I thank the gentleman. Imagine what we could do for the American consumer at the pump if we stopped lobbing rhetorical grenades back and forth and decided to focus on the concrete things that it is within our power to do today that would…

I thank the gentlelady. Does it mean that if you're doing research on biotechnology, that the tax credit is going to be restricted and dictated by a majority, whoever it happens to be, of this House of Representatives? The basic question…

I thank the gentlelady. Henry Hyde was one of the outstanding Members of the House of Representatives in the history of the House of Representatives. He believed intently in a pro-life position, and the remarks of colleagues who support…

What is the problem is that the Pentagon is off the table, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan are still on the credit card and off the table. Whatever our positions are on some of these matters, including military, we will all stand up, we…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, one of the great companies in this Nation, and a big company in Vermont, is International Business Machines. This year they are about to celebrate their 100th anniversary. I was speaking to…

Yes, thank you. I appreciate your historical perspective on it. There are really two things that I want to address. Number one: What are the policies that were part of getting us to that $11.5 trillion deficit? Number two: What do we need…

Thanks for that warm welcome.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. America is in a very dangerous place on this budget, and it's not an unsolvable problem. We can get from where we are to where we need to be--and that is fiscal balance--if we put everything on the table…

We have to balance our budgets to get the job done.

Thank you, Mr. Dicks. There is something we have to acknowledge, whatever side of the issue we are going to vote on: we are playing with fire. A government shutdown is going to have two consequences: one, the obvious, and that is folks…

I speak today to honor one of Vermont's outstanding civic and corporate leaders. Bob Young is retiring as president of Central Vermont Public Service Company, one of Vermont's largest and most respected companies. When Bob Young became…

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, today's legislation is essentially about the very simple sounding act of abolishing the Clean Air Act. Why? How is it that we are going to do this? The authors in support of this legislation have come…

John Adler was in the class just after me, and I got to know him well because the freshman and sophomore classes went through learning how to serve in this Congress together. I also got to know him because we happened to have our lockers…

I thank the gentlelady. The House passed H.R. 1 with the Republican majority. It can't get it through the Senate. They're frustrated. Their responsibility is to be direct with the people who supported their passage of H.R. 1, and being…

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, there is no stronger supporter of H.R. 1 than Mr. Gohmert from Texas, and he made a very simple, very elegant, very eloquent statement of principle about adhering to the Constitution. This legislation…

Today, I intend to use my 5 minutes to talk about the budget crisis that is before Congress. We have to make a decision whether to continue the operations of government. That's the debate that is now under way with the continuing…

I thank the gentleman. I'm here to talk about the abandonment of essential air service in rural America. My problem with this bill, among others, is that this legislation turns its back on rural America. The FAA budget is about providing a…

I commend this committee and the Congress, and to both sides of the aisle, for the commitment to this endeavor.

We commend the Congress for the reforms that it included in the 2008 Close the Enron Loophole Act.

The only way we are going to accomplish that goal is by putting everything on the table.

I applaud the Budget Committee and your chairman for focusing much needed attention on the fiscal crisis in our country.

That just doesn't pass for common sense.

America has a debt problem. There is no denying that fact.

We need to put the nearly $40 billion in taxpayer subsidies that go to mature, profitable oil companies on the table.

This Congress has been focused solely on 12% of the federal budget.