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I would just commend the gentleman from Alaska [Mr. Young] and the gentleman from California [Mr. Pombo] for their leadership efforts in doing something to restore some reason, I think, to the laws of our country pertaining to this area…
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.
today's Washington Post contains the following headline, ``About Face, Clinton To Restore Staff He Cut From Antidrug Office.'' First paragraph reads: Moving full circle in this election year, President Clinton plans an ambitious upgrading…
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 have in the past supported the BRAC Commission process, viewing it as a reasonable way to effect the necessary downsizing of excess capacity. As the gentleman from California mentioned, I have been very involved with him, the gentleman…
the Colorado River Compact negotiated in 1992 by all seven Basin States, divided the river into two basins, the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin, with each basin receiving the right to develop and use in perpetuity 7.5 million acre-feet…
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…
many of us are looking forward with greater anticipation tomorrow to passing what is a most significant provision of the Contract With America. That is the tax bill with all of the attendant benefits for families throughout the United…
Mr. Chairman, if we go right to the wording of the U.S. Constitution and the fifth amendment, it says, ``Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.'' That amendment was put in there in order to protect…
I rise in support of H.R. 7, the National Security Revitalization Act. I think this legislation is an important step toward restoring America's reputation as a superpower. In addition, this legislation preserves our ability and reaffirms…
Mr. Chairman, in listening to the comments of some Members here as ardent defenders of the Constitution, and we heard the Founders invoked, one would think the exclusionary rule is written into the Constitution. Yet I challenge anyone to…
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…
this comprehensive audit of House financial records and administrative operations will prevent in the future the kinds of problems we have seen with the House restaurant, the House Post Office and the House bank and will identify whether…
published reports have confirmed the presence of a large black hole in the universe. A black hole is a force so powerful it sucks up all material around it, not even allowing light to escape. The Rules Committee, under the domination of…
ever since we passed the President's budget last year, the American people have been clamoring for more budget cuts. Time after time the Congress has rejected budget cuts. They are always too specific or not specific enough. Well, the time…
I rise today to express my opposition to H.R. 4092, the House crime bill. I have no reservations about my ``nay'' vote, although I realize that many Americans want crime legislation passed. Mr. Chairman, the crime bill before the House is…
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…
let me thank the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant] and concur with him in his remarks and urge people to sign that discharge petition. That is a very important bill. Mr. Speaker, as the American people open their checkbooks and pay their…
the other night Jay Leno, commenting on the $14,000 underpayment in the Clinton's taxes observed ``when the President does it, it's a discovery. When you do it, it's a felony.'' In this morning's Washington Post the liberal columnist…
according to news reports, the President and the First Lady paid back over $14 thousand in back taxes, interest, and penalties owed to the Federal Government since 1980. Apparently, during the so-called decade of greed, the Clintons were…
it is costing the taxpayers of this country billions and billions of dollars. Any time we pick up the papers and we read about the crime in the District of Columbia or any other urban area across the United States, we ask ourselves, ``What…
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.
In 1940 teachers named the top problems in public schools as talking out of turn, chewing gum, making noise, and running in halls. In 1990 teachers named the top problems as drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, and rape. A recent…
we face today a crisis of family disruption due, among other things, to the explosion in out-of-wedlock teenage pregnancies. As this chart shows, teenager out-of-wedlock pregnancies have nearly doubled over the past two decades, and this…
I support the Roth amendment. I think it is unfortunate that it is being portrayed as somehow anti-Hispanic or anti-immigrant. It is nothing of the kind. Indeed, the evidence on this issue seems to suggest that bilingual education has…
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