I rise this evening to talk about a bill that Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and I have that we will be offering tomorrow. I think it is an important bill from the standpoint of advancing and perpetuating this American notion called…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill. I thank the chairman for his work and for the committee's work on this bill in the way that, in essence, it creates a lighthouse on how we might fund infrastructure…

I will ultimately vote today for the National Defense Authorization Act because it's a necessity, and I think it's important we authorize this spending so that procurement, research, and a host of other long-term projects stay on track…

I want to first commend the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall) for what he has done on this bill. It would take the wisdom of Solomon to get all the competing interests and all the competing views perfectly happy on this bill. What I…

We have got to go about looking at the national needs of this country as opposed to just the regional needs or the local needs. We got off on the notion of earmarks, and at times our answer is just to cede to the executive branch that…

I thank the chairman. I just want to come to applaud both the chairman and the ranking member for their work on this important measure. I think this bill is incredibly important because, in the simplest of forms, conflicting signals never…

I thank Chairman Royce so much for his indulgence in terms of time. I had the pleasure of going to Georgia over the recess with Congressman Duncan, and we had an incredible experience in that we saw firsthand the very thing that you are…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. _. None of the funds made…

I want to be clear that in just a few moments, I am going to be withdrawing my amendment. Before I do so, I just want to say a couple of things because this amendment was a very simple and straightforward amendment that did nothing more…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado. I just want to come here to praise what he is doing because I think this amendment is not only constitutional, I think it is common sense. I would say that at three different levels. I would say first…

In the confusion that marked this night, I did not hear the second vote (rollcall 338) and missed the vote. I would have voted ``yes.'' Stated against:

I would just make two points in this conversation. One, this debate before us is, really, about this notion of individual choice. I think that liberty is the hallmark of the American experiment, and I think, wherever possible, we need to…