James Barrett: “I think it is very simple. Number one, we will balance the budget without raising taxes; and, number two, we will reform…”

Yesterday General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker updated members of the House Armed Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the conditions on the ground in Iraq. Noting successes on the military and political fronts…

I would like to correct the chairman. This is a merit-based program, not a need-based program. And I understand that we need all the education we can get. All I'm saying, Mr. Chairman is, is this the best way to spend this money? Can it…

In closing, Madam Speaker, when I was working in the furniture store, my furniture store in Westminster, South Carolina, I had a guy named John R. McAllister. I called him Hoss. And Hoss would come in every Friday to see me and he'd make…

Again, broken promises. One of the ways that the Democrats want to fund all this new spending is reserve funds. And you talk about a shell game. We are talking about setting up reserve funds so we can spend more money, but there is…