Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of native Texan, Chief Petty Officer Christopher Scott Kyle, a Navy SEAL and a true American hero. Chris Kyle grew up in Odessa, Texas and as a young child, was taught to shoot by his father. He…

My worry is that when I send my taxes to Washington, I've noticed there is a middle man who takes a pretty big chunk out of that dollar and sends it who knows where.

I would much rather, in a simpler code that lowers tax rates, I'd much rather send my money to my church or charity than to my accountant.

It seems to me if we could encourage more giving, then--someone was asking where do we get the revenue--well, maybe the Federal Government could quit giving nonprofits so much money, and we could replace that with private donations, where…

Do you think investors look beyond that debt-ceiling issue to those fundamentals you talked about?

The fact of the matter is, unsustained spending over time, without doubt, will raise the cost of our borrowing in America.

First, clearly, America will pay its debts. That has been made clear by Republicans and Democrats in Congress.

There is absolutely no chance that the President's request to have a permanent unlimited debt ceiling will occur.

Please, take the debt ceiling, once and for all, completely off the table.

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the chairman of the Health Subcommittee, a longtime fighter for patients and those on Medicare, the gentleman from California (Mr. Herger).

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1845) to provide for a study on issues relating to access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for Medicare beneficiaries in all care settings and a demonstration project…