What we're spending our time doing here are items that are not crucial, they're policy debates. They're policy debates about how you want to approach an issue. My goodness, the Government Reform Committee and my committee, Energy and…

it is with disappointment that I rise today. It is disappointment over the fact that this body still has not brought to the floor the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Protect America Act. We have heard the colloquy that has taken…

I rise today to oppose this bill. It doesn't produce one bit of energy. It does not generate one kilowatt of electricity. It does not move us toward energy independence. Certainly those are things that need to be a priority when we discuss…

The tax burden on the average family, already they are turning over $21,992. The Federal Government is spending $24,106. So they have got this debt, this deficit in there, that is being passed on to their children and grandchildren. But…

I just highlight to my colleagues that we have talked a good bit today about the overall budget process and why we think the taxpayer has the right to know how this body spends your money. The taxpayer has the right to know what is going…

Now, some of my colleagues from the Republican Study Committee and I want to make certain that we all understand how this money is spent because we fully believe that the American people have the right to know, they have the right to know…

the men and women in our intelligence agencies are facing uncertainty. They are telling us this, and that is posing a very real national security risk to us in our homeland. Today I rise to encourage this House to close the terrorist…

What we saw from the `01 and `03 tax reductions was that the Federal Government's revenue, the money the taxpayers are sending in for us to appropriate and spend on behalf of them at the Federal level, that money has been increasing in…

Well, I appreciate that. And especially when you consider the fact that 77 million baby boomers are going to retire between now and 2029. You were just pointing to 2030. And where we are with getting to that budget in 2030, you would be…

I want to rise to commend the University of Memphis men's basketball team on an outstanding season. So far the Tigers have amassed 24 wins, no losses, earning them the top national ranking in college basketball. Thanks to the enthusiastic…

1 week ago today, a deadly series of storms rolled across the South bringing destruction and heartache to many of my constituents in Tennessee, and I rise today to recognize the people affected by these storms in Tennessee, Arkansas…

This is not our money. It is not the government's money. This is the taxpayers' money. And to each and every individual, each and every taxpayer who is listening, you do have a right to know how your money is being spent.

we are all joining together to sponsor this resolution. Before I speak, I want to commend both the gentlelady from California and the gentlelady from North Carolina for the exceptional work that they have done on this issue. We all are on…

as we begin to talk about our national security and our troops and the surge and the success of that and why our troops choose to defend this great Nation, I want to stop and just join Mr. Gingrey in congratulating his mother on her 90th…

I think we all know that the best economic stimulus is a job. It is a job that you can sink your teeth into, that you can go to work every day and you can use this job to provide for your family. So, as the debate ensues, let's keep our…

I am rising today to urge a ``no'' vote on the SCHIP veto override. You know, it seems like we have done this over and over and over again. But to my colleagues across the aisle, the time to have started this discussion was this time last…

it is so interesting to look at today's Whipping Post and see the myriad and vast range of the issues that are coming before us. And many of these are issues that should have been addressed months ago. One of those that we are going to…

I want to compliment Mr. Barton and Mr. Deal for the extraordinary amount of work they have done on this issue this entire year. I know that they are pleased that the congressional leadership has joined them in working to be certain that…

H.R. 2764 is the omnibus. Not a minibus. It is a great big omnibus, all 3,565 pages, and they can see for themselves a little bit about what is contained in here and what is not contained. And as the gentleman from Texas said, the fact…

And there again you see that we are increasing that. We are increasing the Department of the Interior programs, but we are not funding our troops. We see increased funding for the IRS. They are going from $10.60 billion to $10.89 billion…

I wish I could say that the leadership of the House has worked that diligently and is focused on meeting those deadlines so that we would all be spending that time with our families. But indeed, we have found that is not the case. In…

I will tell you, it is of such concern to me that we see the manner in which this has been constructed and pulled together. I do hope that the American people will sit down and look through some of this and see where this money is going…

I think that this is such an important part of this bill because we have talked a good bit about our troops in Iraq not being funded in this bill, and then when we talk about the gimmickry, and just I hate to even use the term. It's almost…

And that is what we will hear from our constituents. And the list goes on and on, as you can see. I have got plenty of pages that we could flip through. We even have title X and family planning money that is increased by $300 million. And…

It is more of the smoke and mirrors, and I am sure it was concocted in a smokefilled room. But it just doesn't make good sense, and it's just not common sense in the way it ought to be done when you look at your different allocations and…