David Thomas: “Mr. Speaker, I tell my friend I have great admiration for the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell). But this health…”

I wish to speak in general about the bill, not on the specific amendments, about what I think we are doing and the importance, frankly, of what we are doing. We are talking, of course, about ethics, about how we function within this body…

reclaiming my time, millions of Americans are thankful they now have prescription drugs at significant savings. I know it is difficult because another line went through one of your typical political arguments. Test us. See if we are just…

I want to make a comment or two about the distribution of funding for homeland security. Of course, there has been a great deal of discussion about it, but we haven't heard much from small States. I am from Wyoming and I suggest to my…

The reason we are here, of course, is to deal with the budget. I think that is a very important part of what we do in this Congress. It has to do with funding programs, but it has also to do with determining what our spending is going to…