Mr. Speaker, I want to reinforce what the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Cook) earlier said, and that this legislation is a far cry from that which created the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Coin program. That program had multiple coins. It was…

Mr. Speaker, it is particularly fitting that this legislation comes before the House at this time, for the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney have captured our attention. Those games began only 4 days ago and are in full swing as we speak. In…

the distinguished gentleman and gentlewoman from Illinois have brought up two very important issues to the continued growth of our economy, and that is the preeminence of the dollar and our ability to detect and to combat counterfeiting…

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…

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…

Mr. Speaker, I again want to say that when the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Castle) proposed this, he really precipitated our school children doing something that a lot of teachers and a lot of parents were not able to do, and, that is…

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…

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…

today the House meets to consider a bill that builds on the immense popularity of the 50-State quarter program that has vast numbers of Americans looking in their pocket every day at their change. This is an addition which should be made…

Mr. Speaker, this week Birmingham, Alabama, is hosting an MSNBC and Newsweek Magazine National Conference on Race Relations. One of the highlights of this conference is the Birmingham Pledge movement. The Birmingham Pledge is a personal…

I want to quote from Charles Dickens. ``It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We had everything before us…

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…

Well, I would like to approach it in a different way, and I think a consensus has been built on the floor of this House from everyone. I have heard no one stand up and say that this is something that should not be done. I have heard the…

on a clear sunny Wednesday in July 1969, the first human journey to the surface of the moon began at Launch Complex 39 of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With the liftoff of Apollo 11, Commander Neil Armstrong, Commander Module Pilot…

On July 20, 1969, after a 4-day trip, the three Apollo astronauts arrived on the surface of the Moon. Upon arriving, Armstrong announced ``Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.'' These words ushered in a new era of human…

Today we not only honor the three astronauts, we also honor those other heroes at NASA, for their achievement is a tribute to the thousands of engineers, scientists and others at NASA whose extraordinary efforts made the journey possible…

the Members may not have heard all this debate, but we have heard that we deployed into Kosovo. We have been told that we are in Kosovo. We have talked about we are withdrawing from Kosovo. The simple truth is that none of us went into…

The truth is that this legislation alone does not address sales tax. This legislation alone does not affect the States' ability to collect sales tax, to fund law enforcement, to fund education. However, there is a fear, a legitimate fear…

as I said, the 42 governors have expressed a concern, and that concern is, will extending the moratorium delay a decision on the issue of allowing States to require remote retailers to collect and remit sales taxes. They have said that if…

when the partial-birth abortion ban was before this Congress last year, the opponents of the act accused the proponents of offensive conduct. What was that offensive conduct? What was that bad taste that they accused the supporters of the…

Ronald Wilson Reagan became the 40th President of the United States on January 20, 1981. It was a time when America seemed to have lost hope as a result of the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, the oil crisis, and a failing economy. We…

20 years ago, the United States was mired in an economic malaise. As a Nation, we were experiencing the worst economic chaos since the Great Depression. Interest rates were as high as 21 percent, making owning a home an impossible dream…

The bonds that unite us as a Nation go far beyond the partisanship that we sometimes inevitably encounter in this House; and so it is appropriate today that this House, Republicans and Democrats alike, join together to honor former…

let me say this, we have an agreement here, and I think there is a consensus building which ought to pass this amendment. What that consensus is is that the military needs more money. The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), the chairman of…

today we honor a great American, the Cardinal of New York, John O'Connor, a spiritual leader who has been guiding the 2.3 million Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York for 16 years, and millions more in the Navy and Marines as a…