it has to be said, now that we are going to consider another budget, that this has been the most irresponsible fiscal management of the Federal budget that we have ever seen in our Nation's history. When you consider the fact that of all…

I thank the gentleman for illuminating those misplaced priorities, and I thank him very much for his extraordinarily illuminating set of charts and numbers. Mr. Scott, do you have one further thing you wanted to share with the American…

I plan to yield to several of my colleagues. Mr. Scott from Virginia is also going to speak, and as soon as Mr. Spratt, the ranking member on the House Budget Committee, comes out of an important hearing on the Dubai ports issue, he will…

I thank the very astute gentleman from Washington State. And now we have our very diligent, conscientious member of the Budget Committee from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ms. Schwartz.

Unbelievable charts. So for all of those Presidents since Herbert Hoover who had a net loss of job creation because of the Great Depression, Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and the…

the budget the President unveiled this week takes from the poor, gives to the rich, and leaves all of us in a worse fiscal mess. At a time of war, when our soldiers are risking their lives halfway across the world, where is the call for…

this is wrong. It is indefensible. And the only reason that it is being done is because the majority has the power to do it. There are a great many Members of the majority, I can see them right now, that know that the defense…

I had intended to stay out of this debate, but the tone of the debate has made me angry. It never ceases to amaze me how many men will seize any opportunity to kick people when they are down. Illegal immigrants have no legal rights in this…

during rollcall vote No. 657 on 12/16/05 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Gonzalez The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Culberson). The pending business is the demand for a…

the President has been touring the country giving speeches to justify his Iraq war policy to a series of controlled audiences. But as the American public nevertheless lends an eager ear, it hears a muddled message. Today it is the economy…

the unspoken inevitability we face is that U.S. troops will eventually leave Iraq. Eighty percent of Iraqis want us to leave now. They now see us as occupiers, not liberators. American politicians say we must save Iraqis from an even more…

this Republican-controlled Congress has run higher annual deficits and accrued more debt than ever before in the history of our Nation. This budgetary irresponsibility is leading us down a dangerous path and must be stopped. After the…

on rollcall No. 573, I was caught in traffic, returning from the Virginia polls. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

I thank my two very good friends, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) for yielding me time, and I thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) for bringing forth this resolution, which I…

many people responded admirably and effectively in New Orleans and throughout the Gulf Coast. But the fact is that a natural disaster was turned into a human travesty because of incompetence, disorganization, and misplaced priorities. And…

our Nation failed its people last week. There was a violation of the trust that the American people have a right to vest in their government. The importance of that trust cannot be overstated. It is why we let our sons and daughters go to…

should I just ask for unanimous consent since there are no other Members present in the Chamber? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The minority leader may reallocate the leadership hour.

I rise because what the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), my friend, has said is terribly important to be said. And what is even more important is that it be made available to the public at large. Mr. Speaker, I think it is…

the devastation of 9/11 shook our collective consciousness to the core; but it should not have shattered the foundation that defines who we are as a people and serves as a beacon of individual rights and liberties throughout the world. Our…

truth, trust, and accountability should be the defining characteristics of the American Presidency. President Bush's press secretary, in October of 2003, Scott McClellan, told the White House press corps and, through them, the world at…

I support this amendment not just for the compelling reasons of the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), but because if it is allowed to stand as a precedent, it will cost the American taxpayer tens of billions of dollars in…

I thank the esteemed leader from Wisconsin for yielding me this time. Mr. Chairman, this is a Trojan horse of a new and growing financial obligation that we really need to deal with now and to accept the committee's recommendation that it…

number one, when is the best time to eliminate a program other than before it gets fully established? So I think it is important to follow the committee's recommendation. The second thing is that we know that the police have asked for…

I cannot understand why, without passing the Maloney amendment, we punish millions of women throughout the Third World. Our annual $34 million contribution could prevent 2 million unintended pregnancies; 800,000 induced abortions; 4,700…

I thank my friend very much and look forward to fixing this situation in a fiscally efficient and operationally effective manner. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues Chairman Walsh and Ranking Member Edwards for…