You've got the votes. Let's pass this turkey, get it on to the president, let him veto it, let's clear the air and then let's really sit down and do business,

By the administration's own estimates, the new Homeland Security Department would employ at least 160,000 people,

Instead of telling us who is doing what and how, we got a few spreadsheets.

It makes no sense to tell the country and the profession that we will make the investment to pass it, and then turn around and not fund it.

They are targeting programs for poor people to pay for tax cuts for rich people.

They get rid of the symbol but still keep the pork.

This bill does nothing whatsoever to stop the fleecing of the taxpayer by listing earmarks on tax bills.

This bill is replete with gimmicks, ... It hides $45 billion in budgetary sleight of hand. This would be laughable if it wasn't so corrosive to the public's perception of what we are doing.

This bill is replete with gimmicks. It hides $45 billion in budgetary sleight of hand. This would be laughable if it wasn't so corrosive to the public's perception of what we are doing.

The services provided to patients are so much broader in scope than in the past, all of that costs more money and I believe that it all has value.