Scott Garrett

we must remember that every dollar that we send to Washington comes out of that proverbial ``family budget'' that I referenced before. So when duplicate programs like this come before us, we should put ourselves in the shoes of the family…

Is it a violation of parliamentary decorum by suggesting that a Member not be reelected in the State of New Jersey?

I want to concur with a portion of her remarks with, A, the remarks with regard to the physical problem with childhood obesity in the country, and that is of a concern nationally. And, B, the problem that she set out with regard to NCLB…

I just walked in a moment ago. I was on the streets of Washington, D.C. where the heat is truly on this Nation's Capital in the high nineties and the humidity is also in the high nineties, and here we come to the inside of Chambers, where…

I also did not support No Child Left Behind, the medicare bill, the immigration bill or SOX, and I do have a No Child Left Behind bill if you would like to sign on to reform that piece of legislation.

just a reflection on the comments by the chairman. I appreciate the chairman wishing to defer to the expertise of the SEC. Would the chairman and the committee defer in the same manner to the SEC with regard to the issue of executive…

I quite candidly don't recall in any of the questioning by my side of the aisle or yours that he used the word ``yet.''

I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people,' obviously our…

When we looked at those expressions, we remember the words of talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, who often does say the expression "words mean something." He is usually expressing it about one of his callers who has just called in and talked…

What we are trying to do is not, as in a subsequent amendment where we will be taking funds from the peacekeeping mission, which is what the gentlelady was referring to here, instead is to take money from the U.N. international…

my amendment will increase our funding of international counterterrorist programs, while also calling out the United Nations for its continued reluctance to recognize and fight international terrorism. We are at war with an enemy whose…

Mr. Chairman, here we are tonight, 6 months under control of the Democrat majority, and what has that majority wrought? The largest tax increase in U.S. history, an attempt in the past to change the rules of the House that have been in…

perhaps I will not use the entire 5 minutes, because the amendment I present tonight is one similar to what I offered previously on other sessions of this Congress which have passed on voice vote in a bipartisan manner. This is an…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. How many times do we have Members come before us on this floor with an amendment, and they begin their statement by saying, here I have a commonsense amendment to this piece of legislation. Well, in this case, I do…

I think it is a significant point that you raise with regard to what level of American taxpayers will be subjected to these taxes. I come from the great State of New Jersey, where we had similar rhetoric, if you will, from the other side…

Mr. Chairman, first of all before I begin, let me commend a prior speaker, the gentleman from Texas, with his references to homeland security and the efforts that need to be made. I completely concur with the majority of the points that he…

As you know, this is not an issue that is new. I actually brought this up and talked about this back early in the year in the Budget Committee, and we had a discussion on it at that time. Just a question to you: That account you are…

first of all, I wish to rise to say that I appreciate the work of both the Chair and ranking member with regard to their work on behalf of veterans of this country. The amendment that is before us is an amendment to seek increase in funds…

First off, to the gentleman from the other side of the aisle asking what truth is, and he went through a litany of truths, I ask, are his truths the same truths as America's truths when it comes to what is occurring here? And as the…

Mr. Chairman, we come here this afternoon on the eve of one-quarter of the way through the 110th Congress, and we have to ask ourselves, what now that the Democrats are in control of this House have they wrought? Three things: The largest…

As we come today, it marks the one-quarter mark into the 110th Congress under now the new leadership of the Democrat leadership. And what has this leadership wrought for the American public? During this time, firstly, the largest tax…

I just want to reiterate a point that you made at the end, and that is to take a brief look at history to see where our intelligence apparatus, if you will, has been in this country. [...] we do not need an intelligence apparatus in this…

Mr. Chairman, the 110th Congress now under Democrat leadership, we're 6 months into this Congress now. If you think about it, that's one-quarter of the way toward the completion of this term. The American public at home should be thinking…

Today we honor an ally who is standing with us in the Global War on Terrorism. An ally who knows what it is like to fight for peace and freedom, South Korea. Just over 50 years ago, Korea was the most violent spot on the planet as the…

I appreciate that argument. But your argument before, if I heard you correctly, when we had a little dialogue before, was that it is your intent with the overall housing fund and where the money would come from is not from the homeowners…