Jerry Lewis

I would be very happy to join with the gentleman in that discussion. I think I probably will discuss it with my wife as well; but in the meantime, you and I work together on the committee, and I am happy to work with you on almost any…

I appreciate my Appropriations colleague yielding me a moment just to say that my colleague, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), and I have spent a lot of time together discussing these questions and the schedule and otherwise. The…

I join in this celebration of our friend Bob Matsui. All of us who care about public affairs and the Congress absolutely know that fundamental to our success in solving people's problems involves our understanding of just how important…

But I wanted to take a moment to express the House's deep appreciation for the work being done every day by the men and women who make up our security agencies. We all know that during the 1990s, much of their work was disrupted by…

Is it not interesting we could have a crises like this, a crises like this that affects so many thousands and thousands of lives, men, women and children, a tragic circumstance, and, yet, ofttimes in this country the inane things that we…

Doug Bereuter is one of the classiest people to have ever served in this place. As my friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas), suggested, there are few and far between those who have his kind of class. Doug Bereuter is one of…

There appears to be developing here a level of kind of partisanship that I am not used to seeing when we discuss intelligence. There is absolutely no question that intelligence work does not know a partisan divide, if things are happening…

We understand my colleague's concern, and we can tell the gentleman that we believe that there is adequate funding.

The problem in Sudan is very real, and we are going to do everything we can to work with the gentlewoman. I appreciate not just her expressing her concern but helping us with this very serious difficulty.

I am very empathetic to the Member's expression of concern in this arena. There is report language in the bill that says the following that I would bring to his attention: ``The Defense Science Board and the General Accounting Office both…

The gentleman from Vermont and the gentleman from Connecticut have both been very active in the fight for a cure and treatment of Gulf War Illness for many years, and the committee will work with both of them to increase funding for…

President Reagan came to Washington at a moment when our country was in great malaise. Interest rates had risen as high as 21 rac{1}{2} percent. Inflation was raging the country. Jobs were very, very difficult to come by. And in typical…

I am here to announce to the House, or bring to their attention, the passing of former colleague Alphonzo Bell, Jr., who this last Sunday passed away at the age of 89. Congressman Bell was known while he was in the House by Members of the…

Many do not know that my district, which includes the San Bernardino National Forest, was as dramatically impacted by this fire as any in the country or any in California. The San Bernardino National Forest has been in desperate condition…

I neglected earlier to express my deep appreciation to the conferees for their responding to the challenge in our district that involved some $500 million that is now going to go through the process here to FEMA to help those people who…

I might mention, because the chairman certainly would not say this, that we are going through this routine, I know in large part, or maybe in small part, because for 40 years the Democrats ran the place and that gave us time to learn a lot…

During the big war, there was a word, a phrase, it is really a word, a snafu was common among all people who were in the service. The military has often screwed up, I must tell you, and it is ridiculous. Absolutely, we agree with the…

If we are in the lending business at this moment, that donor's conference will become a lender's conference and undermine that capability. Further, it is very important for us to know that if we are successful in Iraq, it will set a tone…

The bill, in its total, involves some $368 billion in discretionary budget authority; and within those titles there is approximately $98 billion for military personnel, $116 billion for O&M, $74 billion for procurement, $65 billion for…

I rise to very briefly oppose this amendment. Mr. Chairman, this is appropriately an item that should be a part of the authorization process. It is my understanding at the subcommittee level there was support for this proposal and there…

I repeat to the gentleman that I very much appreciate his forthright discussion of this matter. I know of the potential difficulty that could be faced, but I want the gentleman to know that we are very committed to working with him to…

I wanted to mention that the work of our subcommittee, that is the Subcommittee on Defense, along with MILCON, got their work done last year for the 2003 year; and it is largely because of the very fine relationship we have with our…

George Gekas is a friend of all of ours. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has made a great contribution to the House. It has been my privilege to not just be his friend but to work very intently on his behalf. He is a great guy. We will…

Let me suggest to my colleague that for the first 18 or so years of my time here I served in the minority. I say this is my eighth year in the House because I did not know what it was like to be in the majority. I must say that you all…

Reclaiming my time, it certainly is disconcerting to this Member that it would appear as though at least somewhere down the line we would like to be able to find a mechanism, independent commission or otherwise, to point the finger at…