Eric Cantor

I tell the gentleman from Maryland, the minority whip, that the conference committee has met a number of times this week and I believe they are narrowing in on agreement. The gentleman from California (Chairman Lewis) has informed us that…

We plan to consider the vocational education bill on Wednesday, and the deposit insurance reform bill on Thursday.

I would defer that decision to the Committee on Rules, but believe they will make a number of amendments in order on each bill.

The House will convene on Tuesday at 2 p.m. for legislative business. We will consider several measures under suspension of the rules. A final list of those bills will be sent to Members' offices by the end of the week. Any votes called on…

In the historic Medicare prescription drug bill, Congress created health savings accounts to give individuals greater choice over their health care decisions, radically expand access to health care, and drive down rising costs. According…

Mr. Speaker, just to follow up on that, again, it goes to the fundamental difference between the two parties here, whether you think the government ought to be in there for you negotiating prices, or whether you ought to let the private…

Again, I think that the Secretary of Defense and any other agency that negotiates on behalf of its agencies, its employees, has a mission. But we are talking about negotiating on behalf of the public and people out there that have…

I will be glad to respond to the question, because, again, we are talking about the philosophy. Do you want the government out there fixing prices? Do you want the government out there coming up with the formulary? That is what you are…

I could also assure the gentleman that all the Members on this side are just as anxious as any to make sure that we fully fund the needs of our men and women in the Armed Forces, so we can continue with their mission in Iraq.

I would just say that this bill is not about true campaign finance reform. What the amendment of the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Watts) tries to do is it tries to stop the censorship of free speech having to do with civil rights and…