Alan Simpson: “I continue to reserve my point of order, and I claim the time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is…”

I thank the chairman for yielding. First, let me say I appreciate the work the chairman has done over the last several months trying to get our regular appropriations bills done and then trying to get this CR finished when it became…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment much like the one previous amendment with the arts. I appreciate the gentleman's attempts to reduce Federal spending. When he says that this is a small…

I guess it is time I got off my rear-end here and talked a little bit. I want to let people know why I have opposed all the Holman rule amendments that have come before us. I think I screwed up on one and voted the wrong way, but I have…

Having been a former chairman of this committee, and either ranking member or chairman for the last 9 years, I guess, when I left, people asked me repeatedly, ``What kind of chairman will Mr. Fleischmann be of this committee?'' whether it…