Norman Mineta

In general the bill before us is an attempt to limit the intrusiveness of the Federal Government into the business of State and local governments and private businesses. Many of us disagree with how the bill goes about meeting those…

Mr. Chairman as I have indicated, the Senate bill relative to their legislation on unfunded mandates does not contain this unintended consequence of making it more difficult to deregulate. I would like to ask my very fine colleague from…

I rise in support of the Borski amendment. This amendment assures that we do not cripple our future efforts at protecting the basic rights of our constituents. As we learned so dramatically in Milwaukee, when over 100 individuals died…

One of the things that does bother me--there are two things, I guess I should say. First of all, that there were no hearings at the Rules Committee on this issue. And, second, our distinguished majority leader says that this is a preview…

Many Members on the other side have to talk in other contexts about how we should always fully consider the cost versus the benefits before we proceed. But in this bill they would require an analysis of everything except the benefits. Now…

I rise in strong support of Mr. Towns' amendment. I believe that this amendment addresses a glaring flaw in H.R. 5 as it is now written. The flaw is that the bill, without the Towns amendment, could deprive our constituents of the…

just trying to reflect on my own experience of having served 8 years in local government, including one term as mayor of a city where we grew that city from 400,000 in population to 560,000 in a 4-year period, as well as having had the…

in so many areas this bill would make it harder for citizens and property owners to be protected from damaging acts by others. This is a bill which will make it harder, slower, and more costly for all of us to respond in the future to new…

this morning, as billions of people around the world know, the cities of Kobe and Osaka in southern Japan were struck with a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake. As of noon today, Washington time, nearly 1,600 people were known dead, more…

the new majority in the House of Representatives have put forward a number of suggestions for reform here in the Congress. Some of these proposals have merit, some do not. But I believe that one of the most damaging, and fiscally…

I rise today in strong opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, passage of this amendment would prove to be harmful to our economy and our international relationships. Under the current United…

I rise today in support of the conference report on S. 2000, the Head Start Act amendments. Specifically, I would like to comment on the necessity of mandatory funding for Head Start and the inclusion of multilingual programs reflective of…

As the gentleman will recall, the introduced bill by request only had the Economic Development Administration, but historically the Committee on Public Works and Transportation in dealing with the Economic Development Act always has with…

I rise in support of the Senate-passed version of H.R. 2868, a bill to designate a Federal building located at 600 Camp Street in New Orleans, Louisiana as the ``John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building.'' John Minor…

I rise in support of S. 1206 to redesignate the Federal building located at 380 Trapelo Road in Waltham, MA as the ``Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center.'' Frederick Murphy was born in Boston, MA as the First World War was concluding. As a…

I rise in support of H.R. 3770 to designate the U.S. courthouse at 940 Front Street in San Diego, CA and the Federal building attached to the courthouse as the ``Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and Federal Building.'' Edward Schwartz was…

I rise in support of H.R. 3693 to designate the U.S. Courthouse under construction in Denver as the ``Byron White United States Courthouse.'' Byron White was born in Fort Collins, CO, in 1917. He attended high school in Wellington, CO…

I rise today in strong opposition to the Roth amendment that seeks to eliminate federally supported bilingual education programs. This amendment would eliminate title VII, the 25-year-old Bilingual Education Act, that reauthorizes…

I rise in strong support of the so-called Wise-Price-Pomeroy-Furse amendment, and I want to especially commend the gentleman from West Virginia for his leadership on this important issue. Mr. Chairman, 49 States do it. That is right, 49…

I rise in strong support of S. 1789, a bill to permit the use of funds under the Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program for seismic retrofit of bridges. One of the underlying principles of the Intermodal Surface…

the devastation caused by the earthquake in Los Angeles may be hard for many who sit here, 2,500 miles away, to fully grasp. But I can tell you from having spent days on the ground and in the air over the devastation that it is immense. It…

I rise in support of H.R. 3759, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994. There should be no misunderstanding--the Northridge earthquake is a national disaster and we must treat it as such--as we have in the aftermath of the…

I rise in opposition to the Myers amendment. It is vague, ill-conceived and onerous. It is vague because it proposes cuts--nearly $4 billion, for example, in full-time equivalent positions and administrative expenses--that are so general…

I rise in opposition to the son of Penny-Kasich. As with their original amendment from last November to H.R. 3400, Reinventing Government, this amendment is short-sighted, undermines the emergency process of the Budget Act and includes…