Jerry Lewis

I very much appreciate on the one hand the gentleman suggesting that the amendment is going to be withdrawn; but on the other hand, I think it is very valuable that the gentleman brought this matter up in this fashion, for it is important…

So we are essentially saying to foreign countries, you will follow a line of logic that is unconstitutional?

I must say that I would like to associate myself with many of the remarks of my colleague from California [Ms. Pelosi] who serves with me on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She could say, as I would, that very much of our…

Let me say that the Veterans' Administration has given high priority to the replacement of the hospital, largely at the gentleman's urging. There is little question they will respond expeditiously and will go forward on it.

Mr. Speaker, at the very beginning of this discussion on this very important bill, I want my colleagues to know just how strongly I feel about the need to change the tons of the debate that often takes place on this floor. Often it is…

As the gentleman knows, we appropriated $25 million the previous Congress. There is authorization for that. They can do planning, use that for planning. I do not think they will be late at all. I would be very surprised if they would be…

I am very proud of the work of this subcommittee, not only as reflected in the conference report before us, but throughout the 104th Congress. When we total up that effort, including the rescission bill of 1995, the appropriations product…

I would expect if they cannot move an authorization bill, they will probably let us do it somewhere else.

Responding to my colleague, and I very much appreciate the gentlewoman yielding, we intended with this language that EPA develop a sound scientific basis for all actions that it takes in this area. However, nothing in the managers'…

It is my judgment that they will be able to go forward with no action by the Congress within the next year, but I have every indication from the committee that they do intend to act. Frankly, I think we are on a fast track.

the VA holds this as a very high priority. I frankly expect to see them expedite the process. They will probably be asking to use all the money available, maybe as much as $50 million. We intend to be responsive.

Mr. Speaker, I think the House should know that this motion to instruct does involve a number of very important policy areas, instructing the House to take action as conferees dealing with the other body. In the area of mental parity, for…

Mr. Speaker, I think most Members who are focusing at all upon this discussion know full well that these riders that are being proposed by way of this motion to instruct are items that on the surface look very, very appealing. There is…

one of my great frustrations is that over the years I have felt that those of us who live in southern California indeed should learn and read and write and speak Spanish. Unfortunately, we have not accomplished that. Nonetheless, it was 40…

Mr. Speaker, responding to the gentleman from California, this bill is designed to add additional land to the Manzanar Historic Site. I think the House knows that that was a major location whereby Americans of Japanese descent were…

the only reservation that I would have raised if I had an opportunity to raise a reservation was that one of these amendments apparently has a very significant impact upon the conference members who have not had an opportunity to discuss…

I must say that the courage my colleague is demonstrating here is very important for the House to note. I am not surprised that our new Members are here opposing even a cost-of-living adjustment, for they have not been through the process…

Mr. Chairman, we have learned over time that when we present an amendment or a bill on the floor that involves funding for veterans medical care, the House is going to pass that amendment regardless of what the amendment does. As we have…

Absolutely I commit that we will continue this dialogue. It is very important that the gentlewoman and I and the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Stokes], and the authorizers work together, for this ought to have a different priority in terms of…

I do, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as all my colleagues know, as a result of these last couple of days this is a very important, a very interesting, a very complex bill. To say the least, it is a difficult bill with many a compromise, an…

I am very impressed by the presentation by my colleague from Minnesota, Mr. Gutknecht. And to paraphrase his grandmother, I would say, ``If you do not always do what you have always done, you are not going to get what you always got.'' The…

I rise in the strongest of opposition to the gentleman's amendment. We all know the potential impact of across-the-board cuts, but this 1.9-percent cut indeed could be devastating to this very delicately developed bill. Let me tell the…

Reclaiming my time, I can say to the gentleman we have had a very thorough discussion in our full committee and here on the House floor. There is no question that the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] has a serious point that he wants to…

let me say that we do have a serious problem with PCB's, but also with a number of amendments remaining on this bill. Let me say to the author of the amendment it is my intention to accept the amendment, and we will have some discussion…

I must say that at this point I do not see us dealing with it in a serious way, and I would hope as we go forward here that we do come together and find real solutions.