Bob Wise: “Where do you make up your $10 billion? Mr. McKEON. OK. $1.2 billion comes from the termination of the direct loan…”

we are going to hear a lot today about there being a budget surplus, and that is the good news. But the surplus comes from the Social Security system. So what is the bill that is going to be on the floor today? To give an election year tax…

I agree if the gentleman's amendment passes, that will be X amount of jobs that will not be created. The gentleman will want to put it into drug courts. I am trying to keep people out of drug courts by giving them a job in the first place.

the 73 percent of Americans presently covered by managed care plans in this country know it is time for a Patients' Bill of Rights. The over 200,000 West Virginians covered alone under HMOs, health maintenance organizations, know it is…

I believe even the GAO studies, and it has been a few years since I have looked at it, but even the GAO study has trouble making the direct statements the gentleman wants it to make. And saying a job is directly caused by anything is…