Matt Salmon

I listened to people who said they were tired of the liberals with their fingerprints on their wallets and their footprints on their backs, and that they are sick and tired of paying $1 out of every $4 of their income in taxes. They are…

I rise to strongly endorse this rule. I would like to talk about one particular component of the piece of legislation that is exposed in the rule, and that is medical savings accounts. It truly is an idea whose time has come. Let us face…

let us get down to brass tacks. What is this debate really about? There are those of us that really want to solve illegal immigration problems, and there are those that would like to keep it watered down and make sure that we do not have…

Today we will be voting on the future of $3 rac{1}{2} trillion in private pension money that will finance the retirement of millions of working Americans. Pension funds have been protected from politics and pet projects since 1974 when…

there are no easy answers in Bosnia, no quick fixes. But I believe we must lift the embargo--now. The Bosnians want to defend themselves against rape, murder, and ethnic cleansing. But let's face it: the fundamental right of self-defense…

Harry Wu, an American citizen, a tireless crusader for human rights, and my friend, is being unjustly detained in the People's Republic of China. Harry Wu survived nineteen years of torture, starvation, and solitary confinement after he…

Mr. Chairman, before I begin to talk about my strong support of H.R. 1215, I cannot help but respond to a comment that was made about the safety net that supposedly we are cutting out. I might add this safety net is lined with flypaper. It…

well, as one of my heroes once said, there you go again. I think this is all in the definition. We have heard from the Democrats that we intend to give the tax cuts to the rich. The problem is your definition of the rich is anybody that…

one of my staff was in a grocery store, local grocery store, just a few days ago and happened to be in the toy section of the store and lo and behold here is what he found and picked up. These are little toy soldiers, just like we used to…

I heard a story about a little boy recently who wrote a letter to God, and in that letter he said: ``Dear God, please send me $10.'' I guess he thought that would be the best way to get the money. And the post office, not knowing where…

this has been an awesome day for me. I was able to sit here on the floor of this very hallowed place with my four children, and I can't tell you the experience this has been for me, to be able to sit among some of the most intelligent…

One thing I have learned over my political career is that I know I am an incredibly average person, and the incredibly average person that I talk to out there cannot understand why we cannot move this to a vote and why we cannot move it…