The surplus belongs to the American people. They are the ones who have paid for it. They are the ones who worked for it.

Because we know this Government does belong to them and they are demanding that we exercise some real fiscal discipline, pay down the national debt, and extend the life of Social Security and Medicare.

It is we Democrats who are listening to the voices and values of America's working families.

Republicans, on the other hand, are listening to all the special interests and high-priced Washington lobbyists, who are telling them to waste the surplus on a trillion dollar tax giveaway.

That is why we are listening to the American people, who are telling us that their values is to use the surplus to pay down the national debt and to save Social Security and Medicare.

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

I rise to bring to the attention of my colleagues a significant achievement in the field of environmental science.

More can be accomplished when parties work together to solve problems than through conflict.

Mr. Smith expects that instead of massive engineering solutions to remove the waste, natural processes that cause less environmental disturbance will be more commonly utilized.

Objective science and reasonable solutions would then be available for policy makers, agency executives, and advocate groups involved in critical natural resource issues.

Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia for recently winning the National Junior College Athletic Association's men's tennis title.

My constituents don't care about politics. They care about whether their children are going to be safe when they are at school.

I supported the McCarthy amendment because it contained common sense proposals that would have closed the gun show loophole.

I urge you to pass the Juvenile Justice bill with the gun control amendments passed by the Senate.

failure to ratify the CTBT would have to be regarded as the greatest disappointment of any Senate, of any time, of any party.

I am confident that this chamber realizes the importance of this bill in preserving New Mexican history for current and future generations.

Protecting what remains of the early pueblo communities is important to New Mexicans and to those who seek an understanding of early Southwestern history.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to introduce legislation to provide for the protection of various historical sites in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico.