I wish to speak about the budget portion of this bill. I share Senator Warner's support for the bill. I believe fundamentally it is a good series of policy initiatives that will help sportsmen in the long run. However, I am the ranking…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Sportsmen's Act

the pending amendment No. 2875, offered by the Senator from Nevada, Senator Reid, would cause the underlying legislation to exceed the authorizing committee's section 302(a) allocation of new budget authority and outlays. Therefore, I…

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have 2 additional minutes to wrap up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I will just say, we have responsibilities to the budget, to the Treasury. I will promise one thing: If we go back home and talk to duck hunters, as I do, and hunters on a regular basis, they think we are spending money like crazy. They…

I thank the gentleman. And reclaiming my time, this is the kind of energy and leadership that David Dreier expects from Members as he gives them not just tasks but opportunities, and the young chairman gave me that opportunity, and I took…

the Reid substitute, S. 3525, the Sportsmen's Act of 2012, is legislation that has a lot of very good things in it. Senator Reid attempted--although outside the normal committee process--to put together a package of bills that could do…

To my dear and distinguished friend, the gentleman, the young chairman of the Rules Committee, David Dreier, thank you very much. It is David's leadership, not just in the Rules Committee but, I believe, to all of us here in the House of…

Senator Wicker asked a very good question, and every American needs to be thinking about that. I have given a lot of thought to it. We have not had a budget in 3 years--1,241 days. We have not had a budget passed on the floor of this…

I couldn't agree more. In my hometown of Mobile, AL, they fell one vote short of raising the sales tax because of the financial challenges they were facing, and they had a big debate about it, but they didn't duck the vote. They had the…

We can save these programs. It is just going to require us to confront reality and make some changes in how we do business. I wish to say one more thing about this budget, before I forget. My Democratic colleagues claim the Budget Control…

It is amazing. We do not have a defense bill. The Senator serves on the Armed Services Committee, as I do. It came out of committee unanimously, bipartisan vote, and for some reason, the Democratic leadership has failed to bring the bill…