Just to be clear with my good friend from Texas, Democrats didn't pass a budget. They proposed a budget. That is fair enough, but they never passed a budget in this House. There was a budget that was passed by the Republican majority. It…

Yesterday the Rules Committee met and ordered a rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 195, the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018. The rule provides for 1 hour of debate, equally divided and controlled by…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 696 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 696 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

The Children's Hospital Association has actually urged that this bill be adopted. They have urged that we, for 6 years, ensure the funding. They would like my friends--who I know believe in the program--to actually vote for the measure in…

To respond to a couple of my friend's points. Let me begin by disagreeing respectfully with my friend's assertion that people are having their rights stripped away. The only people losing their rights here are Indian Tribes. That is what…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 681 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 681 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration of a very important measure. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 140, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to…

Again, Mr. Speaker, I certainly respect my friend's right to bring up a subject that they think is important and is important, and it is appropriate that they use their time to do that. I would remind them that there is a negotiation…

I thank the chairman, and I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge support for H.J. Res. 123, the short-term continuing resolution. I want to begin my remarks by, frankly, congratulating the chairman. It…

This really wasn't, in my view, originally from OMB, about getting more bang for the buck in research.

We are all blessed, because we are in an institution that has the ability to push that edge of the envelope in order to be able to save lives.

I have introduced the bipartisan Accelerating Biomedical Research Act, which would reverse the devastating funding cuts to the NIH.

You cannot do more with less. You can only do less with less.

I have suggested for the last several years that we do something that is very similar, the Accelerating Biomedical Research Act, which would allow us to go above the caps.

I didn't support this particular proposal, but, broadly, I am supportive.

Let's go--with all due respect, we have these expert witnesses. We have our own experts too up here.

Well, that is--I have no more passion and advocate for this committee than my ranking member; I can tell you that.

I urge my colleagues to consider increased NIH funding for Down syndrome research, especially studies that incorporate much needed cross-institute collaboration.

Today we are talking about a number of factors, including how the NIH might be more involved in the research.

We need to maintain or increase, ideally, the budget at NIH.

They need $300 million, that is it, $300 million more a year to give them a better opportunity to grow the scientific community of young people...

It is a recognition of how important it is for Congress to turn not only their resolve into making life better for them.

I come to you today to give you some insights.

It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for a hearing to discuss the role of facilities and administrative costs.

In the fifties, the average age of a Down syndrome person that lived would be 9 years old.