Jerry Lewis

I would like to speak to the House as to how we have come to this position on this amendment. The committee is faced with some very, very serious difficulties interplaying between a variety and mix of serious programs under its…

The fact is that our veterans programs involve approximately $38 billion of spending across the country. Many of us are concerned that within those medical services, many of our veterans are disserved. they receive inefficient service…

Indeed, what we are doing here or were doing here was to accept the President's recommendation of rescinding this program as we try to reexamine all of the handicapped services throughout the housing programs. But in the meantime, because…

Many local communities have been notified of their fiscal year 1995 allocations and have initiated community meetings to plan for the release of CDBG monies for the wide variety of eligible purposes.

It is very important for the House to understand where we come from regarding this specific proposal for re-funding the veterans programs that were formerly set for some rescission. The fact is that AmeriCorps is a program that began in…

Tom Ewing, I very much appreciate your yielding me this time, and especially appreciate having this special order in memory of Ed Madigan. Ed Madigan was one of the greatest Secretaries of Agriculture that this country will ever have. Ed…

I have one very brief question. In this committee that operates in such a democratic fashion (small d; big D perhaps) just how frequently has there been a discharge of a measure of this significance in the full committee without a…

I rise in favor of the amendment. Mr. Chairman, this is going to be an extended discussion, probably over several days, regarding this desert wilderness and park bill. Fundamental to the discussion that we are going to have relative to the…

Members, I believe that the House knows me to be largely a person who does not involve himself in an overt way in pure partisan politics. I must say that I share with the public their concern about ofttimes the debate around here being…

the outdoor experience in the desert is a far cry from taking a walk through a wilderness area along a scenic trail or a mountain stream. The desert environment is often very unforgiving. Indeed, it can be deadly without an adequate water…

Mr. Chairman, frankly I was a little disconcerted there a moment ago, for throughout this debate I have been wanting to mention the name of California's senior Senator, Mrs. Feinstein from California, but I did not think our rules allowed…

It is very important the membership understand, but especially the membership of the Committee on Armed Services and the appropriate Appropriations subcommittees, there is little doubt that there is serious potential impact to our ability…

It is apparent to the membership that this vast area has huge potential in terms of activity that involves flight and overflight, very important to the military. This is territory where the stealth airplanes fly, for example. What kinds of…

I want to ask a general question, for I am not sure the House understands the reason for our focusing upon items relative to military land available in this region. This area is the home of the National Training Center for the Army, that…

I must say the point the gentleman is making is an important point. This is precisely the point that caused these Members who represent the desert to object so strenuously to the fact that the chairman of the full committee, the night…

reclaiming my time and closing my remarks regarding this amendment, it is very obvious that there are two points to be made here: First to the Members of the House, if this were their district, how would they react to this treatment that…

that is totally unacceptable, and I would hope the Democrats of the House would think ``How would I react if this chairman or this committee treated me this way?''

I must say that you are clearly making my very point about the way the committee does operate. It is suggested that the committee often operates in this fashion, submitting substitutes at the last minute. This is a very complex subject, it…

I very much thank my colleague for yielding time to me. Frankly, I wanted to rise simply to express my deep appreciation for my colleague and the professional way he is handling this matter. We do disagree on a specific. That is, the…

You always just gently suggested, ``I will just roll you over, Lewis. Do not worry about it.'' I know your style. Everybody else knows your style.

Is it accurate to say that a significant number of the votes on this bill in committee were ghost votes, the Members were not even present to vote?

I do know this, the public expects Members to be there and cast their own vote. They do not expect ghost votes.

Let me just complete the statement. The response of the author of the bill was, ``Jerry, I am not going to be able to help you with this. The chairman is going to do exactly what he wants to do with this bill, and he already has in his…

today I would like to bring to your attention the grave injustices suffered by the Armenian people at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish Empire earlier this century. On April 24, 1994 at the Armenian Genocide Monument located in Montebello's…

On that point, some years ago on a white steed, Jerry Brown was going to improve government in California, former Governor Jerry Brown. He passed a bill that would limit to like $15 a month money that could be spent by lobbyists. Fifteen…