That is right, that is exactly what is going on. When we first heard a response from Janet Reno of the Justice Department, she indicated that she could not comment because of an open case. Now what we are hearing is, oh, since the CIA has…

The first response we received from the Justice Department was their preliminary inquiry did not reveal any of the facts of this article. However, they were going to start an investigation with the Inspector General, and of course when we…

Well, I think we have to be in this for the long haul. This is not something that is going to reap us any substantial answers in the short period of time. We are going to run into walls of secrecy; I just anticipate that. I anticipate that…

Let me just continue here sharing the information of the series because it is so important to understand why we must ask for an investigation. We have not just asked for an investigation because we do not know what we are able to get from…

I do not fear anybody. I am aware, as we look through the records, that people have died mysteriously who are involved in investigations. But I want to put everybody on record, as we move through these investigations, that I had better not…

I demand that this House investigate recent reports of CIA-organized military efforts which led to the introduction of crack cocaine into south central Los Angeles and other inner city areas. The San Jose Mercury News, in a recent series…

I come today to try and create a real discussion about drugs. In this election year, we have begun to hear a discussion, a discussion of blame. Obviously President Dole has decided he is going to make drugs an issue, and we kind of hear…

someday more politicians will approach tough decisions such as welfare reform with more care and integrity. This is not that day. Someday politicians will place children above politics. This is not that day. Someday politicians will place…

both of these welfare reform bills before us are little more than poll-driven political responses to a real problem. This is not true welfare reform. Instead we are placing a foot on the necks of poor children and families and calling it…

this is not welfare reform, this is welfare bashing. Welfare reform has become the political football in this election year. Children and families are going to be hurt if this bill is signed into law. Poor children in families will be…

If I thought this was a serious attempt by Speaker Newt Gingrich to improve the welfare reform debate, I would seriously try to deal with the waiver issues. However, consideration of a waiver for this Wisconsin welfare plan today is but a…

Yes, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am aware that it is not authorized in this legislation. However, the other banks are not authorized either, but they got a waiver in the rule. So what we have here is a construction that recognized that…

this amendment being offered by the Republican Member from California, Mr. Riggs, is a fine example of what Democrats can do when we are persistent in our demands for justice for workers. The Republican leadership resisted and resisted and…

But I want to be clear, will the housing authorities have the ability to raise the rents as high as they would like to, above the 30 percent, regardless of ability to pay.

Is this an attempt to get the operating expenses that they rescinded and cut out of the budget, trying to get as much money as they can from the tenant in order to offset the money that they cut from the budget?

I agree that this is, too, about the Brooke amendment, but it is about more than the Brooke amendment. It is about whether or not we are going to develop some sensible public policy that will allow people to become independent. My friends…

My friend, the chairman of the committee, has just expanded, would like to expand, rental assistance so that they pull in more people making more money, up to $40,000 that they could make under his proposal. One would be able to earn…

I have absolutely nothing in common with the NRA. I do not like guns, I wish there were none in our society. However, I have a passion for fairness. This passion for fairness drives me not to allow there to be law created for certain…

As a matter of fact, Mr. Chairman, the GSE's come to mind, the government service enterprises, where we have FNMA and Freddie Mac. That is not about anything more than ensuring that we have the vehicles by which we can get those mortgages…

I rise first to thank my friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy], for all of the work that he is doing in this Nation on behalf of poor people and working people, particularly paying attention to their housing needs. Really…

the radical Republicans are playing a cruel hoax on the American people. They refuse to raise the minimum wage by a lousy 90 cents and the bill before us would raise rent on the poorest and most vulnerable Americans, Americans who are only…

I would like to quote the sixth amendment to the United States Constitution. It simply says in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right of a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein…

I rise in strenuous opposition to this conference report. Remember the famous Pinto automobile recall, the exploding gas tanks. Remember the fact that the manufacturer knew the gas tank in the back of the car would explode if hit in an…

I rise to thank Congresswoman Roybal- Allard and Congresswoman DeLauro for providing this opportunity for us to highlight women who have had an impact on our lives and on the lives of others in our communities and in our Nation. Today we…

It is, and we are very pleased because we really are hopeful. We are very, very optimistic about the possibilities for stemming the tide of teenage pregnancies. We believe that you can create real prevention. It does cost money, and some…