Jerry Lewis

The gentlewoman probably does not know this, but my first grandchild, being born some years ago, the kids named her Katelyn Rose, and since that time I have been in the gardening business. So I want the gentlewoman to know that not only do…

I am very well aware of your concerns; and if you recall, I shared them with the administration on several instances during the past year. It is not my intent that the report language be a base for funding.

Is it not correct that the city of Lakewood, California, paid for a new survey and found that almost 5,000 homes and businesses were mistakenly included in the floodplain and, thus, would have been required to purchase insurance when it…

I do not only acknowledge but state flatly that this is an unauthorized program, and I want my colleague to know that I intend to make certain when we go to conference that both the House and Senate are very clear on this matter.

I do appreciate where my colleague is coming from. We have had this discussion a number of times on the floor, as the gentleman knows. And the gentleman certainly knows that our committee is doing everything we can to adequately fund those…

I must say to the body that our colleague, the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt) has played a very significant role in dealing with this problem, for there is money in the pipeline now pushing forward that research on the part of the…

Mr. Chairman, I believe the brownfields program is a good program and the committee supports efforts to turn abandoned and possibly contaminated properties into thriving commercial areas. On the other hand, both the GAO and the Inspector…

Reluctantly, I rise in opposition to the amendment of my colleague. Mr. Chairman, I believe the body knows that we have not had any significant funding for this program since 1995. The reason for that is that the voucher program…

I might mention to the gentleman that his district and mine have this identical problem, for our territories involves open spaces where people have to travel many, many miles for this kind of service. As the gentleman is aware, the VA's…

I will be urging the EPA to take this into consideration and expedite the remediation of the remaining Ottawa sites as soon as able possible, consistent with the agency's priority listings.

I want to at the outset mention to my colleagues that beyond the substance of this bill, which is considerable, during the day today I expect that we will have a good deal of discussion of the reality that there is another piece of…

The agency must include a formal protocol proposal as part of their fiscal year 1999 operations plan before implementing any security protocol.

Yes, the EPA has been working closely with FBI and other law enforcement and security experts to develop a system limiting inappropriate access to such information. That system is expected to be completed by the end of 1998 as the…

Mr. Weller, I understand that there is a very high rate of cancer in areas surrounding these Superfund sites.

I must say that in the years that I have been in this body, I have seen on more than one occasion on both sides of the aisle a propensity to demagogue both salary adjustments as well as benefits for the Members of this House. It is most…

I do not mean to take much of the gentleman's time, but I was away at that hanging as well, and I must say, at the Library of Congress they had this wonderful ceremony where both the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Jim Sensenbrenner) and the…

It will be a great time to celebrate, but it is only the beginning. I really do appreciate this nonpartisan effort.

I must say that in the initial stages of my hearing this discussion, I was intrigued to see both my colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) speaking, and he was being aided by his friend, the gentleman from Minnesota…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today not to complain a bit about the work of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. McDade) or the gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio) in terms of the subcommittee report that is before us, but rather to say that a…

I want you to know, Mary, that all of us in this Chamber loved and admired Sonny. Of course, we still do; and, like you, we miss him dearly. But today we are here as a family to say welcome to you and to Chesare and Chianna and to all the…

It seems to me that this forest conceivably could be part of a recovery area. It has been under serious difficulty in recent years because of the recent history of dry weather. A spark could literally ungulf the whole mountainside. To pass…

I also wanted to share with the gentlewoman and others the fact that just a short time ago I returned from a, not exactly a ribbon-cutting, but essentially that, at a Habitat for Humanity, location very close to the Capitol here, where in…

Congressman Brown and I have looked at the problems of the Salton Sea for some time... what is a very, very important national asset and important environmental asset will all but be wasted and lost unless we take some action in a very…

I ask my colleague to yield at this point because he is raising a very, very important item that kind of goes to the heart of some of the mystery of Sonny Bono. The early days of Sonny and Cher, it was very obvious that he was the butt of…

I very much appreciate my chairman yielding this time to me, and I want to take just a moment to express my personal deep appreciation for the work of both our chairman and the ranking member, the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks]. I…