Jeb Hensarling

Either there is a surplus or there is not a surplus. It is really that simple. So now the question is if there is a surplus, what do you do with it. We believe that surplus ought to go back to the people who paid for it in the first place…

But losing this war could be even costlier if Iraq becomes what Afghanistan once was, under the Taliban, a breeding ground, a training ground for terrorists that are bent on hurting our country. And we have to remember these are people who…

Let's hear from some of the people in rural America whose health care is going to be impacted by this bill. More spending fuels more taxes. Let's hear it from the McConathy family in Mineola, Texas. "We are retired and on a fixed income…

I would urge the adoption of this amendment so that we can save some money here and prevent this massive raid on the Medicare trust fund that is coming in in this SCHIP bill.

If I was not clear, this amendment would save the American taxpayer $8 million. It would remove a duplicative program, according to OMB, the Rural Community Facilities Program.

I'm not sure we're having a debate over how much money we're going to spend over education. We are certainly having a debate over who should do that particular spending. I'm sorry that the gentleman from Illinois doesn't see the logic of…

Mr. Chairman, there is no greater guarantor of our democracy and our freedoms than the first amendment. There is no greater threat to our first amendment, freedom of speech, than the resurrection of the so-called Fairness Doctrine. The use…

I simply question the wisdom of expending these funds given that the Nation continues to run a deficit, given that we have a looming entitlement spending crisis. The Comptroller General of America has stated we are on the verge of being…

I prefer to take the word of Chairman Greenspan and of Chairman Bernanke as opposed to my colleague from Georgia's expertise on the matter. These portfolios have nothing, nothing to do with their mission and have everything, everything to…

As the Democrats offer up their single largest tax increase in American history, that is like the appetizer. The single largest tax increase in history is just the start. The Comptroller General, the Chief Fiduciary Officer of the Federal…

I think perhaps this is the single worst bill to come to the floor since I have been in Congress. It is likely unconstitutional. It creates 435 Commanders in Chief. It attempts to micromanage the war. It threatens our national security. It…

Well, as typical, what I would try to do is offer offsets. And I believe that any income-based program of cash assistance or other welfare assistance ought to be tied to a self-sufficiency requirement.

Again, I believe that anybody who is receiving income-based assistance from the Federal Government ultimately ought to be on the road to self-sufficiency.

Well, I would apply the statistics in the data that I have seen from the improvements in TANF to this program.

I believe it's a very important principle. The data that I have seen is the data that I have cited on the benefits of applying a work-related requirement to an income-based program.

Never in the history of America has a Congress spent more money with less accountability than this Democrat Congress did today just a few hours ago, $463 billion spent in 1 hour, 1 hour of debate to spend $463 billion. Now, I have been a…

All I can say, Mr. Speaker, is that God only made one J.D. Hayworth. And right now he is saying, ``Well done, good and faithful servant.'' What a powerful orator. Mr. Speaker, tonight we celebrated the congressional careers of proud sons…

I have seen this man take many, many tough votes, and I have seen this man go against his own party when he thought he was right. He is a man who puts country above career, and I have seen him do it time and time again.

Some just want to criticize the administration yet offer no plan of their own. That is political posturing.

Since I know he has capability of being twice as profound, I will yield him half the time. At this time I yield 30 seconds to the father of earmark reform, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake). {time} 2245

Over half of Americans are invested in the stock market. They do have some form of dividend or capital gains and it is really their nest egg. Those are the 401(k) plans to help them in their retirement years. That is money that is put away…

It is such an instructive chart, Mr. Speaker, to show the American people that, contrary to the rhetoric of the Democrats who speak of their massive cuts, look how much money we have spent on what we call mandatory spending in 2005…

Reclaiming my time, since the gentleman serves on the Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction over the food stamp program, we just heard folks on the other side of the aisle, the Democrats, talk about massive cuts in the food stamp…

Well, I certainly thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I certainly appreciate her leadership in this body and truly being one of the great leaders in trying to reform government, bring about accountability, and to help protect the…

Again it is not how much money Washington spends that counts, it is how the money is spent. That is what counts. With that, I would be very happy to yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), who has been very outspoken in…