Charles W. Stenholm: “The debt limit for next year, everybody increases the debt limit for next year. The reason we do it is because the…”

I hope everyone caught the significance of the exchange between the chairman and me, because I am not disagreeing with anything that he offered in opposition to this amendment, because what he said is 100 percent true. I hope everyone in…

I want to say it is with a little bit of mixed emotion tonight that I address this body for the last time. I guess it kind of came to me in a real way just a moment ago when my grandson, who is sitting beside me, asked me a moment ago…

I appreciate that. I hope that the chairman and ranking member understand the concern here. As I said before, I have always followed the recommendations of the Air Force. We have some concerns, we are standing down the 13th bomb squadron…

I come to the floor very disappointed because once again the majority has chosen not to allow the Blue Dogs to have our amendment considered. I would like to ask the gentleman from Washington, why did his committee allow 19 amendments…