Michael Burgess: “Sometimes it occurs to me that maybe we have tightened things down too much.”

It is now my great privilege and high honor to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Arrington), the chairman of the Budget Committee, as we debate the first bipartisan budget bill to pass the floor of the House I think in the…

I urge all my fellow colleagues to join me in supporting H.R. 766 and ensuring that we continue to prioritize preventive healthcare initiatives for the betterment of all Americans, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I urge adoption of the amendment. It is important, with $31 trillion in national debt, that we be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. The gentleman is right. I have pursued this for a number of years, but it is because it is a noble cause…

I thank the gentleman for yielding additional time. However, one-sided pressure by the White House is not the way to ensure that end. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this rule from our committee, and I urge passage of the underlying…