John Doolittle

we must stop using taxpayer dollars to subsidize Viagra for sex offenders. It was recently revealed that almost 800 convicted sex offenders in 14 States have received Medicaid funded Viagra and other similar drugs. This practice is a…

reclaiming my time, I thank both these gentlemen and commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Fossella), the author of the permanent legislation, and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton), the chairman of the primary committee with…

this is a vital bill for the future of our country, and this bill provides a very balanced approach to research in the scientific areas and to energy development and, indeed, renewable energy as well as vital water projects and…

I apologize to my good friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham), but I have always supported the oil and gas exploration. Our economy demands it, and I believe this can be done safely. It is a jobs issue, it is about lowering…

today we are about to further our independence on foreign sources of energy. I fully support that effort and urge my colleagues to do so as well. However, one item of particular concern to me is the contamination of groundwater by MTBE--a…

on rollcall Nos. 98-99 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on both. ____________________

I had the privilege of representing the adjoining region to Bob Matsui, who represented the City of Sacramento and certain surrounding areas. He and I got to know each other pretty well. We had some real contentious issues, one specific…

I offer this bill which would amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to permit members of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to serve two terms instead of one. The committee believes that amending the act to…

I very much wish to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) and his staff and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) and his staff and also the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Costello)…

this Klamath Basin is represented by three Members, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden), the gentleman from California (Mr. Herger), and myself from California. It has today about 50,000 people in it. It is one of the earliest…

I feel that this bill, as was explained by our previous speakers, will actually do something to help stimulate the economy. The Premier Certified Lenders Program is an excellent program. It has been unnecessarily tied down by the problem…

shortly we will honor someone who was an outstanding Member of the House of Representatives for a number of years here, Congressman Norman D. Shumway, who served the 14th Congressional District for 12 years prior to his retirement at the…

I appreciate the chance to join in this salute to Norm Shumway as we prepare to name this post office in his honor. In reviewing his biography, Norm has been a son of San Joaquin, and quite legitimately is. I do note in his biography he…

I do not know personally Mr. Estrada, but I understand he is considered to be quite outstanding by all those who have known him. It is remarkable. It is also my understanding that at the age of 17 he came from Honduras and had very limited…

this area has been devastated by government mismanagement already. We already know the history when for no good scientific reason the water was cut off to the farmers. It did irreparable harm, and it should not have happened, and now we…

I became really intimately aware of the ravages of this disease when a meningitis outbreak hit the Sacramento region in 2000, and then again in 2001, killing five high school students, three of whom were my constituents. Peter and Rose…

I rise today to condemn the terrorist attacks upon the people of Israel. On the basis of our shared principles and democratic values, we have an obligation to stand squarely with our democratic ally. We will support those who stand for…

I draw Members' attention to an article in today's Washington Post, not by a Republican or a conservative, by Robert J. Samuelson, entitled ``It Is Not Reform, It Is Deception.'' That is all this Shays-Meehan bill and the McCain-Feingold…

it is not reform. It is deception. That is what Mr. Samuelson from the Washington Post says about Shays-Meehan. I want to keep repeating that. It is not reform. It is deception. Because that is exactly what it is. It is deception. By the…

I rise today because the last duty performed to honor a local hero should not be thwarted by a technical flaw in the law. Let me explain. The Federal Flag Code provides guidelines for the display of the U.S. flag, but grants only the…

I submit these remarks with shock, sadness, and disgust. In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks September 11, Breen Elementary School--located in my district in my hometown of Rocklin, CA--displayed a sign supporting both the…

Executive Order 13-166 issued by President Clinton is unwise, illegal and unconstitutional; and I urge the Bush administration to rescind it forthwith. We would be doing them a favor to avoid all of their complex review by simply adopting…

I just have some comments on the Shays- Meehan bill. This thing just died of the weight of opposition against it. I just want to read from a list of both conservative and liberal groups who oppose this legislation. In fact, you could get a…

This issue is about big payoffs, not big oil. In fact, it is about the biggest payoffs ever made and accepted by Federal bureaucrats, indeed, over $750,000 already. This resolution is about our ability as Members of Congress to ask…

I have been absolutely fascinated with some of the claims I see being made by our liberal Democrat brethren, and one of them is that the big thing now is to attack our tax cut plan, because we are giving a tax cut to the wealthiest 1…