The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis. Those pay-as-you-go rules were tested and they worked. We are now in a one-party system, and we have thrown them out.

Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.

Oftentimes, small business owners are unable to obtain reasonably priced financing and instead turn to higher priced forms of capital, such as credit cards.

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.

Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes.

Many of our constituents have one option for cable TV and one price. Our constituents desire choice.