Jerry Lewis

I would submit to the gentlewoman that there probably are messengers from the Taliban who would love to see the adjustments that the committee is making at this point. I do not notice a Member on the floor in connection with that at this…

The gentlewoman and I have had differences on this subject before. I no longer serve on the committee, as we all know. I do spend a lot of time there because of my work. Having said that, I remember our debates on the floor regarding…

If it is accurate that no other State has downsized an interstate pipeline in order for it to be a California pipeline, if that is an accurate statement, certainly the gentleman knows that California is by far the largest State in the…

But the thing that we must all remember is that the East-West confrontation is now a thing of the past, and indeed we are on a pathway for long-term opportunities for peace, not just for the United States but for the world; and if it were…

I must say that the job that was being done for those kids and with those kids at a local public elementary school was truly just short of fantastic, and I ran for the school board in order to try to extend that kind of local education in…

I appreciate the gentleman extending that hand, for there is little doubt that this problem does not know partisan lines and to be able to work together with him dealing with EPA would be very helpful to me and much appreciated.

Yes, I will if the gentleman will agree to work on a bipartisan approach to this problem that is a good solution. Bipartisan legislation could address the concerns of all stakeholders. I look forward to working with the gentleman.

But the point I am making is what message are we sending to defense contractors who have committed fraud, and the list is long and it is ongoing, according to the Government Accounting Office, if we say to them we are not going to crack…

I think, as the gentleman knows, it is just possible that reporters even of an esteemed newspaper like the New York Times do not have access to all of the material that might be available that is pertinent to this discussion. I think the…

Let me say to the gentlewoman, I cannot express deeply enough how strongly I appreciate her work with us by way of her participation on the authorizing committee. I am certainly happy to give her my assurance that we will look at these…

I would be happy to revisit this matter going into conference to ensure that the committee has all available information to make the best possible judgment on the appropriate funding level for this program.

Mr. Chairman, as most of my colleagues know, for a reasonably short time I have had the privilege of chairing the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that deals with national security. As some of my colleagues have…

Taking back my time, the fact is that short-term clean CRs have worked from time to time. It is when we get in confrontations between the administration or between parties that often the process falls apart. Therefore, I strongly urge my…

Mr. Chairman, with great reservation, I rise to oppose the amendment of the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Fowler). I very simply do so because we do have an agreement presently struck with the people of Vieques. It is our desire to obtain…

Taking back my time, there is little doubt that the voices were almost identical to those that flow today regarding this issue. There is little question, they did not want us involved in El Salvador or Nicaragua, and there is democracy…

Indeed, America cannot solve Colombia's entire problem; but they have asked for our help. It would be a grave error for us to make the same mistake that those same voices would have suggested we make in El Salvador in the country of…

I ask you and my colleagues to join me in congratulating Park Superintendent Dick Martin and his staff for creating a world-class national park in this unique natural environment.

We must urge the park service to make resolution of those inholder problems a top priority in the years to come.

The staff has successfully begun a multi-year effort to capture and remove the more than 500 burros who were introduced by miners, and who compete for scarce food and water with native wildlife like the Desert Bighorn Sheep.

Death Valley became the largest national park in the lower 48 states when it was changed from national monument status and expanded to 3.3 million acres in 1994.

I appreciate the chairman being flexible here in terms of yielding. I think he made a very important point at the beginning that needs to be repeated. That is, we already had a vote on this amendment. There is an authorizing committee that…

Indeed, it is my view that the American public are themselves focusing at this moment on refugees by way of television cameras that are depicting this picture, which is the worst of the fallout from the Milosevic effort here of ethnic…

Mr. Speaker, there is one matter that I do want to bring to the House's attention. It concerns my good friend Louis Stokes. For 24 years, the gentleman from Ohio has served on this subcommittee, what is now called the VA, HUD and…

I could not help but pay close attention to the comments of the gentleman from California, for he was expressing concern about report language in the bill, and we have discussed this before. He knows the relative impact of report language…

I had the privilege of being the author of the Child Development Act of 1972 in California. Congress has discovered child care 25 years later.