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I think the gentleman from Minnesota will be happy to know that under the way this bill works, you cannot go after mandatory programs in the farm bill that already exist. So you cannot go back and take a commodity program out. Mr. Speaker…
given that my friend from Wisconsin voted for virtually the same bill 2 years ago when Charlie Stenholm and I had it on the floor, I hope we can count on his support again. Mr. Speaker, at this time I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman…
This is Pat Toomey, President of Club for Growth, a conservative advocacy group. He was one of the most conservative Members of Congress for many years here, I believe, all through the nineties. Here is Pat Toomey in the Philadelphia…
let us talk about the fact that that same CBO report did say that child support payments will increase, yes, increase. Mr. Speaker, what are we doing with child support payments? What we are simply saying is that we have a Federal…
Does the CBO report also not say that child support payments will go up from one year to the next?
Why is it important that we continue the tax relief progress that would expire in 2008 on dividends and capital gains? Because those are job creators.
Each of these tax cuts expire between this year and the next 2 years. It depends on the tax cut you are talking about.
we have heard throughout this debate a lot of reference to the trade deficit. I think it is important to look at that. When you look at our Nation's trade deficit, we enjoy a very large surplus in services, and our trade deficit comes from…
our military men and women are doing a tremendous job in Iraq, as they work with Iraqis to secure their country and combat the terrorists who want so desperately to prevent freedom from taking root there. Our troops deserve to hear…
in 2 minutes I will try to answer all of that diatribe. It is going to be very challenging. Number one, the last speaker talked about all the new spending. Every time we brought a spending bill to the floor of the House, an appropriations…
I have been sitting listening to this debate, and there are some points that are being missed. Everybody says we should not open our markets to Central America. They are already open to Central America. We already gave them free access to…
I want to talk about the issue of Social Security. Social Security is an important issue that affects every one of us in this country, yet it has become a partisan issue. It should not have to be a partisan issue. We are hearing comments…
on rollcall No. 190 I was traveling with the President in Wisconsin. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Boozman). The question is on the resolution. The resolution was agreed to. A motion to…
I thank the elderly gentleman from Florida for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I wish to speak in favor of this rule and in favor of this budget. It all comes down to priorities, Mr. Speaker: how are we going to balance the budget…
I thank the gentleman. Also, there are some fiscal issues that we need to talk about. There are some real misnomers out in the press. The trustees of Social Security have told us that the long-term debt, the unfunded debt we would owe to…
I would be glad to do so, but let me first thank my colleagues from Georgia, Indiana and Kentucky for talking about this issue tonight. This is one of the most important issues facing our country, and it faces all generations; our seniors'…
only that I think it is very important that we come together, bring our ideas to the table, and fix this problem. We cannot keep kicking the can down the road. We owe too much to our kids, and just the numbers are so overwhelming. When we…
This bill is designed to make our companies more competitive overseas and keep jobs here at home. There are many examples throughout this where we fix a lot of problems in our international tax laws. One example that has been unfairly…
This debate is about one basic thing. Do you think the money coming into the Federal Government is the people's money or the government's money? ... Letting people keep more of their own hard earned money has been good for the economy and…
just three points need to be made about this amendment. Point number one, this is an option from which Federal employees can choose. Why deprive them of this additional choice? They do not want the product, they do not have to have it. Why…
I want to address just the main criticism the gentleman from Virginia just mentioned. Two things. He says adverse selection, which means healthy and wealthy people will leave other health care plans and premiums will go up for everybody…
I would like to pause for a moment and thank those who made this possible. I would like to thank those negotiators at the U.S. Trade Representative who worked long and hard hours with the Moroccans to make this agreement possible. This is…
As this motion to instruct is written, number one, under the PAYGO rules that you are advocating, you will have to raise taxes somewhere else to pay for this tax cut or you will cut entitlements because that is how PAYGO works for these…
We do want to reduce the deficit. We are trying to reduce the deficit. I think there is a better way than this vehicle. That is the point I am trying to make. I do believe there is a difference of opinion on how the PAYGO rules work. But…
Reclaiming my time, I am making a larger point that will come around to the practical effect of this motion to instruct. The point I was trying to make, Mr. Speaker, is that because of an arcane rule in the other body, those tax cuts were…
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