Many of us will be going home to our districts, facing constituents who will be asking the question: Why? It really is painful when fellow Americans lose their lives. It is painful as we watch our soldiers go off into battle, and many of…

I want to thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his astute analysis on what the American people really want. I thank the manager, the chairwoman of this bill, and I acknowledge the position that they take. But what America really wants is…

It, in fact, provides that roadmap to ensure that the American people are taken care. I want to make mention that it provides for $300 billion for programs that are proven instrumental in lifting millions of Americans out of poverty…

It provides $80 billion to fund the modernization of schools, $45 billion to fund an energy infrastructure modernization program, $20 billion to expand access to broadband services, $25 billion for recapitalization, $15 billion for…

Just a few floors from here, I am in the Homeland Security Committee, and we are addressing issues dealing with the security of this Nation. And in my remarks on the legislation that we are dealing with, I expressed the pain of having this…

Let me thank the gentleman for his leadership. It has been more than a pleasure to serve as the vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for the number of years that we have had to put forward the people's budget. I simply want…

I thank my good friend, my fellow alum, for his leadership. I recognize and thank the chairwoman of the committee. To my good friend that was on the floor, I think he wants limited government when disaster is not in his district. So I…

As a member of the Budget Committee, I find the CBC budget to be a principled and thoughtful budget. It ends the threat of sequestration, it will accelerate our economic recovery, it will help eradicate poverty in America, and it will…

I have individuals who our wonderful first responders had to drag out of the raging waters in Hurricane Harvey. I have homes that were underwater that need disaster relief. I have individuals who are walking along highways like oceans, and…

This would have stopped April, her husband, her family, her God, and her doctor from making the decision. Even the exceptions are bogus because you frighten these women. The idea of Jeni, in my home State, where they had a 2-day waiting…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Conyers and I can remember the same type of hearings and the same type of legislation many years ago, again denying women their constitutional rights. I can see as clear as I can see you, Madam…

In 1997, with a very, very bipartisan budget reconciliation deal, we passed a magnificent statement about this Nation's commitment to children, and that was the Children's Health Insurance Program that all of us were so very proud of. It…