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what I just wanted to share with my colleagues is that a visit to JPL is an incredible experience. When one goes there, one sees not only the incredible benefits they have made with respect to space exploration but what JPL has done for…
I was 11 years old on July 20, 1969. For anybody of my generation, particularly who was a young person on that date, and who can remember, as I do, sitting in front of a somewhat flickering black and white television to see the grainy…
I am sorry that I cannot accept his amendment because his amendment would undermine and gut the entire purpose of the underlying bill. I just want to take a moment if I may to correct the record and I think the gentleman may have…
I simply want to commend the gentleman, both for his amendment, which I think makes a good bill much better, and secondly, from the bottom of my heart I thank the gentleman for not just his leadership on this bill, but for the pleasure of…
Mr. Chairman, I must respectfully again take issue with my dear friend from Michigan. He says in his remarks that small business gun manufacturers are now automatically protected under the Rogan bill. First, that is not a correct…
Mr. Chairman, first, I certainly hope that my dear friend from Michigan does not mistake a serious policy difference in any way with a lack of respect or affection for him. I take a back seat to no one in this Chamber in admiration, both…
I must say that I deeply regret hearing some of the characterizations of this bill and the way it has been twisted. I have sat here for the last hour listening to the fact that if we give a limitation of liability on punitive damages to…
Mr. Chairman, I introduced the Small Business Liability Reform Act last summer, along with the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Holden), the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), and the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) with the…
I rise with great heaviness in my heart. I ask my colleagues to join me today in paying tribute to Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sargissian, Armenian Speaker Karen Demirchian, and the six other Armenian government officials gunned down…
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…
today the House is poised to cut more than $1 billion from NASA's space science budget. Sixty percent of these funds go directly to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This cut is a step backward for our Nation, which to date has led the…
those who believe Washington politicians are addicted to spending lived too long with the other party in control of Congress. That malady no longer exists with the Republicans controlling the Congress of the United States. We are the party…
we Republicans across the country campaigned last year on the issue of tax relief for working families. We said that Americans are overtaxed, and America agreed. That is why last year more Americans voted for Republicans than voted…
copyright violations, particularly those via the Internet, are a growing problem. H.R. 1761 the Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 ensures that changes in federal law keep up with changes in technology. This bill provides an…
Dr. Joseph Jacobs wrote an exceptional book about "compassionate conservatism," a slogan today adopted by the distinguished governor of Texas, George W. Bush. The concept reminds me that many liberals go through their lives thinking that…
under a Republican Congress, our economy is projecting huge budget surpluses over the next 10 years. And I do not mean liberal Democrat style surpluses. I mean real surpluses that do not count and include the Social Security Trust Fund…
Imagine an entire village, 10,000 people, drowned at once. Imagine watching as your fathers and brothers are burned to death. Imagine watching men in your community tied to horses and dragged away. Or watching children see their mothers…
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 want to say, as a Republican, that as we begin this procedure, I start with the presumption that the President is deemed innocent of any allegation of wrongdoing unless and until the contrary is shown. Every reasonable inference that can…
H-1B visas have played a crucial role in America's vibrant economy. During the past 3 years, the high-tech industry has contributed over 3.5 million jobs to the U.S. economy and has accounted for a 27 percent increase in our gross national…
the United States has a two-centuries old tradition as the standard bearer of freedom, democracy and the promotion of human rights abroad. When the liberty of men and the expression of their ideals have been threatened, our Nation has…
the President's late night, quiet veto this week of Education Savings Accounts--timed in order to miss the evening news--means that those that produced generations of education failure have dodged the bullet again. The other side should…
Yesterday the President vetoed legislation allowing parents to create education savings accounts. These accounts would have given parents the ability to save for their children's education and use these savings for books, tutors or to…
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