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Date: 2013-01-23
Speaker: ERIC CANTOR (republican)
Chamber: H

are trying to do. They are bringing legislation to this floor that adequately begins the process before we get in trouble. Its a 5page bill. Its ordered up exactly as the doctor would have wantedin English. where you can understand it. where it doesnt take a legal degree or for you to have to be in the House for 30 years to figure out what were trying to say. What were trying to say is right here. and that is for the House and the Senate to work together. We do a budget. We lay out to the American people what were trying to do. We work with the President. and we tell this administration and the government what were doing. The American people can have confidence in this. I support this. In fact. as chairman of the Rules Committee. I am asking for our Members and all Members of this body to please see this as a responsible way to deal with the problems that are immediately in front of us but before it becomes a crisis. before it becomes something that we cannot deal with as effectively. and bringing the American people along. I also want to thank the President of the United States. President Obama. because President Obama said he could live with this. I want to congratulate Senator HARRY REID. the Senate majority leader. Yes. Ill say that here on the floor because he says its the right thing to do. and thank you for passing us a clean bill that will give them the authority and the responsibility to do what they really want to donot playing hardball. not throwing rocks. As a matter of fact. Senator HARRY REID said. A clean billa good thing. Now its up to them. Its up to them to take up their activities that are for us. and its up to this House of Representatives. So. as we finish this. PAUL RYAN. the young leader of the Ways and Means Committee. DAVE CAMP. and others will be here debating these ideas. Immediately after that. you will see that CANDICE MILLER. the House Administration chairwoman. will come and talk with this House and the American people about the responsibility that she has to ensure that what we do is correct and proper. Then this body will have a chance to vote "yes" or "no." and that will be an authority and a responsibility once again for PAUL RYAN. as the chairman of our Budget Committee. and for those members of the committee. Republicans and Democrats. to do their work. get it done and to produce a bill. We will then comply. but if we dont: no work. no pay. Thats something the American people can understand. Its simple. It goes back to 1607: no work. no food. Members of Congress need to understand weve got to get our job done. so Im proud of what were doing here today. I can stand behind this product and proudly say that I think this will pass the smell test of the American people and that its something they can understand and something they will look forward to. Watch us as we do our job. I yield back the balance of my time. and I move the previous question on the resolution.
Date: 2013-01-23
Speaker: RODNEY DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Illinois

Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of H.R. 325. which is based on a very simple principle: if Congress does not pass a budget. Congress does not get paid. We cannot start the process of controlling spending in this country without a budget. We also cannot ask hardworking taxpayers to manage their own budgets when their elected leaders fail to do so. The House has done its work and passed a budget each of the past 2 years. The other body of this branch must do theirs if were going to address our outofcontrol spending. For nearly 4 years. the Senate has gotten away with not passing a budget. but theyve found time to pass laws that increase spending. Failing to budget for our country for the past 4 years is a terrible way to run a government. and I support this bill which will pay for bills already obligated. We have to stop the political gamesmanship that is occurring here in this town and work together to find commonsense solutions to cut spending and find savings in our budget. I look forward to passing this bill that will finally hold Congress accountable and begin putting America on a debt repayment plan and save future generations from paying for the mistakes of the past.
Date: 2013-02-05
Speaker: AUSTIN SCOTT (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Georgia

