George Miller

I think those negotiations have been intense because, as the gentleman from New Jersey just said, we believe this is one of the most important subjects that we confront as members of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and that…

I do not understand what it is about the current system that is not working or not allowing for the number of charter schools that we want or the progression of charter schools that we want. My State, the State of the gentleman from…

it has become clear to all that the case that the Republicans have been pursuing against the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez] has failed. It has failed for the simple reason that they have been unable to provide us sufficient…

the Senate has now agreed to a date for a full and fair and open debate on campaign finance reform next March. The American public wants this done, and I believe the majority of Members of the House want this done. The time has come now…

I offer amendment No. 13 as printed in the Record. Amendment No. 13 offered by Mr. Miller of California: In section 107(a), strike paragraph (2) (page 36, lines 16 through 20) and insert the following new paragraph: (2) Fee for…

as Members are now aware, we have just experienced two very close votes on whether or not the Federal Government ought to continue to subsidize grazing on Federal lands that are owned by the public, and continue that subsidy in a…

This amendment is not about whether or not people or corporations get to come to the United States to work their trades, which sounds very noble. This is an amendment about whether or not those corporations, when they come to America to…

I rise today to express my shock and profound sadness at the sudden passing of our friend and colleague, Walter Capps. I send my most sincere condolences to Walter's family and I wish to let them know that he will be missed and fondly…

I would like to thank Mr. Saxton and Mr. Abercrombie for introducing H.R. 1787, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997. Unfortunately, it appears as if the programs this legislation will promote are needed now more than ever. Many of…

First of all, this leaves our public lands and the damage to public lands and the threat to public lands open to a policy by filibuster, by Senate holds, and by obstructionists. Those would be the people who win in the debate against…

The gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Vento] is right. My colleague wants to keep alluding to Katie McGinty's memo. But the fact of the matter is, with advanced notice, the Senate would have tried to stop this, would have tried to put this…

I think the picture reminds me that most of us in politics are well aware that the basic currency of politics is your word. You give your word to your constituents. You give your word to your colleague. You give your word to the voters…

Because the Speaker is determined that it will not be on the schedule, that it will not be on the agenda of this House. That is what we are trying to change with many of these procedural votes, to call the attention to the public that we…

Members of the House, the pictures that have been painted in the hearings in the Senate and in the disclosures by national news media about what took place in the last campaign is not a pretty picture for the American people. In fact, I am…

I think that it is accurate to say that most Members of Congress, like most Americans, are unaware of the tens of thousands of workers who toil on American soil in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands who are routinely…

I would just say that I appreciate that the gentleman from Colorado has raised the issue of procedural motions. As the gentleman from Texas has pointed out, there is nothing else we can do. And he must understand what we have seen now…

What we are asking for is the same thing that the Philippine government has petitioned the Northern Marianas for these people, that they not be put into forced sex, young girls not be required to dance in bar clubs, and they not be put…

our Speaker, Speaker Gingrich, is fond of numbers. Here are new numbers on campaign finance reform. Zero. Never has the Republican majority brought campaign finance reforms to the floor of the House for a vote. Two. Twice in this past…

I would have to say again that some Member in the other body... is influencing how we are making decisions. It is corroding the democratic process. It is corroding the democratic process in this House, and it is corroding the democratic…

I can understand the protest from the other side. If I was stonewalling this as hard as they are, I would raise the objections, too. The fact of the matter is the record is clear that when the Democrats were in control of Congress in the…

another week has gone by in Washington, and still the Republican leadership has not scheduled a vote on campaign finance reform. Delay has always been the strategy of those who are opposed to curbing the influence of special interest…

we now know where Speaker Gingrich stands on campaign finance reform. The Speaker does not think there is enough money. He says they ought to be able to give any amount they want. Let everyone go play. Mr. Speaker, when those people gave…

I am sure our colleagues will no doubt remember this very famous photograph. This is the photograph where Speaker Gingrich and President Clinton shook hands on July 11, 1995, and pledged to this Nation that they would reform the campaign…

many of us this morning are demanding that Speaker Newt Gingrich schedule a vote on campaign finance reform this month. Rest assured that we will continue to make this demand until it is complied with. This is not an issue that either…

I would just reassert my charge. If we are into bona fides on disabled children, I would invite you to look at my history, and I would also invite you to come to the George Miller Centers for Severely Disabled Children. At any time, you…