Tom Cole: “The Senate has wasted the entire year and a half. They have not passed a single bill.”

I've learned never to dismiss out of hand anything the president says, but it would take a constitutional amendment.

Mr. Chairman, I want to begin by thanking the gentlewoman, the distinguished ranking member of the full committee. There are a lot of things we disagree on, but we do not disagree on the importance of the power of the purse and the Article…

Mr. Speaker, God, I love the compassion and the passion on the other side of the aisle. Democrats are worried about taking money from families. Well, you know what? You all can do the right thing and vote ``yes.'' If not, you are the ones…

The speaker is very insistent that we go all the way.