James Rogan

the next time those opponents of parental choice in education on the other side argue that the Federal Government should be running our public schools instead of giving parents more local control, I hope that they will consider these…

if a child molester, a bank robber or a mass murderer is hauled before the bar of justice, they are afforded the procedural presumption of ``innocent until proven guilty.'' It is painfully ironic that when an honest American taxpayer is…

we Republicans in Congress are fighting to return rigorous academic standards to the public classroom. However, something just as critical is also missing from public schools: teaching our children virtue, patriotism, and citizenship. A…

In light of the hearings we had on the IRS, it is clear that there is immediate need for reform. We Republicans have joined with some Democrats in urging a citizens oversight commission for the IRS. Incredibly, the White House has opposed…

during this last week, the other body has conducted hearings that are extremely significant to all Americans. We finally had a congressional committee turn over the rock at the IRS. What we heard were horror stories coming from citizens…

I was raised by a mom who was a single mom with four children on welfare and food stamps. And the only reason I have had the privilege of coming from that background and now serving in the Congress of the United States is because my mother…

we Republicans have one basic, simple belief when it comes to education. We believe in empowering parents and teachers. We do not believe in empowering Federal bureaucrats. For all the good intentions of those who believe that Washington…

in today's newspaper we learned that the Journal of the American Medical Association is publishing a national study that found when teenagers feel connected to their parents and to their schools, they are less likely to suffer emotional…

First, with respect to the challenge that was made to Republicans on the issue of supporting school construction, neither party has a monopoly on virtue on this particular subject. The question is, how are we going to fund school…

the issue du jour for the Clinton administration is to create national education testing standards. I find this ironic in light of today's newspaper account: Former Democrat Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joe Califano has just…

today my family celebrates the fifth birthday of my twin daughters, Dana and Claire. But long after the presents that they open today are put away and forgotten, this Congress will have given them, and given to the children of this country…

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…

every morning in America, working families get up, send someone to work, sometimes two parents to work; they earn a paycheck, and they are required by law to send a big chunk of it back to the IRS in Washington, DC, so bureaucrats can make…

there is a great philosophical divide between we Republicans and the Democrats when it comes to the issue of tax cuts. For the 40 years that the Democrats controlled this Chamber, they ended their regin by giving America the highest tax…

one of the most important debates that will occur during this Congress is whether this Congress will send more money back to the people who work for a living and earn that money. As one might expect, we are hearing both sides in this…

I would suggest to him that there are very few people in this country earning $40,000 to $50,000 a year who are employed as the rich on Wall Street. Yet that is exactly how the Democrats in this House view people who earn that much…

every single morning we are treated to a litany of speeches from the other side talking about Republican plans to cut taxes as being a tax cut for the rich, and I sometimes think that people mistake volume for sincerity because when we…

the Republican philosophy with respect to working families is very simple. We believe that those people who work for a living, trying to support their families, ought to be able to keep more of the money that they earn. We do not believe…

I was raised by my grandparents, and then by a great-aunt who lived on her Social Security. They relied upon Medicare for health care. Mr. Speaker, when I ran for Congress last year as a Republican, one of the things that was important to…

I rise today not as a Republican, but as an American. The almost daily allegations engulfing the White House concern me not from a political standpoint as much as they do from a national standpoint. Mr. Speaker, I like to think that, if…

as a former prosecutor and judge, I devoted my life to ensuring that great injustices did not occur; and my concern, Mr. Speaker, is that we are a body about to see a potential injustice done with respect to final resolution against the…

about 30 years ago a distinguished Member of the other body wrote a book entitled ``The Arrogance of Power,'' and since becoming a Member of Congress this year that title has haunted me, because nowhere has that arrogance been shown…

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…

I thank my colleague for her very gracious and kind comments. One comment she made is particularly true--when she referred to Ralph Laird as a gentleman. That he is. When I recently saw a very popular movie entitled ``Mr. Holland's Opus,''…

last year I had the privilege of campaigning for the U.S. Congress as a Republican from California, and in my district I made no bones in going to groups where I spoke to both Democrats and Republicans and telling them that I intended to…