Matt Salmon

I propose that we are doing the right thing tonight by moving one step closer on this commitment toward renewable energy.

Mr. Speaker, I just spoke to the Chinese people in their native tongue about the benefits of PNTR to both our countries and how it will advance the cause of freedom. Unfortunately, to the majority of the Americans, this debate has been…

Twenty-three years ago I was 19 years old and I was peddling a bike around in Taiwan. I was sent there as a missionary for the Mormon church. One of my responsibilities was to go around and knock on people's doors to try to spread the…

since I lived in Taiwan in the 1970s, I have seen the Republic of China emerge as a leading economic and political force throughout the world. The people of Taiwan have experienced unprecedented prosperity and freedom, liberties that we as…

I urge my colleagues to join me in the fight against telemarketing fraud.

The FTC has repeatedly reported that the elderly are disproportionately represented among victims of telemarketing fraud.

In my home state of Arizona, many consumers--especially seniors--fall prey to fraudulent telemarketers.

I rise to introduce the Telemarketing Victims Protection Act of 1999.

According to numerous sources, it is estimated that consumers lose $40 billion a year to fraudulent telemarketers.

Every year we debate a constitutional amendment to limit Congress' ability to spend other people's money, and every year the tax-and-spend caucus comes down to the floor to tell us such an amendment is unnecessary and that it is dangerous…

this resolution we are considering today is clear-cut but critical. It expresses congressional opposition to the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state and urges the President to do the same. As far as the comments that were just…

Mo Udall used to call himself the one-eyed Mormon Democrat, and I guess I would be the wide-eyed Mormon Republican. I think that is one of the things that we had in common. Let me first of all say that Mo Udall came from good stock. It is…

Moreover, the bill would provide an 'emergency blood transfusion' to improve America's schools immediately.

Unfortunately, we have not seen a corresponding improvement in the quality of the education our children receive.

Unlike the big government proposals being peddled by President Clinton and Vice-President Gore, KEEN credits would offer families control over the expenditure of these education dollars, not centralized bureaucrats.

I am reintroducing the K through 12 Education Excellence Now (KEEN) Act, which would offer tax credits to families and businesses of up to $250 annually for qualified K through 12 education expenses or activities.

The legislation I am introducing addresses the problem of falling education scores by giving families and businesses a tax incentive to provide children with a higher quality education.

I rise to introduce the Senior Citizens Income Tax Relief Act. This legislation would repeal the Clinton Social Security tax increase of 1993.

For many, the security provided by this supplemental pension plan is the difference between a happy and healthy retirement and one marked by uncertainty and apprehension.

Our nation's seniors have worked too hard to have their golden years tarnished by the government reneging on its promises.

Having paid into the program throughout their working lives, retirees count on the government to meet its obligations under the Social Security contract.

In an era of budget surpluses, surely we can find a way to provide America's seniors with relief from this burdensome tax.

An analysis of government-provided figures on the 1993 Social Security tax increase finds that, at the end of 1998, America's seniors have paid an extra $25 billion because of this tax hike.

Older Americans are just as willing as the rest of the country to pay their fair share, but the President and other big spenders in Congress should not take that as a license to finance their big government agenda on the backs of Social…

This represents a 70 percent increase in the marginal tax rate for these seniors.