I just want to also make something else clear. You know, one of the ironies of the way the U.S. Institute of Peace operates is that they are also in the grant-making business with U.S. taxpayer dollars, about $50 million. They actually use…

The gentleman correctly points out some of the great things they're doing on behalf of the Department of Defense. Is the gentleman aware that the United States Institute of Peace gets, in addition to the money that I've identified here…

Does the gentleman not believe that the Council on Foreign Relations is good or the Foreign Policy Research Institute or the Brookings Institute or all of the other institutes that do similar work but that don't live in this gilded…

If the gentleman would yield, I also think we need to change the way we think here. A lot of us are, like, why would you want to defund anything with peace in its name?

I'm a big fan of Mr. Whitfield, but he misses the big thing here; and that is that we're in the portion of this budget where the legislative branch is funded. Isn't this the opportunity to end the funding for the health care plans that so…

The support for your last three points of order rulings against Mr. Tonko has been relying upon the Budget Committee chairman's advice to the Chair. The Budget Committee chairman is someone who advocates on behalf of the majority for…

You've got to understand, in the context of this CR, we have a binary choice: fund/don't fund. I agree, I would like there to be oversight since 1985 over this and to answer this question. To be very clear, you are not entirely correct…

This amendment is a simple one. It strikes funding for the United States Institute of Peace. I'm going to direct most of my remarks today to my colleagues on the Democratic side, because I think this does insist upon bipartisan support. I…

Diplomacy and not towards making a grilled cheese sandwich; diplomacy towards making peace. Look, we're parsing here. The fact of the matter is it's a nonprofit think tank that does a great job. Pursuing peace is a good thing. I don't…

My colleagues, this is to restore the COPS program and take money out of space. But before I do that, I really have to say I don't think this process is on the level. What are we doing here? We're figuring out which diminished amount we're…

The intention of the rule that the chairman is referring to is to make sure we're not adding any additional spending. But in fact, by cutting the COPS program, you're actually adding an enormous amount of expenditure in the long run. And…

We are seeing today that after 75 or so hours of markup, hundreds of hours of hearings, 16 months of long debate, thousands upon thousands of meetings and town halls, the Republicans come to Washington and don't know what they want to do…

The President did not say anything about this dastardly flawed bill. He said we should 'implement and improve.' You say 'repeal and replace.' You put that to a vote of the American people. Implement and improve is the way we build…

If I can just point out something, a lot of people look at this through the lens of their personal experience. Perhaps people watching this say, You know what, I have health insurance, I like my health insurance and I don't have a…

I want my colleagues to understand, to say that you're not going to give them insurance, who do you think then pays for those uninsured? Who do you think then comes in and pays? It is your citizens in your towns, States, and cities. That's…

I want to just advise people watching at home playing that now popular drinking game of you take a shot whenever the Republicans say something that's not true, please assign a designated driver. This is going to be a long afternoon. Then…

I'm curious. Any of the Members who have spoken about the impact on small business, are any of them in favor of the tax incentive that is provided on small businesses to provide health care? Of course they are. Now, they might not know…

I just want to say in the brief 2 minutes that we have here that this is a pretty important issue that we are faced with. And I should say just at the outset that I have the greatest respect for my friend, Mr. Sessions. I consider him to…

If you believe this is a bad idea, to provide health care, then vote no. But don't give me the cowardly view that, oh, if it was a different procedure --

You vote yes if you believe yes! You vote in favor of something if you believe it is the right thing! If you believe it is the wrong thing, you vote no!

I believe Senator Enzi simply doesn't support this effort, and is looking for any rationale possible to support it.

Frankly, I believe that Senator Enzi simply doesn't support this effort and is looking for any rationale possible to support it.

I'm just skeptical that, in the new Congress, where the Republicans get to decide what is on the floor of the House, whether they are going to let this see the light of day.

I want the wealthy to be as wealthy as they can be. I have no grudge against that. I want all of us to be that wealthy. But we should be a country that fights for those who really need the help. We should not be a country that says: You…

Great courage to wait until all members have already spoken and then stand up and wrap your arms around procedure. ... It is Republicans wrapping their arms around Republicans rather than doing the right thing on behalf of the heroes. It…