Randall Cunningham

As I said, that is just one small portion of the total, I would point out to the chairman of the subcommittee. There are further fiscal hardships on Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. These parks need adjustment. How can we add 30…

Mr. Chairman, it is difficult to tell a friend that he has got an ugly kid, but many of us have had to do that, and I am not telling any of my friends across the way that they have ugly kids, but this mother of all ugly bills is ugly, and…

But for just the South Algodones, if we have to appropriate additional funding, that is no problem for this body because we do spend money that we do not have, but I guarantee that the check will bounce. The Bureau of Land Management and…

while I have concerns about the C-17 program, Deputy Secretary of Defense John Deutch and Secretary of Defense William Perry have addressed them, and so I rise today in support of the amendment offered by my colleagues from California, Ms…

Today I rise to discuss two important provisions of H.R. 4301. The first provision is the military pay raise. The second provision concerns the cost of living adjustments [COLA] for military retirees. On the subject of the military pay…

I would like to go through several different ways in which this administration is attempting to kill defense. First of all, there was a $50 billion cut under the 102d Congress, and candidate Clinton said $60 billion would put us into bone…

I would like to clarify from our side of the aisle that when speakers say the Members on the other side of the aisle, there are a lot of Members, including yourself, Mr. Speaker, who help us on defense issues and realize what the needs are…

I have never heard such bunk. I have a paper that when we go into the full House I am going to submit on what a joke the conversion is. Conversion dollars is a liberal's way of cutting defense. We do have a couple of good programs. There…

there are some of the Members who got up and said they need to cut defense. We have cut defense $177 billion. Candidate Clinton said $60 billion would put us into bone marrow; $177 billion. Let me tell you how the administration and the…

a lot of us do not support rules that are not open, but I would like to speak on behalf of Head Start. As an original cosponsor of the Head Start Quality Improvement Act, I am very happy to see that most of those recommendations went into…

I rise in strong opposition to this bill. I share the frustration of many Americans in that there are too many weapons in the wrong hands on the streets of our cities. There are too many killings by any method, and the United States sadly…

I empathize with folks who are not aware of the problems we have or what the real issues are. They are talking about weapons of war. Not a single 1 of these 19 weapons was used by any military in any war. They were not designed as weapons…

the majority leader just spoke and said that small business wants health care and that it does not have to be expensive. He is exactly right on that issue. But, Mr. Speaker, the Clinton health plan in the Committee on Ways and Means…

I rise in strong support of House Resolution 412. Mr. Speaker, the reauthorization of the Marine Mammal Protection Act has been an arduous task and I would like to thank the chairman and the ranking minority members, Mr. Fields and Mr…

as an original cosponsor of the Head Start Quality Improvement Act--H.R. 1528--introduced by Mr. Goodling, I am very happy to see many of those recommendations encompassed into this Head Start reauthorization. I am pleased to see an…

I would like to speak to the comments of the gentlewoman from Connecticut [Mrs. Kennelly] who said children will be impacted by this bill. My children are impacted by the debt service that we are building up in this country. I say to my…

it is inconceivable to me that this country could commit U.S. forces, men and women, on an air strike and not know anything about it until after the fact. I watched the Secretary of Defense last night being interviewed where our Secretary…

I support English as a first language for this country. If I were going to move, and I am sure, Mr. Chairman, if Members would take their children to Russia, I would want my children to learn Russian better than they knew English. I would…

I think Members on both sides of this issue would agree that violence that is senseless, or any violence is senseless, and we want to stop that. But both sides, I think if they would be out on the picket lines and would witness someone…

I think we are dealing with perception and reality. The teachers in my district and State have told me that the best use of the resources rests with the Governors. That is why the Governors support it. Again, it does not matter if it is a…

Mr. Chairman, I think we ought to stick to the issue instead of throwing darts. When we talk about small-mindedness and meanness, benevolence, I would remind my colleague from the Virgin Islands that it was the President himself who said…

Let me ask this. When the gentleman pays those taxes, does it come to the Federal Treasury or does it go back to the islands? Maybe when the gentleman says that it is a priority of the poorest of the poor, maybe they ought to put the…

I think primarily the border States of Texas, Arizona, California, and any other States that have been affected.

I think even more important than the votes is that we should know the character of Bill Natcher. I have three Members from the other side of the aisle who really touched me and helped me, especially when I was a freshman. One was John…