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

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…

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, 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…

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…

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…

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 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…