Jim Renacci: “It is disingenuous today to ignore the fact that there are problems.”

Budget is just a vision, it is not a path. No. The budget should be a path, not a vision.

We have got some serious problems. Not on the revenue side, because we are growing 60 percent. We have got problems in the spending side because we are growing 80 percent over 10 years.

I kneeled in front of 16 battlefield crosses during my 15-month deployment in Afghanistan to say goodbye to my brothers in arms.

Reclaiming my time, this amendment would reallocate $2 million to the Interior's volunteer fire assistance program with six to eight volunteer firefighters. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the…