I rise in support of H.R. 4092, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, an important step toward confronting and addressing crime. If this bill is enacted, a criminal who has already been convicted of two serious drug offenses…

I want to thank Chairman Brooks for allowing Members from rural areas to include in this en block amendment the reauthorization of the Byrne Act and language offered by the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Wise] and the gentleman from…

anyone who spends 10 percent of their time lobbying the executive or legislative branch, regardless of what they do with the rest of their time, is covered as a lobbyist.

I rise to congratulate the chairman of the Subcommittee on Accounts on the fine work that he has done. Mr. Speaker, the funding resolution we are considering today provides authorizations to expend funds appropriated by the House for the…

this is not about abortion, or the right to choose. It is about protecting patients and health care providers from the rapidly escalating violence that we have been witnessing at reproductive health clinics around the country. Over the…

I wanted to congratulate the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Wise] and the Gang of 6 that have joined together in this effort to offer a constitutional amendment that I think really faces up to the problem that we have in this country of…

over the past few months the health insurance industry has spent millions of dollars to convince the American public that we should be worried about efforts to reform health care. These slick Madison Avenue advertisements were brought to…

the House will vote today to continue the unprecedented and successful economic growth and deficit reduction initiatives that the Congress and President Clinton began last year. We enter into this debate with an economy that is improving…

Congress should not obstruct justice. On July 22, 1993, we joined in this very debate. When, at the request of a gentleman named Ramsey Johnson who was appointed as chief prosecutor by a Republican Virginia gentleman named Jay Stephens who…

I would like to point out the effects of this amendment in the legislature branch. The amendment to the disaster supplemental rescinds 1.3 percent of the funds appropriated in the fiscal year 1994 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act…

I want to point out the effects of this amendment on the legislative branch. Section 2401 of the amendment to the disaster supplemental rescinds 2.8 percent of the funds appropriated in the fiscal year 1994 Legislative Branch…