Does the gentleman favor permitting Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, the way the VA does, and save $25 billion a year? Mr. McHENRY. In reclaiming my time, I would ask, does the gentleman favor the Medicare part D…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. McHENRY. I'm going to finish up here, my friend. Madam Chair, in this discussion, there are lots of questions but little substantive action--no policy proposals--to make sure that Medicare is there for the…

If the gentleman will further yield, it is my understanding and intent that there be no FY12 government funding for the F136 contractor.

Twenty-three nights ago, a focused and brave group of young Americans climbed into helicopters and focused on their mission. Over 3 weeks ago, a group of American leaders met in the Situation Room of the White House focused on their…

Reclaiming my time, we did not do so because we couldn't get two Republican Senators to support it on the other side. We would have done it over here. Second thing; does the gentleman support stopping the spending of $110 billion a year to…

I, frankly, do not. But reclaiming my time, I especially don't support paying the bills for Baghdad and Kabul that we could be using to reduce our deficit here at home. Third, we're going to spend at least $60 billion over the next 10…

Does the gentleman support that idea? I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina. Mr. McHENRY. Why didn't the gentleman do it when he was in the majority? And I would be happy to yield back the balance of my time. Why is this not in…

My friend who just spoke asked us where the plan is to reduce the debt and deficit. If he is here, I would be happy to yield to him, but I would ask him to consider these ideas. {time} 1700 One, Medicare pays more than twice as much for a…

Members who are pro-life or pro-choice should oppose this bill because it does violence to the Constitution. This bill purports to say that through the Tax Code, we can favor or disfavor the exercise of constitutional rights. {time} 1440…

I know very well, Madam Speaker, that people feel passionately about the right to life and the right to choose, and this is the forum in which that debate ought to take place. But using the Internal Revenue Code to either punish or reward…

If a proposal were brought to the House floor that said the following, ``If an American makes a charitable contribution and takes a deduction on his income tax return, that we're going to disallow the charitable deduction if the group…

There is no question that the country has to reduce the deficit by restraining spending. That's why we favor having Medicare get the same deal on prescription drugs the VA does--which would save $24 billion a year. But there is a question…