Sam Farr

I am not sure they can even get enough support from their own Congress. Fortunately I do not think they will get the support.

And look what has happened this year and last year. What we have seen here and why we even need to have a reform week is some of the abuses of this institution that have been carried out by this leadership, lobbyists literally sitting and…

I think the biggest tragedy that would be caused by a vote on the Republican bill, if that ever became law, is that I think it would kill the very dream that people have when they come into this building that they or maybe a relative or…

Well, I think what your bill and my bill, which is very similar to it, very minor differences, frankly, our bills, we are relatively new to Congress, but our bills are based on what this House has been able to produce in the 103d Congress…

I rise tonight during this hour of special orders to bring to the attention of this country, and particularly to my colleagues in this House, what is going on here in Washington, what is going on here in this Congress at this moment. We…

I think he pointed out to us that in that debate we have a lot of people to come down to the well as conservatives who seem to know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Transfer that into campaign reform and that price tag is…

Under your scenario of piecemeal, the campaign reform would be piecemeal and lobbying reform would be piecemeal, but as you know, under each of those tents there is a tremendous amount of technical law that has to be developed. My point of…

I rise tonight on the eve of this august body going into a debate on campaign finance reform. I think it is important in this hour of special orders to really discuss what is reform. The choice before this Congress is going to very clear…

I cannot believe that we call ourselves lawmakers. I think we fail to ask ourselves what is broke here that needs fixing. Our country has just gone through 220 years without Federal law on marriages. Think about it. We do not have Federal…

I obviously will be very brief. As my colleagues can tell, I am a great supporter of AmeriCorps. I think it is one of the greatest programs that we have done here in Congress, and I hope that we will give it strong support, increasing…

my amendment directly benefits every American and every Member who supports our parks, our public spaces. There is a big pot of money in the Federal budget to pay for new parklands and for other open space acquisition. That money can…

some of that money, a good deal of that money, also comes from drilling off the coast of California. The point of it is that this Congress created that fund so those revenues would be reinvested back into lands. It now has a $900 million…

I rise on this rule, and I think it is a good rule and am going to support it, but to point out that the rule also allows for this bill to be amended. I want to offer an amendment, an amendment that is consistent with the purpose for which…

it does not eliminate it. This program has received over $2 billion in the history of fossil fuel research. We only take, of the appropriations this year, one-third; $1 out of every $3.

this vote is about whether oil companies get more research money or whether your city, county, and State gets more land acquisition money. The gentleman from Ohio pointed out that this vote is essentially the difference between Ohio…

let me point out that the reason people are having such difficulty with this is we do have a surplus here. We are not spending enough money. When the gentleman was a city councilman and mayor, he received money out of the land and water…

Tonight I rise on the third anniversary of the day on which I took the oath of office 3 years ago in this Chamber to replace then-Congressman Leon Panetta, who had gone to work in the White House as head of OMB. Standing in the well before…

I think this debate is really not about abortion. I think it is about our national security. National security assumes that you will have personal security. Existing law puts women in uniform at risk with their own health care. This…

everybody in America is worried about their wages. Here in Congress, the GOP leadership opposes the President's initiative to raise the minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 to begin starting next year. The GOP leadership argues that this will…

this is a solemn day in the history of the modern world. Eighty-one years ago today began a period of systematic persecution of the Armenian people--what would become one of the more terrible cases of state-sponsored terrorism against an…

I rise today on Earth Day to remind us that Mother Earth giveth, but the 104th Congress taketh away. Look at the battle of this year: Tried to take away Medicare benefits, affordability of Medicare, tried to take away the school lunch…

this is not a bill about life, this is a bill about politics. Think about it. The House passed this bill in its original version to ban partial birth abortions. The Senate changed it. The Senate said, ``You can make an exception to the ban…

I appreciate the support on both sides of the aisle. I think this program is one that we can all be proud of, and in a time when people think that there is debate and rancor among the parties in Congress, I can tell that this is one area…

I rise today as one of the six returned Peace Corps volunteers now serving in the House, and I rise in support of House Resolution 158, recognizing the Peace Corps' 35th anniversary. President Kennedy created this international service…

the message in America is we want less guns in our communities. Every child is listening to that. Less guns, not more guns. Keep the promise to our children, vote ``no.''