let me just say that it is in my judgment even more than about just adding up this column with this column. Frankly, Americans for a significant period of time now believe that their hard-earned tax dollars are going to programs that do…

It is just a shame that we cannot get or enter into with him the process that forces us to reform those entitlements, is it not?

Let me just ask the chairman, if he would, let us just put this in terms that Americans can understand, so when they are going to work tomorrow they can turn to the person next to them and say, you know, we thought the Republicans were not…

Two-thirds of the budget is on automatic pilot going through the roof, threatening the future of our children, threatening economic security for every American today, and denying the American people a right to run their own programs with…

But I would say to the gentleman, that staying within the blueprint that the Republicans laid out, you have achieved a major piece of that. If we were to achieve the other pieces of that blueprint, we would not only be able to balance the…

it is always a little bit frustrating when we come to a vote on a bill like this, that we wonder whether people who are going to be voting on this, or their staff, are paying attention. Well, I guess, without a rollcall or anything like…

the debate is about the future. Do my colleagues know what this is? Tomahawk missile. I say to my colleagues, ``If you launch this either from a ship or from the B-52, which the generals and the Pentagon want to maintain along with 95…

I want to say to those who have been following the progress of the Republican revolution, this amendment today on the lockbox is critically important. There are a lot of people all over this country, we call them C-SPAN junkies, and many…

let me just say to my Republican colleagues particularly and to those Democrats who were considering casting a vote for this, this is like the end of a horse race, maybe like the Kentucky Derby, but that would not be appropriate; the last…

I wanted to take a second here this morning, or this afternoon now, and point out to the House and point out to the American people that this work that has been done on this issue, the first substantive and real substantive and meaningful…

Mr. Chairman, the amendment I have at the desk I know is an important amendment. We spent the weekend reading a number of articles about the very serious problems of North Korea. We have already had one debate and one amendment, a sense of…

Amendment offered by Mr. Kasich: At the end of title X (page 277, after line 2), insert the following new section: SEC. 1038. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT ON READINESS OF MILITARY FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. (a) Findings.--The…

I come to the floor today with some good news and some real accomplishment for people who have been concerned about having their tax dollars used efficiently and effectively, especially in the area of foreign aid. You might remember that…

I have two very interesting letters here. One is from the President of the United States, who wrote to me this week saying that we should not enact the Kasich-Penny motion because it is too general. Then I have in my hand a letter from…

You see what is happening to the deficit in the outyears. It goes up, and it threatens the financial security of this country if we don't begin to deal with Federal spending. This is your chance to do it.

Madam Speaker, we are facing a very important vote again here. In fact, it is the last opportunity the House will have for deficit reduction this year. Because of the nature of the rules of this House, as many of my colleagues know, if we…

The reason why the balanced budget amendment is necessary, Mr. Chairman, is because it will force the Members of Congress to have to sit down and become very creative and very imaginative, and also very pointed about what the role of the…

Mr. Chairman, let me say that last year we were given a challenge by the President. The President said, ``If you don't like our tax-and- spend bill''--and, by the way, the only reason you have any earned income tax credit in your bill is…

I do not know where the gentleman from Minnesota quotes his numbers from. He must be reading his own budget or something. But we do not raise the ticket tax. In fact, we lower the ticket tax. They have a higher ticket tax. Second, our…

I want the people of the Second District of West Virginia to know that there are 113,085 children that the gentleman from West Virginia does not feel ought to get the tax credit to the tune of over $56 million. I would say to the…

I intend to support the gentleman's efforts and those of other Members who believe this preference is essential and will remove the policy from the assumption on this initiative.

I have the utmost respect for the Black Caucus because they are being true to the American people about their vision of America and what kind of Government they would have. I do not agree with it, but at least they are being honest about…

It is hard to believe, is it not, I say to the gentleman from Arkansas, that we could actually have a package that has crime reform, welfare reform, health care, and incentives to business, some refunds back to the children of these folks…

I want to thank the gentleman for taking the time to talk about this very important section of our bill. I think we are all disturbed about the fact that the President came here and he gave a beautiful speech where he talked about all of…

We have mandated relief language in this bill. We also say that we want to decrease the total amount of regulation on this economy downward to a lower percentage of the gross domestic product. Why? Because the lower that amount of…