Michael Burgess: “This is a very good hearing for us to be having right now and I am very grateful that you have called it.”

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 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 am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Alford) for his comments.

I never expected that CMMI was actually going to deliver the cost savings that was promised.