I rise before you today to commend two of my constituents from Springfield, Illinois, John and Virginia Gaffney, for their tireless work on ...
Mr. Speaker, I am joining with Chairman Talent, Ranking Member Velazquez and the Small Business Committee in support of the Disaster Mitigat...
Let me tell you briefly why this line needs repair so urgently.
I urge this subcommittee to continue those efforts.
I recognize that your job is not an easy one.
You still face tough decisions.
They all need safe, reliable, efficient public transit.
The problem that needs to be addressed is the use of the frank as a campaign tool whose real 'informational' purpose is to make constituents...
I urge all members who are interested in real campaign finance reform to carefully consider cosponsoring this bill.
I hope that the timing of this bill's introduction will only underscore the fact that the time has come to put an end to this archaic practi...
This outcome has, in fact, occurred three times in our history and resulted in the elections of John Quincy Adams (1824), Rutherford B. Haye...
Such an occurrence would clearly not be in the best interest of the people, for they would be denied the ability to directly elect those who...
Mr. Speaker, today I am proud to reintroduce, along with Congressman Wise from West Virginia, a constitutional amendment that seeks to end t...
last year I introduced H.R. 642, a bill that ends the most pervasive abuse of the frank--sending out unsolicited, self-promotional mass mail...
My bill specifically targets franking abuse by cracking down on the use of mass mailings.
Our bill will replace the complicated electoral college system with the simple method of using the popular vote to decide the winner of a pr...
The legislation I am reintroducing would simply strike mailings of this type from the code, thereby disallowing future use of the frank for ...
I am hopeful that our fellow members on both sides of the aisle will stand with us by cosponsoring this important piece of legislation.
