An unelected executive branch entity spokesperson is telling a private company what it can make, where it can make it, and how much of it it can make.

I first want to thank the committee, and in particular the chairman of the subcommittee, for the good work he's done on the bill overall. But I support the gentleman from Utah's amendment. Any Member of Congress can do this in their…

More than two months after stating that our military action in Libya would be over in ``days, not weeks,'' President Obama has yet to explain to the American people what our mission in Libya is, how it will be conducted, and when it will…

Let me thank the committee, particularly the subcommittee chair, for their hard work on this legislation and the number of bills that will come from the Appropriations Committee. We do appreciate that. Look, the gentleman from Indiana is…

The first piece of legislation I got passed as a member of the Ohio General Assembly was time limits for able bodied adults receiving cash assistance.

I have often said that the welfare system particularly says to the single mom out there, don't get married, don't get a job, have more kids and you get more money.

In March, the Government Accountability Office released its first annual report on duplicative and fractured Federal spending.

Since Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in 1964, Americans have spent $16 trillion on welfare at the State and Federal level.

If able-bodied adults know there will come a point where they will no longer be eligible for the benefit, in this case, it was cash assistance, it influenced what they did.

The single, strongest cause of poverty in the United States today is the lack of marriage.

I just want to echo too that I have had the opportunity to visit one of the Second Harvest Food Bank centers and do appreciate the work they do.

Probably not going to go there, as you would expect.

I just don't see how that is going to help our economy.

I thank the gentleman from Texas, the distinguished chair of the Judiciary Committee. Look, life is precious, life is sacred, and government should protect that basic fact. It is not some grant from government. It is a gift from God. Our…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I want to thank all the members of the Republican Study Committee, Mr. Chairman, for their work on this budget. I also want to thank Chairman Ryan for the work on his budget and the committee's work…

I was absent from the House Floor during rollcall 229 earlier today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' ____________________

EPA's behavior is the type that gives people throughout the country the impression that their government is aloof and not listening to them.

We exist to secure two fundamental principles: First, Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well-spent; and, second, Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

I appreciate that. But I am still struck with this fact: One thing that the American people understand is that spending is out of control. There is no way around it. And several speakers have went through and listed this program that would…

The President's executive order directing agencies to take into account the cost of cumulative regulations is an important step, moves us in the right direction, and something that we just, frankly, are getting an understanding of how the…

The American people have spoken loud and clear--they want Congress to stop the out-of-control spending that is bankrupting our Nation. During the campaign last year, Republicans called for reducing non-security, discretionary spending in…

Despite the clear message sent by the American people in November, the Obama Administration and the Pelosi Congress continue to borrow and spend like there is no tomorrow. In another attempt to bring some fiscal responsibility back to this…

Mr. Chairman, first of all, I voted against the bank bailout, the TARP bailout. If my memory serves me correctly, the gentleman voted for that proposal. Second, the chairman's comments about how this is such a dramatic cut is a great…

Who would have thought we would have witnessed the things we have witnessed in this country over the last 2 years? Who would have ever thought the President of the United States would fire the CEO of General Motors? Who would have ever…

40 days. April 15 by law is when we are supposed to have a budget resolution in place. And yet here we are, 40 days later, no budget resolution. No budget when we have a $1.4 trillion deficit, $12 trillion national debt. I mean, look…