Katie Porter

I have never supported a tax increase, and I supported the Reagan tax cuts which came with the promise of spending cuts to follow which never materialized. No one should believe that the Castle-Upton package is more than a fig leaf that…

I rise in very reluctant opposition to my leaders' amendment. As chairman of the subcommittee that funds OSHA, I do not believe that it is possible, by offering an amendment to cut $3.5 million out of the salaries and expenses account at…

I offer the amendment to correct 12 line items in our portion of the rescission bill... I do not believe that there is opposition to the amendment, Mr. Chairman. I would commend it to the Members.

Mr. Chairman, as well-intentioned as this amendment might be, I believe that it would very much undermine the efforts of the subcommittee and the committee to graduate public broadcasting off the Federal subsidy, and we believe that we are…

I think we ought to make clear that the preclusion of judicial review goes to reviewing the impact analysis. It does not affect anything else. In addition, we ought to be clear that the impact analysis is not something that is kept…

I have read the letter from Roger Marzulla and also the letter from Bob Dole. And it is very evident from both letters, if you read the last paragraph of the Roger Marzulla letter, he says, ``As chief architect of the Takings Executive…

The gentleman does understand, I assume, that under the Porter amendment compensation would still be payable in accordance with the Constitution. The gentleman is not suggesting otherwise, nor are either of these two letters; are they?

This measure, if it were to pass into law, would make the Superfund legislation look pale by comparison in response to the amount of litigation that would be engendered. This is not what I, a Republican, was sent here to do, Mr. Chairman…

One significant difference between my bill and the Porter amendment specifically requires that no compensation shall be paid in cases when the takings impact analysis is performed. That indicates that Senator Dole does not understand the…

Mr. Chairman, let me summarize by saying, the legislation as it presently stands would take egregious bureaucratic action of a few cases and replace it with egregious legal action in every single case. An agency which does anything that…

As long as they look at the regulation to see its impact on private property, they have looked at the specific purpose of the agency action, an assessment of the likelihood of the taking of private property will occur under the action…

I will finish up very briefly. It is payable under the Constitution except if an impact analysis is not done. Then it is payable under the Canady-Tauzin approach. In either case, compensation is payable.

any honest person must admit that there have been instances of regulatory overkill in our Government. But this legislation is legislative overkill in the extreme. It will turn on the litigation tap with an absurdly low threshold for…

the death of our friend Ed Madigan is a profound loss for the Congress, the citizens of Illinois, and our entire Nation. One of America's most respected and influential leaders has been taken from us much too soon, and together with Ed's…

2 years ago, at the opening of the 103d Congress, upon my initiative, Republicans proposed to limit the time a Member could chair a committee. Democrats rejected this initiative, which would have applied to their chairs. Today, Republicans…

I strongly support the overall Republican House rules package. It makes many badly needed and long overdue reforms in the way this House operates. I believe those reforms will help Congress regain the confidence of the American people…