John Culberson

Mr. Bishop, the gentleman from Pennsylvania has raised a very important matter that we need to look into in the subcommittee as we move into conference. And I want to reassure the gentleman from Pennsylvania that the subcommittee and I…

I certainly agree with the gentleman from Florida, our distinguished chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, that we need to do everything we can to support our National Guard. I look forward to working with the…

Again, we accept the amendment and move its adoption. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica). The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, it's my privilege to lay out tonight for the House for consideration the appropriations bill for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and my good friend, Mr. Sanford Bishop of…

I want to take 1 minute to address, tonight, an important bill the House passed on Homeland Security, funding all the agencies of Homeland Security. In addition to funding our military, the Military Construction bill which we have just…

In an effort to expedite consideration of this bill and ensure our men and women in uniform get all the help they need as soon as possible, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: On page 29, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert (reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000) Page 31, line 2, after the…

It is my privilege to yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from Kentucky, Congressman Hal Rogers.

I do support Mr. Altmire's amendment. Obviously, we are all committed to supporting prosthetics research. Our military doctors have done an extraordinary job of saving the lives of these young men and women who are wounded in combat, and…

I would note we're pleased to support this amendment. As the gentlewoman has just pointed out, this Veterans Hospital was created, I think she said March 30 of 1865. That would have been one of the last acts on Earth of President Abraham…

I am pleased at this time to yield such time as he may consume to my colleague from New Jersey (Mr. Runyan).

This is an amendment which we've worked hard again to come up with arm in arm in a cooperative, bipartisan way to increase, for example--we're making sure we've got $20 million set aside for suicide prevention outreach. A terrible…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I want to say very briefly that one of the reasons we're trying to move expeditiously on this is we want to make sure our men and women in uniform have everything they need as soon…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I want to say very briefly, again, truly how much I appreciate working with all the members of this committee, including the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks) and the gentleman…

The Federal Government's highest obligation is to provide for the physical and financial security of the people of the United States. Physical security begins with border security. And the people of Houston have just suffered the loss and…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Speaker, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs portions of this bill vividly illustrate the importance of passing our appropriations bill as soon as possible. Our war fighters in the field cannot…

Reclaiming my time, there are a few core functions the government has to do, and I'll tell you that national defense, for example, we've protected the Pentagon and national security. We've protected the investments in medical and…

I think it's important to remember that the people of America spoke decisively in the November election. It was as clear a referendum on the direction that President Obama and Speaker Pelosi were taking the Nation as we could have, and the…

In an effort to help my constituents understand, the country understand, and even almost understand the scale of the problem we face, it's important I think to think of the expenses, the obligations of the Federal Government in terms of…

If I could just very briefly point out to remind the Members and the people here that if we don't pass this bill tonight, there is no more manned space program. The administration is pursuing a policy of aggressively and rapidly shutting…

Absolutely. All the concerns that have been raised can all be solved through the legislative process and appropriations. We will take care of them.

I think it is appropriate here in late September that we are discussing the future of America's manned space program, because it was in late September that America's first explorers, Lewis and Clark, returned from their incredible…

The Congressional Budget Office just released a report this week which shows we are on the brink of an unprecedented debt crisis in this Nation which could, in and of itself, trigger a new financial crisis because, if the credit markets…

Listening to the way the Democrats approach this issue and every issue on spending, I am reminded of Winston Churchill's comment that trying to tax and spend yourself into prosperity is like a man trying to raise himself up while standing…

We, in Houston, know that our city is to the energy industry what Silicon Valley is to the computer industry, and there are jobs, not just throughout southeast Texas and Louisiana but throughout the Nation, that are dependent on the oil…