Joe Morelle: “The President has an existential need for aggressive use of the vast powers of the executive branch.”

Mr. Speaker, I do want to say my distinguished colleague from Florida conveniently left out one part of what this bill does, which is to share your personal, private data with the Department of Homeland Security. From this point forward…

I need to say, as someone who served on the House Rules Committee for 4 years, that we clearly could have put on the floor and made in order an amendment to strike this provision from the bill that had been passed by the Senate. Most…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 7 minutes remaining.

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Virginia, for yielding me time. I rise today in strong opposition to this budget resolution. As an Appropriations Committee member, thoughtful consideration of government spending is a responsibility I…