an idea about…

The question that will be before the ladies and gentlemen of the House on this rules package is: Do you want to honor the commitment to reduce the deficit or abandon it? The rules plan permits an abandonment of the promise to reduce the…

I want to first associate myself with the remarks from my friend Mr. Conaway and the work we had the chance to do together on acquisition reform. And I'm so proud to cast this vote for a bill that's so aptly named after Ike Skelton. The…

For many Americans, tonight their urgent priority is to find a job. It should be our urgent priority to create those jobs for those Americans. I support this imperfect bill because I believe it will help create those jobs. I think a tax…

In considering their position on this bill, Members should listen to echoes of the past, leaders of the present, and consider some of the voices that have been silenced. In the past, we heard: If we should end this policy, it would be a…

The Senate unanimously passed this bill. Unanimously. I think I understand why, because they understood what I hope we understand today is the choice that is in front of the country. You can understand that choice by thinking about where…

I think when we have a policy that says if the other side doesn't follow the rules, you just ignore it, I think that's crazy. If you have a policy that says if the Chinese manipulate their currency and make it easy to fill the shelves at…

I think if we went into any shopping mall or restaurant in America today and asked people who aren't in politics, What would you like to see us do to help put people back to work?, they would say, Well, small businesses create three out of…

The issue before the House today is whether or not 2.5 million Americans, whose unemployment benefits have expired or are about to expire, should get extensions. I emphatically believe that they should. Now, the argument that we have heard…

It must, Mr. Speaker, be a luxury to have the ability to think about the great sweep of economic history since the 1930s, and I enjoyed very much the remarks of my friend from California, but we're here to talk today about 2.5 million…

If you have that philosophy, shouldn't it, at the very least, have been put up for a vote? Wasn't it wrong for people in the other body to deter that from even coming up for a vote? They have gotten beyond that hump. Too little, too late…