White House Chiefs of Staff

I ask to be heard on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized.

I thank the chairman and also the ranking member for the opportunity to present this amendment. Madam Chair, the amendment is something different for me. It is not an amendment to reduce spending, and it's also not an amendment to increase…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $4,359,624,000)''. Page 3, line 20, after the dollar…

I've heard a lot of good reasons today to pass this bill and to repeal the law. What I haven't heard is a discussion about why we should pass it in order to help the President. We have an opportunity here to do something wonderful. We have…

I want to commend Mr. Huizenga for, especially for proceeding in as bipartisan a fashion as possible.

the House passed a bill on last week that would actually repeal that medical device tax which is part of the healthcare bill.

I think it is important to remember that we are not here today, there is no movement in Washington to get rid of those types of regulations.

Thank you, by the way, for mentioning the fact that taxpayers do not want the government dealing with terrorists and felons...

I thank my colleague. Mr. Speaker, I think something has gone overlooked here today, which is that this is a bill that has bipartisan support. So often back home, the folks want us to do things that have bipartisan support. We've seen…

We are actually pulling in the same direction on this. All we are interested in is making sure that small businesses are having every opportunity that we can give them.

I appreciate your candor. I appreciate your participation. I especially appreciate your forthrightness.

Helping them understand where the government is not going to be buying, where it would be a waste of their time and money to come into the program.

Can you make yourself easier to do business with or help us understand how to do business?

So people who have invested in getting on the Schedule, let us not divide that market up by adding 50 more people.

I would like to thank everybody in advance for being here.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. King of Iowa

Very briefly, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman from Indiana's words. I would point out to him, Mr. Chairman, that there are those of us on this side of the aisle that have encouraged us to look at defense spending as ways to cut…

When I was campaigning for this job 2 years ago, one of the things that I told folks back home I would do if I ever got here was to try and roll back discretionary spending to 2008 levels. One of the things I've done since I've been here…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) Each amount made available by this Act…

Did GM go bankrupt after the auto bailout?

Did Chrysler go bankrupt in April of 2009?

We can't just agree that we are going to have to do something and then not actually do something.

I think that is an advance over where we were probably 2 years ago when one side was saying, let's do something about the deficit, and the other side was saying, let's not worry about the deficit.

I thank the gentleman from Texas. This is not, Mr. Speaker, the most glamorous thing we're going to do in this 112th Congress. If you stop to think about it, there are not that many people who are aware of, let alone care about, what kind…