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I do acknowledge that low-income Native Hawaiians living on the Hawaiian homelands, that they are under some restraints in building homes and financing those homes; and, because of that, there is support on my side of the aisle for some of…
What I am speaking about, and I think there is agreement on both sides of the aisle, that when you have a housing project where a large percentage, even a majority of the young men that grow up in that housing project end up in a State…
I hope that all Members of this body recognize the benefits to our economy from the robust level of foreign investment that is coming into this country. A few minutes ago, I mentioned a company that 55 percent of it was owned by one…
I had one glaring oversight in this entire debate concerning the bill. And that is the fact that the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Hooley) who really played a monumental part in this legislation over the past 2 or 3 years and actually was…
He is not only our friend but every sick child in every poor country of the world has a friend in Tony Hall. Anyone who goes to bed hungry in those countries tonight has an advocate in Tony Hall. And those that do not have a job in these…
What we are talking about is we have restricted it to 200 miles: 100 miles in the morning, 100 miles at night. To me it is almost a joke to say that that would fatigue these drivers. The very drivers that are driving, they have been…
Yes, I share that understanding. Not only should consumers know they can opt out of getting these offers, they should also know that opting out or not affects their chances of getting additional credit offers with competitive terms.
Far more important is what we learned in our hearing and how good the national credit reporting system is to our Nation. I am not sure that anybody disagrees with that, that anybody thinks that it ought to be experimented with, that it…
The original FCRA that the gentleman from Ohio pointed out was passed in 1996. Right? Not 1776. Is that right? I will admit to the gentleman from Massachusetts we took absolutely no testimony on the American Revolution and none of our…
I, in good faith, would not like to preempt the work of the State of California, the legislators who have spent so much time. Nor would I like to be on record preempting them with supporting this legislation, when I know that we are going…
I will say this: Yes, there are provisions of California law that were preempted, but they are provision where we established a consumer protection on a national basis. And in almost every one of these cases, we went beyond what most…
As we have said, we need a national standard just like we need a national interstate highway system or other national uniform standards. California saw fit, when they passed this law, to exempt local statutes.
It is intended to apply to gambling, which is primarily determined by chance, rather than the skill of one of the players over the other.
This does not authorize them to offer any accounts which they presently cannot offer nor expand the rights of corporations to own these industrial companies.
What Chairman Greenspan has said is, these institutions are not regulated by the Federal Reserve. There is nothing in this that takes any regulation or adds any regulation.
Well, this is from CBO, and what it says is that 87 percent of the deficit is because of the economic conditions are spending, spending, only 13 percent as a result of tax relief.
We made a commitment to the American people to give them tax relief. Let us honor that commitment. The American people should get the tax cuts that they have been promised. We should not postpone them, we should not delay them. We are all…
Mr. Speaker, a formal authorization for use of force now is just that, a formality. We have now been in war and have been since Tuesday morning. As Americans, we did not seek this war, but we will not shirk from defending our country. Let…
In moments of tragedy such as we are now witnessing, stories of sacrifice and heroism always emerge to make us proud. That will continue to be the case as we dig out from the rubble of this cowardly assault by yesterday's terrorists…
There was an article on the front page of the Washington Post on Monday, and it says, ``Oil money is fueling Sudan's war''. It goes on to say that Arab is killing non-Arab or African and Muslims are killing Christians. But one thing is in…
I will say that we intend to take only a very few minutes on this bill. This bill, as amended, is simply a 1- year extension of the Defense Production Act. I am not sure that any other explanation other than that is needed. I think all…
Mr. Speaker, once again I want to reiterate the contributions that the District of Columbia and our territories make each day, not only to the defense of our country but the professionals that they supply, the men and women that work…
I think that illustrates a very important point, and that is that when our school children collect that coin from American Samoa, they are going to find out that more pro football players per 10,000 people by far come from American Samoa…
Mr. Speaker, the delegate, the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton), and also the gentleman from American Samoa (Mr. Faleomavaega) both mentioned, I think, a very important point, one that I learned when I served in the…
Twenty-two nations under this legislation are eligible for debt relief. Not one of them is a dictatorship. Let me repeat that. Twenty-two nations are eligible for relief under this legislation. Not a one of them is a dictatorship. Number…
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