Mr. Speaker. I rise today to bring note to the fact that for the fourth time in 5 years. President Obama is. once again. late in delivering his budget to Congress and the citizens of America. Americans throughout this country tell me over and over again that our national debt is unacceptable. They tell me it is holding America back from achieving economic prosperity and robbing their children of the American Dream. They tell me its time for Washington to pass a budget. The President has turned a deaf ear to the pleas of these Americans. He has been asked to take this countrys economy seriously. He chooses instead to spend his time in other countries. taking family vacations. and playing countless games of golf. Hardworking taxpayers know that work must come before play. Mr. President. That is the practice of millions of taxpaying Americans who must foot the bill for Presidential vacations while they forfeit their own vacations due to the uncertainty in the economy. While the President crisscrosses the world avoiding Americans top priorities. back at home Americans are nervous. Every year that our country goes without a budget. the national debt skyrockets. the uncertainty for American businesses grows and. with that. unemployment goes up. Without a Federal budget. businessowners cannot plan. They cannot plan for the Presidents new regulations or his unforeseen tax increases. and. therefore. it is all the more difficult for them to expand their businesses and create jobs in America. To add to the uncertainty. the Presidents proposed sequestration is set to take effect this March. Despite his promisehis promiseto the American people that it would never actually happen. the President has yet to take any steps to undo this harmful measure. He has shown absolute indifference to the millions of Americans whose livelihoods would be severely impacted by his sequestration. House Republicans have twice passed legislation to replace the Presidents sequester with commonsense reforms that would reduce spending and preserve and strengthen our safety net for future generations and ensure our national defense. This week. the House will not only renew our commitment to the American people to pass a budget. but it will be a responsible budget that will balance. It will be one that will aim to grow the economy. drive down unemployment. expand opportunity and prosperity for the private sector. and ensure that America maintains its leading role in the world as a strong national defender. Americans can do this. We just need a President to put work before play.
Date: 2013-02-06
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Madam Speaker. I rise today to congratulate Allen High School in my district for a recent victory on December 22. The Allen Eagles won the Texas State Championship with a score of 3521 against Houston Lamar. Back in 2008. the Allen Eagles clinched their first Class 5A Division I State title. and now in 2012 theyve done it again. After completing their incredible 151 season. the Allen Eagles have officially been named to the eighth annual MaxPreps Tour of Champions. In the past nine seasons. Tom Westerberg. head coach of the Eagles. has led his team to two State titles with a record of 102 wins to 16 losses. It comes as no surprise that he was named 2012 Dallas Area Coach of the Year. The Allen Eagles are known to be a team with heart. and its now proven they have the heart of a champion. Congratulations. Allen Eagles. on a tremendous season. Way to represent the city of Allen and continuing the storied tradition of great high school football in north Texas. God bless you. I salute you.
Date: 2013-02-27
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

In just 2 days. President Obamas devised plan of acrosstheboard spending cuts known as "sequester" will kick in. I voted for House legislation to replace the Presidents plan with smarter and more responsible cuts. Unfortunately. the President and his friends in the Senate ignored it. Right now. America is over $16 trillion in debt. That means every American owes more than $52.000 each. Taxpayers all across this country know that Washington has a spending problem. not a revenue problem. Enough is enough. Now is the time to work together to stop spending money we do not have. We need to give the American people what they want. need. and deserve. We must get our fiscal house in order by balancing our budget. Its almost too late. Lets act now.
Date: 2013-02-27
Speaker: RODNEY DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Illino

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Date: 2013-02-27
Speaker: AUSTIN SCOTT (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Georgia

What I want to remind the people of is that this House has twice passed legislation to repeal the sequester. The Senate has not done anything. Quite honestly. they have just chosen not to do their job over there. The President has yet to give us a written proposal. But this House. the peoples House. twice voted to repeal the sequester with responsible spending cuts.
Date: 2013-02-27
Speaker: RODNEY DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Illinois

I thank the gentleman from Georgia. I rise today. Mr. Speaker. to remind us all what President Kennedy told us. He said: Let us not seek the Republican or Democratic answer. but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. but let us accept our own responsibility for the future. Thats where we stand today with this looming sequestration. Its time to get beyond the party politics. Its time to stop the blaming and the fingerpointing. The truth is. it took both parties. the House. the Senate. and the President. to approve sequestration. And its going to take both parties. Republicans and Democrats. a House. a Senate. and the President. to resolve it. The decisions we will have to make wont be easy. and no oneno onewill get everything they want. but thats why we were elected. Thats why our constituents entrusted us to serve in this body. So let us take this opportunity to do the job that we were sent to Washington. D.C.. to be in this House. the privilege of serving in this House. lets do our jobs. do what our constituents sent us to do. Lets put aside the partisan politics. Lets work together. compromise with principle. and govern. govern like statesmen. It is expected and. I will say. Mr. Speaker. it is demanded of us.
Date: 2013-03-13
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. each year. billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are wasted due to abuse of the $1.000 refundable child tax credit. Instead of hitting up taxpayers for even more taxes. Washington needs to go after these billions of dollars that are fraudulently wasted. Its time to end this sham. Thats why I have reintroduced commonsense legislation. H.R. 556. that stops this abuse by requiring tax filers to provide their Social Security number in order to receive this tax credit. just like we do for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Congress nonpartisan tax scorekeeper. the Joint Committee on Taxation. has found that my bill would save taxpayers an estimated $24.4 billion over the next 10 years. With the dire need to get our fiscal house in order. this simple. commonsense fix can go a long way toward protecting precious taxpayer dollars by stamping out waste. fraud. and abuse. Its time to get this done.
Date: 2013-03-18
Speaker: RODNEY DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Illinois

Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of the University of Illinois. and I am proud to represent its flagship university in ChampaignUrbana. The U of I plans to launch a universityaffiliated technology development laboratory in Chicago. This collaboration will attract more industry to Illinois and the entire Midwest region. Like the U of Is current worldclass research park in UrbanaChampaign. this lab will operate on the principles of innovation and entrepreneurship. This will be a center of longterm. largescale research projects that will unite the best and brightest of the University of Illinois. the city of Chicago. and government and industry. while at the same time give a highprofile image for the University of Illinois in the Chicagoland area. Illinois biggest technical challenge is retaining its talent. Thirtytwo percent of computer science graduates from the U of I get jobs in California alone. This projects goal is to retain the next generation of Illinoistrained talent with hopes that theyll grow existing companies or start new businesses. I am proud to recognize the continuous advancements made by the University of Illinois on all of their campuses.
Date: 2013-03-19
Speaker: RODNEY DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Illinois

Mr. Speaker. every time I walk onto this floor. it is such an honor and a privilege to be able to represent the great citizens of central and southwestern Illinois. the citizens that have given me this opportunity that humbles me every time we walk through those doors and every time we are able to stand here in this institution and offer what our visions for America are. There are vast differences in our visions for America between many parties. Fortunately. though. there are a lot of similarities and our willingness to begin working together to craft a vision for America that the hardworking taxpayers of this country want and deserve. But another great honor that this institution allows is to actually honor some of those hardworking taxpayers in our district on a regular basis. It gives us an opportunity to talk about the many things that those in our districts do on a regular basis. They dont ask for recognition. they just do it because it is the right thing to do. And thats why today I stand here. Mr. Speaker. I want to congratulate Dr. Joseph Schrodt of Decatur. Illinois. for being honored by the American Medical Association for his 50year anniversary of graduation from medical school. While Dr. Schrodts dedication and commitment to the medical profession through the years is a tremendous accomplishment. I would be remiss if I didnt take this opportunity to also thank Dr. Schrodt for all he and his family have done for the entire Decatur area. Dr. Schrodts contributions to the area are too many to mention. but his advocacy and hard work on behalf of students and education is something we should all strive to emulate. Whether it was his time spent serving on the board of my alma mater. Millikin University and their board of trustees. or the Richland Community College Foundation Board. or he and his late wife Marthas work to see the health education wing at Richland Community College come to fruition. Dr. Schrodts impact in the Decatur area will be felt for generations. So I take this time today. Mr. Speaker. to offer my thanks to Dr. Schrodt and his family for all that they have done and all that they continue to do. and offer my heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Schrodt for this tremendous accomplishment.
Date: 2013-03-20
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I rise today to congratulate Southwest Airlines and Dallas Love Field Airport as they celebrate the unveiling of the new terminal and longoverdue repeal of the Wright Amendment. This longawaited milestone goes to show that freedom and free enterprise go hand in hand. You know. when we first introduced legislation to repeal the Wright Amendment back in 2005. people said it couldnt be done. When government gets out of the way and allows free enterprise to unleash its full potential. businesses expand. create jobsand in this case soon will offer the people of Dallas and visitors a worldclass airport. Passengers pay lower fares and fly nonstop to more destinations across the country. Clearly. when youve got freedom on your side. youre bound to win. Thank you for your commitment to our community. and congratulations Southwest Airlines and Dallas Love Field. God bless you. and God bless America.
Date: 2013-04-10
Speaker: ADRIAN SMITH (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Nebraska

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Date: 2013-04-16
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. as part of my ongoing effort to protect precious. hardearned taxpayer dollars by going after waste. fraud. and abuse. I have introduced a commonsense bill. H.R. 1502listen upthe Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act of 2013. This bill would stop people from receiving disability at the same time they are receiving unemployment. Under current law. a person can receive both disability and unemployment at the same time. This isnt right. It just doesnt make sense. I dont know how someone can be able and available to work and also be unable to work because of a disability. I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense bill in order to help make sure the disability program is there for those who truly cannot work. President Obama also included a similar proposal in his budget. and I look forward to working with the administration to get this bill signed into law.
Date: 2013-04-17
Speaker: RODNEY DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Illinois

Id like to thank the gentleman from Kentucky for doing this Special Order tonight. and its an honor for me to also follow my colleague from Indiana . who talked about his hometown of Kincaid. Illinois. and talked about the importance growing up of coal mining in that community. I represent Kincaid. Illinois. right now in the 13th Congressional District of Illinois. and just over 20 years ago. these miners lost their jobs because of deliberations and the eventual stroke of a pen here in Washington. D.C. It became cheaper to import coal from the western United States to burn at the power plant across the street from this coal mine where these miners worked than it was to dig it out from underground. ship it on an electronic conveyor belt across the street. and burn it. Over 1.200 miners that day lost their job. Those were Congressman BuCSHONS friends. Those were my friends parents. It hit our local economy harder than anything we had seen. Our local economy has since recovered. but we cannot forget that these deliberations in this great body have an impact on all of Americas families. And these coal miners of 20 years ago are no different than the coal mining families of today. and we need to make sure we think of them every single time we see this war on coal. that we stand together. Mr. BARR. and fight. Thank you.
Date: 2013-04-23
Speaker: HERRERA BEUTLER (republican)
Chamber: H

Absolutely. Heres the thing thats frustrating to me and frustrating to every American. They look at Congress and they think okay. were sending. as we all were reminded recently. hundreds of thousands of dollars from each community. millions of dollars from each community. here to Washington. D.C.. and they expect us to do something effective with that money orheres a novel conceptsend it back. The gentlelady from Alabama mentioned the fact that for the first time this House Republican Congress voted on a budget that balances within a decade. It shouldnt be novel. but it is. Every family thats watching us right now is saying. You guys are patting yourselves on the back for that? We do that ever year. Every State legislature does it every year. But it was novel to do it here. And heres the interesting thing. When members of our caucus got to sit down with the President a month or so ago and ask him about his budget that he released to the American people. his budget doesnt balance. Ever. And we know why this is important. Its because balancing the budget will help us grow jobs. Balancing the budget will help American families grow and thrive and prosper. Its going to help businesses in southwest Washington and throughout this country grow and hire more people. We know that a bloated government that then keeps coming back to everybodys back pocket and says. I want a little bit more of this. youre my piggy bankwe know that that kills jobs. which is why its pretty simple. We need to do what every family is doing. every kitchen table conversation: balance our budgets so more jobs can grow and America can thrive.
Date: 2013-04-23
Speaker: HERRERA BEUTLER (republican)
Chamber: H

Unfair. As Republicans. we do often look at posterity. Were talking about the next generation. And we should. But I will argue that its actually unfair to todays generation. to the 67yearold who just retired with the privatesector job and has a 401(k). The inflation thats coming from this debt is going to hit him and his wife. who were savers. Its unfair to the teacher in a public school classroom when the Federal Government makes promises it cannot keep. It overspends. overspends. and then its going to cut her hours. add to her class sizes. All we have to do is look at Greece or Cyprus. It can happenand it will happenif we dont get this under control now.
Date: 2013-04-23
Speaker: HERRERA BEUTLER (republican)
Chamber: H

And not making them feel like crooks and suckers. right? I mean. thats part of what were here to talk about tonight. I think the gentlelady may have some comments on that.
Date: 2013-04-23
Speaker: HERRERA BEUTLER (republican)
Chamber: H

I think this is one of the challenges were facing is all Americans are looking at Congress saying why is it that were sending all this money to Washington. D.C. Why are we having to live within our means and the Federal Government doesnt. In fact. what they see is the Federal Government cutting direct services. whether its to military families. whether its services in airports. whether its security at parks. Theyre not cutting fat. See. this is whats frustrating to me. the IRS operates a 24/7 satellite TV studio in their building. Across the street from the IRS. the EPA operates its own 24/7 satellite studio to the tune of $4 million a year. Rather than maybe combine those two or share that one studio and save the taxpayer dollars. it seems like the administration is cutting those services that Americans expect and have already paid for. Its really time that the Federal Government learn to live within its means because its going to help us grow jobs.
Date: 2013-04-23
Speaker: HERRERA BEUTLER (republican)
Chamber: H

Were starting to hear from some of the folks we serve in our districts and in our States that folks with serious preexisting conditions are being turned away from a highrisk pool that was promised.
Date: 2013-04-23
Speaker: HERRERA BEUTLER (republican)
Chamber: H

It was the promise. I mean. that was part of the big promotion of the health care bill that the President passed: that. if we do this. no one will ever be turned away with a preexisting condition. Yet today. right now. people with serious preexisting conditions are being told. basically. by the Obama administration. sorry. we didnt plan for you.