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The largest cut to EPA is a 3 percent cut that the gentleman from Virginia just identified, and I want to read just briefly the type of things that we are seeking this minor reduction in: travel expenses, including uniforms or allowances…
It is wrong, I suggest it is a misreading of the Constitution, for any member here to assert that for a member to vote for an article of impeachment means that the member must be convinced that the President should be removed from office…
I have some authority to speak on this, having spent 10 years as a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles county and as a criminal trial court judge in Los Angeles county. Under the Clinton Justice Department, since President Clinton…
I know that story well, Madam Speaker, because that young boy was me. There are many children who are going into buildings just like Gompers Continuation School. These buildings have the word ``school'' on top of them, but they are not…
First I want to thank my distinguished colleague, the subcommittee chairman, for his comments. And I think that the chairman has hit the nail on the head: there are some procedural defects in what is currently on the books. I agree that…
First, in entering this debate, I consider it a great personal privilege to be allowed to follow two men for whom I have such profound respect, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr
A few minutes ago my dear friend from California made commentary in her argument as to why she would vote against articles of impeachment
I join with the gentleman from Wisconsin in rising to a point of order and also noting the dichotomy in this particular proposal of censure; that if this were to pass, we would go on record as stating that the President deserves censure…
What a difference a few years makes. In 1993, Republicans were entering their 39th year in the minority in this House. That year was significant because Congress passed on to working people the largest tax increase in American history. The…
There are occasions when the contribution of one of our citizens merits special note on the floor of the House of Representatives, and for 20 years I have had the privilege of knowing such an individual. His name is Ralph Laird from…
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