I think those are the questions I would really recommend this committee look at.

Yesterday, before we had a chance to vote on the President's budget, I received a copy of a press release from the White House. It encouraged the House Democratic leadership to vote for this amendment. It encouraged the Democrats in the…

I thank my colleague from New Jersey for the opportunity. We can and will, obviously, over the course of this day, say a lot about this budget--a lot of bad things about this budget. I prefer to focus on one positive thing above all…

I thank my friend from New Jersey, for whom I have a great deal of respect, Madam Chairwoman. And what he says is correct. What he says is absolutely and without reservation correct. What this government did during the first half of this…

The President's budget never goes to surplus. There is no plan offered by the Democrats to actually pay back the money that we are borrowing. It's time to change the word back to what it really means, which is spending less than we take…

I thank my colleague from Texas (Mr. Brady) for the opportunity. There is so much we could talk about here tonight, and it is unfortunate we only have a few minutes to talk about each of these budgets. But one of the things that I heard…

I rise to claim time in support of the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. RECOMMENDED…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, I hear my good friend from Maryland. I understand he thinks it's a charade. I got the same press release that he got from the White House. They called it a gimmick, he calls it a…

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 South Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by…

At this time I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise).

The Subcontracting Transparency and Reliability Act, H.R. 3893, addresses a number of small business contracting issues.

This amendment offered by Congressman Mulvaney will simplify the limitations on subcontracting for small businesses...

All we are asking is that these agencies will publish and give folks the terms and conditions under which they want to consider insourcing.

I would encourage each of you to consider the possibility that using a secular Federal Government to help advance religious principles... may in both the short run, as we are learning today, and in the long run be unwise.

I would put it to you that members of your congregations will still be similarly situated, and still be put in the same condition.

The Federal Government that is big enough to give to you all of the social justice that you pursue is also big enough to take from you all of the religious freedoms that you have.

So when you go trampling on the Constitution, you get the full regards of the Constitution.

We need to start looking at the full context, not picking and choosing the simple words that we want to utilize to support ourselves.

I think in the long run, if we allow that environment to prevail when it comes to government contracting, what you will see is folks like Ms. Biondo or other organizations simply drop out of the process.

I agree with the lady from Minnesota regarding the undesirability of brinkmanship.

It's the 2nd of February. We have roughly 10 months between now and the next election. It's plenty of time for the folks across the aisle to let us know what they mean by fairness. Tell us, what does it mean? When you say that we want a…

I claim time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank my colleague for yielding. As we sit like good Congressmen and -women in our offices and as we watch these debates on television, sometimes we feel compelled to run over and participate in the debate. Certainly, that's what drove…

I thank my colleague, and thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to follow on to what my colleague said in his opening remarks about trying to get your hands around how big $1.2 trillion is. It's one of the things I struggle with. I know it's one…

And that would be to simply send us a budget that balances. In his lifetime would be great; in his children's lifetime would be okay; but send us a budget, Mr. President, that balances at some time. You are at the White House right now…