I can say this to you, that I have full confidence in your State's environmental protection. I have full confidence in the leaders in the State of Wisconsin. Mr. DeFAZIO. Reclaiming my time, I don't have confidence in a lot of people in a…

Will the gentleman yield? Our amendment takes that---- Mr. DeFAZIO. I know. You don't have that and I appreciate that; but in your amendment, from the original bill, you took this language: The Secretary shall treat an activity carried out…

Simply put, the House budget will improve Medicare. It will inject financial life into this critical but threatened program. The Path to Prosperity budget does exactly what the name suggests: it will decrease costs while improving health…

I thank Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Van Hollen for bringing this very important piece of legislation. Spending has run rampant in Washington, and it's because ``no'' is not a word that Congress is used to when it comes to spending…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I just thought it would be interesting, the President was in here just a few weeks ago with his jobs bill, and I was struck--I actually came into the Chamber with the intent of not really being critical…

I couldn't agree more. As a matter of fact, unemployment has never been lower since the day President Obama was sworn into office. I'm a freshman Member of Congress. I had the privilege of sitting in this Chamber for the President's State…

I want to thank my friend from Texas. Thank you so much for allowing me to join you on the floor today. I spent my entire adult life running my own business, so this is something that I've had the opportunity--or maybe the misfortune--to…

I think there is something salient here that we really need to hit on. We, you and I, believe, as do many of our colleagues and, more importantly, small business owners and large business owners alike believe that this type of bill will…

Yes. There's a companion bill that is going through the Senate right now. It's the identical piece of legislation. It was crafted by Senator Ron Johnson, a colleague of mine from the great State of Wisconsin. We thought it would be good…

Thank you very much. It is an honor to come down to the floor of the House and work with you, Representative Goodlatte, on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about the balanced budget amendment. I came down to the…

I thank the gentleman, and I appreciate the slides and the discussion. Our country is facing a demographics problem. Right now our birth rate is getting close to replacement levels, and the circumstance that my colleague just showed with…

I come tonight to talk a little bit about our Nation's fiscal problems and work that the supercommittee is going to be doing, and I want to challenge them to think big, go big and try to solve our problems. Over the next decade, the…