Frank Riggs

I do not want people, our colleagues who might be following this debate, to labor under a false impression. Of course the Conference of Mayors, of course local officials, are going to go on record as opposing the amendment. They want as…

I really believe this is our last best chance to see this particular forest land acquisition become a reality. I am concerned when I see newspaper headlines, and I intend to insert these articles in the Record under general leave, but I am…

Now that we have struck that note of bipartisan cooperation and agreement, I just want to interject for the Record, and here I think is the clear, and I believe collegial difference between the Democratic Members of the House of…

Mr. Speaker, obviously I rise to support the resolution and urge my colleagues, our colleagues, to approve this sense of Congress resolution that social promotions in our schools should end. The very first thing I want to do, because I may…

Mr. Chairman, I just again want to, for the benefit of all my colleagues, put matters in perspective in terms of what is taking place in the University of California system. The latest systemwide data released by the University of…

Mr. Chairman, the first thing I want to say is my daughter attends a public elementary school in Northern Virginia where she is a minority. She is a minority as an Anglo at that particular school. Secondly, I want to say, as I tried to…

I would like to refer her to an article in today's newspaper that is very timely to this evening's debate headlined Boalt Minority Admissions Up 30 Percent. I quote from the first paragraph of the article: ``In the school's second year of…

I believe affirmative action is outdated. Affirmative action, contrary to what several speakers have suggested, is no longer a black and white issue, certainly not in California, the largest, most diverse State in our Union. Because the…

I have to disagree with the gentlewoman. It says, ``The school admitted 32 African-Americans for the fall of 1998, almost twice as many as 1997, but less than half the number accepted in 1996, the last class admitted under affirmative…

The ruling effectively ended racial preferences in admissions to the University of Texas. So, what do university leaders do now, according to two articles, the San Antonio Express News and another Texas newspaper furnished to me by our…

I just want to say, let us not get too hysterical about this debate. I want to quote Judson King, provost of the University of California, who acknowledged that the passage and the implementation of Proposition 209 has evened out diversity…

fundamentally this debate is about the refusal of my colleagues on the other side to give up their Band-Aid-- their fig leaf--their placebo for the failure of their great society social programs and the failure of the public education…

Martin Luther King, I think we can agree on this, he dreamed of the day, he spoke of the day, he preached of the day when all Americans would participate freely in the American dream. I cannot see how continuing institutionalized…

Now, what did the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decide in the Hopwood case? Hopwood v. The University of Texas, I quote: ``The 5th circuit ruled that diversity does not justify preferential admissions based on race.''

Mr. Chairman I yield myself 1\1/2\ minutes to respond to the last speaker. The gentleman should not be throwing stones in his glass house. If we are going to examine our own internal practices in the United States House of Representatives…

I wish I would have heard a better response to his concerns from the delegate for the District of Columbia than to simply say, try parental choice in the City of Alexandria public schools. It so happens that the City of Alexandria…

I just want to point out how absurd the arguments are in opposition to this, because the District of Columbia is already relying extensively on private schools. This is the Washington Post, April 28, and I quote, ``The District of…

I certainly am not asserting that continuation of our public schools is equivalent to maintaining a Communist authoritarian system of government. I will say that the District of Columbia public schools has too many individuals involved in…

I just want to alert my colleagues that tomorrow the House will vote on a bill that represents the best chance that thousands of District of Columbia parents will have all year to see real hope in their lives. The bill, which will be…

I want to thank our leadership for designating me as the person representing our leadership and House Republicans during this special order. The very first thing I want to do is compliment the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Peterson, who…

I support the right of Puerto Rico residents, American citizens, to have self-determination, to choose statehood over the current status as a Commonwealth. But I believe as a condition of statehood those voting in any kind of referendum or…

the President is defending the indefensible. President Clinton yesterday described congressional Republican efforts to overhaul the Tax Code and to change our tax system into one that is more pro-family, one that encourages investment and…

I take to the floor during morning hour to just bring Members' attention to very interesting developments yesterday that really signaled the first round in a national debate about reforming our Tax Code and moving our country in the…

I want to elaborate on those earlier comments this morning during this special order tonight. I am talking about the Congress leading our country to a new level of freedom and opportunity for every single American worker and taxpayer…

I want to respectfully and politely take issue with the comments of the ranking member of the full committee who just a moment ago said Republicans are not concerned about helping working parents. To the contrary; that is why we made the…