John Spratt: “Absolutely not. We passed a bill, it costs $2 billion, and it is not accommodated in this budget.”

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this historic legislation, arguably the most important vote we here today will ever take in this Chamber. Today fulfills a promise made 100 years ago by Theodore Roosevelt when he first called for…

This year, Congress has passed and the President has signed into law a $787 billion recovery package to spur demand and create 3 million new jobs.

This bill will authorize the Rural Utilities Service to make loans to rural electric co-ops so that the co-ops, in turn, can make loans to families and small businesses for energy conservation and efficiency measures that meet Federal…

shouldn't we stop creating new programs, now agencies, new commissions and new discretionary spending?