Doug Ose

Perhaps I can elucidate. The point of adding that particular provision is that, given the crush of time, I am a little bit concerned that we did not cover everything. There is no purpose here to include Davis-Bacon or employment or…

I rise today to reluctantly voice my opposition to H.R. 2028, the Pledge Protection Act. As a cosponsor of the original legislation, I am disheartened to see changes that have removed necessary civil rights protections. In the course of a…

Some of the revenues that were used in this program in effect were used to buy food that had spoiled. We paid people to deliver food under this program that was spoiled. And Saddam collected commissions or levies or tariffs or something on…

Mr. Chairman, this is not the first iteration of this amendment we have seen. We also saw this in committee. While I would describe its purpose as well-meaning and well-intended, my position in the committee and my position today are the…

Congressman Doug Ose has introduced a new bill too filthy to even read on TV that would ban not just that word but seven other words and phrases as well.

I want to clarify the critical piece on this 8 U.S. Code 1182 is a notification process for the Secretary of State to receive notice from the families that an issue involving the foreign alien and these children has arisen. The Secretary…

I fully support many of the reforms in H.R. 522 but must, once again, raise some concern with one particular section that would not only cause harm but could ensure that the other reforms are once again delayed by the other body or by the…

Mr. Speaker, I want to briefly note for the Record the deep appreciation I have for the chairman of the full committee and for the ranking member in sitting down and working out the differences that existed on this bill and allowing it to…

Our thought behind suspending fines for first-time violators was that a majority of small business owners who neglect to file a certain form are simply overwhelmed with paperwork and don't realize their error. We thought that small…

I feel like Churchill up here when I hear the 52 to 2 vote. Mr. Speaker, I do want to say, one of the things that the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Kelly) mentioned was the impact on, in particular, rural communities, where we have such…

I do not serve in the Senate. I serve in the House. My district goes up and down the center part of California. And while I am very respectful of what the fine Senators in the other body might have to do or say, maybe two of California's…

I believe that OMB should classify the information using the North American Industrial Classification System. Otherwise, a small business searching for information on its paperwork burdens might not find the information most applicable to…

I certainly would not understand how a task force that is designed to reduce the paperwork burdens on small businesses could accomplish its goal without obtaining input from the small businesses that are buried by Federal reporting and…

I do want to commend his efforts on the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, on which I am honored to serve with him as chairman. He has in fact been to my district for a hearing, and at that hearing we heard…

I will tell my colleagues, coming to Congress recently with the expectation that it was a place of contentiousness and divisiveness, I will tell my colleagues that, having worked with the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Regula), he has…

I have in my hand the budget submitted by the President of the United States in his State of the Union, and on page 366 it details the various outlays, receipts and surplus for the upcoming fiscal year and the ensuing four. However I also…

I am honored to recognize an individual who has committed his life to excellence in a field that is critical to the success of our nation's children.

Dr. Marvin Locke, Tehama County Superintendent of Schools, has been one of the single most influential curriculum and staff development leaders in the state.

The amendment allows the transfer of the unwanted reactor at McClellan Air Force Base to the University of California (Davis) and provides the funding for decommissioning it. This is a reactor owned presently by the Air Force for which…

I continue to see no reason to be engaged in combat in Yugoslavia. I am ready, willing, and able to support peacekeeping operations there, but I must draw the line on combat. I am supporting not doing combat in Yugoslavia. I am supporting…

I absolutely do not understand, Mr. Speaker, what the vital national security interest that senior Members of this body on both sides of the aisle have protected for years and years, what national security interest it is that we are…