We were told if we passed it that unemployment would be about 6.3 percent today. Way off.

Washington needs to get out of the way. It needs to end its job-killing rhetoric, the regulations, and intervention.

I share Chairman Casey's concerns about the long-term unemployed.

Clearly the longer they are without a job, the bigger the challenge it is getting them back to work.

America deserves a strong, growing economy that fully employs our people and is the envy of the world.

It is no secret that I am not a big fan of the stimulus. A lot of money. A lot of debt. Few jobs.

Mr. Speaker, it's important we know, as we try to change this government, that we're actually making changes in the direction it's going. Without the Budget Control Act, our government will be over 23 percent of the size of our economy by…

I support this bill as a first step, anxious to get to more spending and savings and getting this wasteful, bloated government down to size. And I know, too, any vote, my principle is tax cuts and spending cuts. If I can change the…

Mr. Speaker, Chairman Camp, the bill, ladies and gentlemen, has come due. Because Congress holds the purse strings, we just ran the numbers. Since World War II, Democrats in Congress have run up 90 percent of the debt that's held by the…

I thank Chairman Shuster for the time. I might point out that our energy companies are making major profits overseas because that's where this White House has chased our jobs and our energy production. Today we're saying ``yes'' to North…

Under President Obama, federal spending has grown far beyond the ability of our tax system to generate revenues.