Mike Cloud

This absurd attack on profit being evil is undermining the entire ability for us to have a rational conversation.

I am rising also to join my coworkers in advocating for fiscal responsibility as Congress seeks to craft a budget. The RSC budget is bold, and I am pleased to see it include such proposals as requiring the Congressional Budget Office to…

Thanks again, Mr. Chairman.

So as limited as Mr. Mann's study is, your understanding is that his understanding of the data was that customers by and large knew what they were getting into and they were able to predict when they would have--when they would be able to…

I hope they make a lot more, and I hope they make a lot more drugs to save a lot more people.

If this unanimous consent cannot be entertained, I urge the Speaker and the majority leader to immediately schedule the Born-Alive bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not been recognized for debate. ____________________

I think that is keeping this committee in the right spirit, that that is really what we are trying to do here, is to save lives.

Ever since George Washington championed the importance of caring for veterans, thankfully our Nation is supporting that.

So I guess just the moral of the story is, is we can be secure in knowing that our books are well protected in our Nation. I am not so sure about the vote.

So the point is that this citizenship question is not really that invasive and was expected by my new immigrant wife coming into this country.

As a matter of fact, the proposed question in the census is virtually identical to the one the Clinton Administration used in the 2000 long form census.

the challenge for us is it's our job to manage the checkbook, and so we're looking at national security issues.

regulatory complexity favors large, established companies who can better absorb new compliance costs.

a company knowingly puts contaminated products on the marketplace for consumers to buy and use, that is a bad actor, and bad actors should be held accountable.

The FDA approval process can tend to be politicized.

I would just echo those thoughts. Thank you for being here. Thank you for your testimony.

Any Federal Government action should be guided by the best available science and based on real, quantifiable risk to consumers, not by fear or desire to simply act.

We took banks that were too big to fail and we made them bigger.

I know enough about both of us to know that our most important role is that of being a father, and because of that we keep in mind our families and the families we represent.

Border security needs to include a physical barrier. It needs to include boots on the grounds, technology.

One of the major areas of concern when it comes to drug trafficking is south Texas.

One of the great things that HIDTA does is it allows you to work with local law enforcement who understand the local issues.

Every year we have deficit spending. We're looking at $22 trillion of debt, which is also a national security issue.

I think it was 27 universities recently. I mean, they're stealing everything from shipping secrets, to missile secrets, to fertilizer recipes so that they can have better production in agriculture.

It is essential, with us having a $22 trillion debt and continuing deficit spending, that we begin to figure out where the problems are.