Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $3,000,000)''. Page 9, line 7, after the…

Thank you, Mr. Doggett. I am so pleased to join you here today to support this motion to instruct. I was, of course, one of the original cosponsors of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, which provides the authority for the Treasury to take…

With Treasury yield rates being at all-time historic lows, I think it becomes difficult to dispute that at some point in the next few years we will start to see a normalization and we will start to see yield rates return to their historic…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''. Page 10, line 5, after the…

Mr. Chairman, the Border Patrol does a great job when they are allowed to do a great job. Unfortunately, one of the ironies we have is there are certain areas of access into this country by those who are illegal that seem to be an area of…

We continue to expand the federal criminal code, we continue to expand the number of federal inmates we have.

I think a district judge needs to be very conscious of the role of the prosecutor in turning over evidence.

I have presented several questions already to Mr. Berg.

Like many of my colleagues, I am very concerned with any practice that could result in innocent people going to prison.

In our brief time here in Detroit, we have already learned that until this city outgrows its childish love affair with firearms, or until city officials find the courage to outlaw them, many of our hopes will remain unrealized and our…

And this simply cannot stand, it cannot be the case--if, in fact, we are a Government with few and defined powers, it cannot be the case that we can regulate anything and everything.

The United States must have a strong social safety net, and it is not just for the sake of having one.

That is my point as well. Thank you.

Our Nation is only as great as the least among us.

I think that is one of the reasons why I am very interested in programs that would encourage the non-residential fathers of these children to stay involved.

Leaders cannot lead if they are hungry. Inventors cannot invent if they are homeless.

I think there are issues here. And we could do something at the Federal level to do something about these work requirements.

I would like you to comment on that statistic. And also, do you believe it was the intention of members of Congress and President Clinton that, in over a decade and a half since welfare reform, more than half the welfare caseload would be…