We are also reminded that Jefferson said in 1816 that he sincerely believed that the principle of spending money today that we don't have, to be paid for by posterity, is but swindling future generations--something this Republican Party…

Just to the gentleman from the other side of the aisle who made the point regarding what sort of amendment that Thomas Jefferson may have been looking for today, whether he actually would be looking for one, what we call a supermajority…

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Graves), who recognizes that if the balanced budget amendment was appropriate back in 1995, with debt now reaching over $14 trillion today, how much more so is it relevant to pass today.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. {time} 2040 Amendment Offered by Mr. Wu

I ask my colleagues to rise with me in support for my amendment, which will save Americans over $500 million. My amendment before us today makes reasonable and targeted spending reductions in order to do what? Achieve significant savings…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 23, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $300,000,000)''. Page 24, line 18, after the dollar amount…

The Hatch-Waxman Act provides for the extension of patent terms covering drug products that must be approved by the FDA. And the extension that we're talking about here, while seemingly straightforward, the Patent Office and the FDA have…

As founder and chairman of the Constitution Caucus, I applaud the opportunity to debate the constitutionality of this bill. This is the first of what I hope will be many more instances to discuss the constitutionality of legislation…

This is a protect retiree pensions and jobs by ensuring a well-functioning swaps market amendment. Mr. Chairman, I ask for your support today for my amendment which would do that--prevent unintended consequences from impacting literally…

I would appreciate if the gentleman would not make the allegation that we make these applications here because anyone is in cahoots with Wall Street banks, such as you've just made.

On some things. On other things, the gentleman would agree that there is no information out there at all on certain--

So the gentleman agrees that there is only partial information at this point in time out there.