The President's remarks today ignore legislative and economic reality and demonstrate remarkable irony. His administration has been burying our kids and grandkids in new debt and offered no plan to rein in spending.

Let me thank my colleague for yielding. Let me say that I am disappointed that we have reached this point here today. Mr. Speaker, it didn't have to come to this. Nearly 100 days ago, the President initiated a strike against Libya without…

Let me say good morning to all of you and welcome back. I see a lot of familiar faces here. Let me also congratulate John Warner on receiving the Distinguished Service Award. John and I obviously worked together over the years, about 16 of…

the president could be in violation of the War Powers Act if Congress doesn't approve U.S. military involvement in Libya by Sunday.

Let me thank my colleague for yielding. In March, when the President committed our troops to NATO's mission in Libya, I said that he had a responsibility to the American people to define the mission, to explain what America's role was in…

I would like to recognize and thank Peter G. LeFevre, Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives, who will retire on June 1, 2011, after 30 years of distinguished service to the House and 34 years with the Federal government…

[1]egally, [the Administration has] met the requirements of the War Powers Act.

One of the most important members of the House community is not a Member of the House. Upon its inception, the House elected a chaplain to deliver the opening prayer, continuing a tradition started by the First Continental Congress. As the…

We are calling for an end to the Government spending binge that is crowding out private investment and threatening the availability of capital needed for job creation.

Let me thank my colleague for yielding and express my support for H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This commonsense bipartisan legislation codifies the Hyde amendment and similar policies by permanently applying a ban on…

I think all of the Members should be aware that today is Father Coughlin's last day as our Chaplain after 11 years of service. I think all of us, not just the Members but the officers and the staff, owe a giant debt of gratitude to Father…

The American people understand that we can't continue to spend money that we don't have. Our national debt has now surpassed $14.2 trillion, and it's on a track to eclipse the entire size of our economy. This massive debt that we are…

Let me thank the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Mr. Rogers, and his staff, and all the staff for the sacrifices and hard work that they have put forward over the last several months in order to get us to this point. {time} 1330…

We're talking about real spending cuts here, no smoke and mirrors.

We're talking about real spending cuts here, no smoke and mirrors.

He's outlining the parameters of the deal. And the deal we're talking about is something that would actually fund the government for the rest of the year.

But we're not going to roll over and sell out the American people like has been time and time again here in Washington. When we say we're serious about cutting spending, we're damn serious about it.

Most of the policy issues have been dealt with, and the big fight is over the spending.

I'm pleased that Senator Reid and I and the White House have been able to come to an agreement that will, in fact, cut spending and keep our government open.

I want to thank the gentlelady for yielding. The House is preparing to pass a responsible troop funding bill that would fund the Department of Defense through September. It would also cut spending by an additional $12 billion and keep the…

I don't think the country does. But he's got this base. They are committed -- they should be committed if we had a functioning mental health system, but they want to shut the government down over this.

They shouldn't be getting paid, just like federal employees shouldn't be getting paid.

If he wants to have an adult conversation about solving our fiscal challenges, he needs to lead instead of sitting on the sidelines.

If you shut the government down, it will end up costing more than you save, because you interrupt contracts. There are a lot of problems with the idea of shutting the government down. It is not the goal.

We did have a productive conversation this evening. We do have some honest differences, but I do think we've made some progress. But I want to reiterate there's no agreement on a number and there's no agreement on the policy but there's an…