Pete Sessions

I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Knoxville, Tennessee (Mr. Duncan).

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Brigham City, Utah (Mr. Bishop), a member of the Rules Committee.

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Dunn, North Carolina (Mrs. Ellmers), a nurse, a health care professional prior to her service in the United States Congress.

At this time, I'd like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from San Antonio, Texas (Mr. Canseco), from the Financial Services Committee.

I appreciate the gentleman asking the question. The gentleman also understands that the Congressional Budget Office has not, as a result of the Supreme Court, been able to render that decision.

At this time I'd like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Spring Hill, Florida (Mr. Nugent), the gentleman from the Rules Committee.

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend, the gentlewoman from Fairport, New York, and the ranking member of the Committee on Rules, Ms. Slaughter, pending which I yield myself such time as I may…

Yes, we would reduce the emissions of mercury since 1990 by 50 percent. Yes, President Bush proposed a very effective, sophisticated plan to further reduce those emissions by 75 percent--75 percent more. But there were problems with it…

It absolutely is. Let me say this, in his speech--this is a quote from the transcript I have of it--he declared: Both parties have laid out their policies on the table for all to see. Isn't it a fact that the House Republicans passed a…

There would have been private growth and private investment--not an increase in our deficit. But it goes on. In their summary of what the President was going to say, it said he favored a ``tax code that creates American jobs and pays down…

I thank my colleague for his remarks. I caught part of the President's statement this afternoon and have gotten a transcript of some of the things he said. As ranking member on the Budget Committee, as someone who has wrestled very…

How long might the majority leader expect to be, and if it is possible to have consent to speak an additional 5 minutes after the majority leader.

I could not agree more. I do believe the debt course we are on, which is unsustainable--every expert and the witnesses who come before the Budget Committee on which Senator Enzi and I serve have told us it is unsustainable, and if we get…

Right. I believe Senator Toomey is here and would be prepared to go next after Senator Alexander.

Is the time up on this side? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The time has expired.

Well, we need revenue--they use that word but will not explicitly say whom they want to tax except a very few rich. The Buffett tax would produce about $4 billion a year when we have a $1,200 billion deficit. I would note that Senator…

Senator Blunt has been in the leadership in the House. He is in the leadership of the Senate. Be frank with us. What is it that would cause the majority party not to want to lead, not to want to lay out a plan for the future, and attack…

I thank the Senator. I thank Senator Thune for his leadership and active participation in this debate. I ask the Senator, what is on his mind this morning, as we are heading for votes on four different budgets?

Briefly, before I go to Senator Thune and get him engaged in this discussion, based on the Senator's experience in the budgetary process, I'm sure he is aware that about 60 percent of Federal spending is mandatory entitlement spending…

I see Senator Blunt here, who was part of the leadership in the House before he came to the Senate. I know he has a deep understanding of these issues and the place we are in as a Nation today. I also see Senator Thune from South Dakota…

I appreciate that, and if I could engage the gentleman, what is that line that you were suggesting?

I do not believe in any way that we would limit this committee at all; no, sir. It is simply to allow this to take place except where there are inherently governmental policies in place, inherently governmental activities.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 78, beginning on line 17, strike ``(6)'' and all that follows through ``(7)'', and insert (6). Page…

Thank you very much. In fact, I would tell the gentleman we have no additional speakers other than myself, and I'll plan to close.

By the way, President Obama even admitted that did not work, that shovel-ready proposition that he tried to sell across the country simply did not work. I would be for the President's ideas if they worked. What they're about is the…