I thank the gentleman for yielding. And, Mr. Chairman, I had not originally thought I would come here to speak. I must admit, I have been watching the debate in my office and have some amount of envy for my colleagues who bring such…

I didn't, Mr. Chairman, hear this angst and anxiety when my friends on the other side of the aisle not only brought us the first trillion dollar deficit in America's history, but backed it up with the second trillion dollar deficit in…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, the bipartisan negotiations are fleeting and ephemeral around here. The White House photographers hadn't even left, the ink wasn't even dry on appointing the negotiators, and…

No tax increases for nobody.

The American people spoke loudly and clearly.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as I look at the available evidence, I believe that the preponderance of the evidence does show that China is manipulating its currency. So I don't question the problem; I question the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, another day, another opportunity to borrow $30 billion, much of it from the Chinese, and send the bill to our children and our grandchildren. Again, Madam Speaker, the American people are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, we are here today because the Speaker of the House has declared us in emergency session. There's a national emergency. Apparently, Congress has not spent enough money, notwithstanding the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this ill-advised rule. Number one, we have a rule that is allowing us to somehow consider an appropriations bill before we even have a budget. There is no budget…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, the American people are asking this Congress and this President what part of ``broke'' don't you understand. Already we have seen, on June 30, the third largest one-day increase in the…

The director of the Congressional Budget Office, Doug Elmendorf, Democratic appointee, has said, quote, U.S. fiscal policy is unsustainable, unsustainable to an extent that it can't be solved through minor changes. Yet the Democratic…