Tom Cole

I really want to thank you for this Freedom Scholarship initiative.

I continue to be a strong supporter of career and technical education.

I was pleased to see that your budget request continues to prioritize resources to certain populations of children who need additional support.

Without question, education is one of the most important building blocks for success, and access to quality learning directly impacts lifelong development and unlocks each individual's potential.

I want to thank you quite sincerely for the terrific job I think you are doing for the country and the manner in which you represent the Administration.

Our real problem is, of course, when set said that budget out, the idea was it would be serious entitlement reform.

I wanted to really thank you on Head Start.

I would like to move now to a very different topic, and obviously Congress has worked really hard with the Administration and passed a number of pieces of legislation on the opioid crisis that we have in this country.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just on that point just real quickly, you may not know this because obviously you weren't there at the outset, what kind of capacity did you inherit from the last Administration since this isn't a new problem that…

The research conducted at the National Institutes of Health has unlocked the human genome and holds the promise for cures for cancer and treatments for diseases.

You simply cannot balance our national budget by chipping away at 8 percent of total spending.

The cuts proposed in your budget this year are deep, and I believe several, in my view, are shortsighted.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Ms. Scanlon The Acting CHAIR. It is…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 1 minute remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike subtitle G of title IV. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 172, the gentleman from…

I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), my good friend, fellow member of the Rules Committee, and classmate.

We have to see results for investments of this size. You have to use these dollars wisely.

I would remind you of the last time we did this, in 1983, Ronald Reagan was President, Tip O'Neill was our Speaker. They worked together.

Congress has no greater responsibility than to provide for our military, with the training and resources it needs to meet growing security challenges around the world.

That is why I would also urge you, while we do this research, to look at these fundamental safety programs.

So on that committee in the last four years we have made that a priority, and we have literally quadrupled Alzheimer's research funding, going from $500 million to about $2.4 billion.

I have consistently supported responsible and balanced legislation to get our long-term fiscal house in order.

I believe we must support a robust military force postured to meet the challenges and threats of the 21st century.

The real elephant in the room is the thing that nobody wants to talk about: What are you going to do to either sustain or, you know, reform Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?