The main show is who is responsible for developing and explaining the $38 billion homeland security budget.

I believe that your new legislative thrust that we are discussing today, the combination of two ideas, combines the best bipartisan ideas that we have been able to come up with in the House and in the Senate.

There is no more time left before we come up with an adequate focused homeland security strategy.

In the Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel on which I and several of us who have testified for my amendment serve, four service personnel chiefs, commissioned officers, testified that they do not need a change in current law. In…

I rise as a member of the Committee on Armed Services in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon]. I share the gentleman's goal of assisting military recruiters, and, like him, I support a strong…

the right of a woman to exercise control over her own body is a freedom just as important as other fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, like the freedom of speech and practice of religion. Some disagree with this view, and I…

my highest priority as a Member of Congress is retaining and building high-skill, high-wage jobs in California's South Bay. This area is the heart of California's aerospace industry, and if we are going to rebuild its employment base, we…

I rise in support in of the en bloc amendment offered by Chairman Brooks, and, in particular, the amendment offered by Representatives Beilenson, Berman, Condit, and Thurman which would require the Federal Government to reimburse States…

I rise in support of both fiscal restraint and a strong defense, but against the Kasich motion to instruct conferees on the budget resolution. My reason is simple: I cannot support 26 billion dollars' worth of uncertainty. I voted for the…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the Stenholm and Wise balanced budget amendments. It has become a cliche to say that there is no easy way to arrest our deficit problem. We've learned that reducing our borrowing levels is about making…

Officer Down.'' The two most dreaded words in law enforcement. In the last several months, the communities in California's 36th Congressional District have been rocked by the tragic and unprecedented murders of Officers Martin Ganz of…

I rise today, with a bipartisan groups of cosponsors, to introduce the Felon Gun Prevention Act to close an obscene loophole in the Federal Code. Most Americans know that convicted felons lose certain rights including the right to vote…