I am also concerned, as is the ranking member, when Ethiopia is cited for human rights violations. And I can assure the gentlewoman from Texas that we will continue to monitor the situation in that country.

I would note that in our report in the account for the International Disaster Assistance, we do have a recommendation to USAID that they use at least $1 million each for India and El Salvador for disaster preparedness activities. So we…

Again reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, more than 2 years ago, down at the border, I went over the whole procedures with the Arizona Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Everybody was prepared at that…

And I would say to the gentleman that fair is fair. If we are going to treat people fairly, we need to treat both sides in exactly the same way. With the kind of inspection regimen we are talking about installing here, we should have the…

I believe that the amendment that was crafted before and as offered has the effect of actually stopping any trucks from coming into the United States. That is the intent of it, I believe, to make sure they do not get into the United…

This really is not about paperwork, in my opinion. It is really about whether or not trucks are going to be allowed to travel on our highways from Mexico. I say we should treat people equally. In a study, by the way, in California, of…

By Monday night, Duke had beaten Monmouth and Mizzou. They had sent home the Bruins, the Trojans and the Terrapins, too. The time had come to battle our beloved 'Cats. The final game would determine to whom we would tip our hats. Duke came…

Mr. Speaker, let me just, if I might, respond to a few of the comments that were made by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn). Let me say that I have the greatest respect for the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn). He has been the…

Mr. Speaker, I want to talk for a moment on language that is in the statement of managers for the conference report on the Treasury and General Government's appropriations bills. This deals with the issue of a report that is to be…

I do also rise in very strong opposition to this bill. This bill is being brought to this floor for the first time without the benefits of any hearings in the House or any kind of public input. This bill provides an almost open-ended $1…

I admire the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant), and as the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Buyer) said, for his tenacity, but I disagree strongly with his proposal to militarize our border, to put a significant part of my congressional…

my colleague the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Charlie Stenholm) and I have introduced a comprehensive Social Security reform legislation, H.R. 1793, and I want to talk today about some of the provisions that are in this bill. Today, I want to…

these four important votes concerning NATO Operation Allied Force in Kosovo cause me tremendous difficulty. We hold this debate today because the mission, the means and the mentality behind this operation are unclear. There are no good…

this is one heck of a corrosive proposal, and I rise in steely opposition to it. The notion that we are victims of predatory and illegal dumping is a corrosive idea. We are told that the only way that this practice is going to cease is if…

Mr. Speaker, I am honored to be here today to introduce and to call up this resolution honoring a great American and certainly a great Arizonan. There really could be no better homage to Mo Udall than if I could stand up here for a few…

to correct one thing that the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Hefner) said I think in interpreting my remarks, my comment about the leadership agreement applied to the agreement that we reached last year. There was an attempt made to…

I have considerable concerns about the substance of his amendment, which was adopted in Committee. This amendment has no real effect because it only affects funds in this bill dealing with the Postal Service. It simply maintains its place…

I am very aware of the work done by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, the HIDTAs, and the efforts that they make in order to cooperate with local law enforcement. I think they do make a difference, and I certainly understand from…

Mr. Speaker, let me also add my words of thanks to the pages for the service that they have given us. This is a program that goes back a long ways, almost 200 years ago, when an individual was appointed to serve as a runner here in the…

I rise today to note with profound sadness the passing of my fellow Arizonan, Senator Barry Goldwater, a great American statesman. I was just 10 years old when I met Barry Goldwater at an old-fashioned political rally in the little town of…

the gentleman from Ohio spoke about the war on drugs, and nobody can deny that that is happening in America today. But the front line of the war on drugs is just as much in Youngstown, Ohio, as it is in Nogales, Arizona; and I do not think…

I would say that each of these cases so far that the gentleman has raised substantiate what I am suggesting. Yes, the two Secret Service agents, and I am very aware of that because the subcommittee funds both the White House and the Secret…

I think the thread that runs through all of these is consistent and the same in that I think in this case we are saying that the people who committed what I think is the wrong in this case of the dissembling that was going on should indeed…

in this case there is a specific fund that is set aside when there are legal fees for this. But never have I experienced a judge that has written such a scathing remark.

with a heavy heart but a clear conscience, I will vote today to authorize the House Judiciary Committee to proceed with a formal inquiry that could lead to the impeachment of President Clinton