John Doolittle

I say to the gentleman, suppose Pacific Lumber Co. jumped through all the hoops to get a habitat conservation plan, spent the hundreds of thousands of dollars and took the months or years to accomplish it. Do we have information that…

Reclaiming my time, we have heard it represented and a number of very unkind things have been said about Mr. Hurwitz. I have never met Mr. Hurwitz. So I find it fascinating to see such intensity coming out of the other side. When Mr…

If I may add, typically this situation arises when they have stopped an individual for a traffic offense, and in the course of running the check this pops up. So that is kind of the normal circumstance when it would occur.

I rise to support this very excellent legislation of the gentleman from California [Mr. Bono]. This legislation will enhance our system of checks and balances by establishing three-judge courts under limited circumstances, which are where…

I say to the outstanding young people who are the pages, we thank you for your service. It seems that the good times always go very, very quickly, but you will be missed and remembered, and do not lose track. Come back, stay in touch, and…

All too often politicians make promises, but don't keep them. That is in large part the cause of cynicism among the American people about their government institutions. Last night and early this morning, the American people witnessed…

There is an old adage that says ``if it ain't broke, don't fix it.'' For over 10 years we have had a strong law against child pornography that has worked, until the Clinton Justice Department sought recently to weaken it. This amendment…

It would be consistent with the process we have now where these standards have been set forth in the bill, and the districts receiving the funds from the Federal Government are obligated to abide by them.

I do not see how this could possibly be viewed as constitutional. It singles out a single group of people and punishes in essence their speech, while allowing others to go unpunished for identical conduct. I hope we defeat the rule.

Do we have to go to socialized medicine in order to address some of the legitimate complaints about our present health care delivery system, or is there a way to fix the parts of it that are less desirable, and yet retain the advantages of…

That is what happens when we have a socialized type of system. Ironically, many of these countries, including, I think, Canada, are looking at the United States' system for ways to suggest to them how they might improve their own, and yet…

Not only do I understand that they came to get away, we need to look into what happened in December, because some very unusual things in Canada happened. They ran out of money and they basically pretty much shut down the health care system…

It reminds me of that 1986 Tax Reform and Simplification Act, which was a very large bill similar to this. And you do not hear any body talking about how simple the Tax Code is today. I just have the feeling that the exact same thing is…

The President claims that this is a simple plan. I would just say to the gentleman that I have got the bill. It looks like we have in this bill 1,364 pages. I have read this. Some of this is the most convoluted material I have ever read in…

Well, I interrupted the gentleman, but I appreciate the elaboration on those two points. What other features does this plan have that smack of socialized medicine?

Absolutely. And historically, as we look at socialized medicine in other countries, price control, government artificial price controls are always a component of it. And it always leads to the next step, which is rationing.

As a Californian I support the need for earthquake relief. But as an American, I believe that we must provide this relief by making offsetting cuts, not by piling on further debt onto the backs of every man, woman, and child in California…