today on the floor of this House, we will debate and I sincerely hope pass a constitutional amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a provision which will provide a necessary level of discipline to this body. Ten States in the United States…

on tax day 1996, today, we have a chance to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a supermajority to raise taxes. The last speaker on the opposite side of the aisle ridiculed the notion that it was difficult to raise taxes. In fact, she…

Certainly I am aware of that. But what we have seen is that in all 10 States, the economy has grown more and jobs have expanded more.

as the scoring by CBO is currently performed, we could easily enact a capital gains tax cut, and would not require a supermajority to do that. Some of us, though, would argue that CBO ought to embrace the concept of dynamic scoring, which…

This is a city in America, and this is a judge now appointed by the Clinton administration to the Federal bench, and his decision is that when police look at somebody engaged in what they believe is strange activity, those people decide to…

I come to this Chamber as former assistant attorney general. I spent 7 years in the Arizona attorney general's office, in the fight against crime and in the fight against drugs. I think there are some points that need to be made that I am…

At least in Phoenix, AR, we have told the police in my district that if you have a reasonable suspicion, you can stop someone and inquire into their activity. That is in fact the law in America. In Phoenix, AZ, if police see some group of…

You are telling me that the essence of this judge's ruling was that the search, the stop made by the police and the search which led to the evidence which showed enough cocaine to give every single child in Detroit one administration or…

the last time I rose on this floor to speak about the issue of tax cuts, I said that my colleagues on the other side simply do not get it. Well, in the time that has intervened, they have not learned anything. They still do not get it. The…

Mr. Chairman, I might begin by noting my predecessor on the opposite side of the aisle who expressed his opposition to this legislation decided to vote 2 years ago to raise taxes on his constituents by $1 billion, and now opposes a $500…

My colleagues, we are engaged in a great debate, a great debate which could only occur inside the beltway. The American people have no doubt about tax cuts. To listen to my colleagues on the other side, they simply do not get it. There is…

today on this floor we will vote on the Private Property Protection Act. This is critically important legislation, and I urge each and every one of my colleagues to support it. The principle in America that private property cannot be taken…

I am honored to be able to participate in this tribute to a great American--Ronald Reagan--and to his continuing legacy. Through my father's lifelong association with Senator Barry Goldwater, I first met then Governor Reagan in 1968 on my…

I rise tonight simply to add my voice to those voices that have spoken out. As I sat back and listened, all too often on this floor we talk in kind of government-speak. We talk about the Barton amendment or the tax limitation amendment. In…

Then let me honor that tradition and ask the question. I understood from the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Weller] that they have a balanced budget requirement in their State, but they do not have what Arizona now has, which is a…

I am on this floor for the first time. I am a freshman Member of this Congress. I have not served in any public office before. But I did serve a period of 7 years in the Arizona attorney general's office. Then I was hired to advise the…

the language of the draft which I hope will appear before us states a simple principle, and that is, first, we must balance the Federal budget and, second, future tax increases will require a super majority. It is built around the premise…

Yesterday was truly a historic day. For me it was a personal privilege to represent the people of the Fourth Congressional District of Arizona and to be here with my 9-year-old son and my 13-year-old daughter. Yesterday was historic for…