Victor Fazio

I would note, as the gentleman from California [Mr. Dooley] said, a winery may be called a small business but 90 percent of the grapes grown by farmers move through the five largest wineries. So the gentleman is not helping the grower if…

I think all of this is a diversion from the fact that finally, finally under the leadership of the Republican Party we have gotten a $23 billion reduction in spending over last year, and through the cooperation of the President in the last…

In the last Congress we did, without one Republican vote, more to help working families through the increase in the working families' tax credit, sometimes known as the EITC. We did not have one vote from that side of the aisle to help…

Mr. Boehlert has been a leader respected on both sides of the aisle for lack of partisanship on environmental issues. His amendment emphasizes the importance of conservation programs in a total farmland management plan. It addresses many…

Let me ask my colleague, who understands the financial markets as well as any of the Members on our side of the aisle, if it is true, as I understand it is, that today the difference between our triple A bonds, which are the most secure…

For those who note the aging of America and the increasing population of the aged and the often double digit increases in the cost of health care, perhaps this is a much more important debate than simply a semantic one. We can hold that…

Could the majority leader indicate to us when we will be able to begin the process of analysis and numbers crunching on the Medicare provisions that will be a central part of reconciliation? Perhaps the gentleman could update us on when…

This is one of the saddest debates that we have on this floor, usually twice a year. Since we did away with the draft we asked for volunteers, and of course in the modern era that means we have many women serving in our military. All we…

Well, some day maybe we will have that great privilege, but at the moment I just want to tell the gentleman that Roger Kennedy has written to the gentleman, and he has indicated his desire to meet with the gentleman, and I really think it…

I understand, but it is a preserve, and it is under the park system, and I do not think there is any question that the Park Service needs to reach out to the gentleman and to deal with the gentleman on the issues of concern to his…

We do not need to prolong this too much. I think we all appreciate and understand the difficulty of getting a new national park off the ground, and there is no question there is some problems that would need to be addressed----

I must rise in support of the Schumer sunset provisions and in opposition to the enactment of this bill because I think it frankly is a travesty the way it has been put together here at the last minute on the floor, the way it combines a…

I simply wanted to say it is not really a question of hard work. I think the Members want to be able to spend some of their time working hard in their districts. There are many of us who are going to have to leave and really give up our…

We have a Commander in Chief. We have to have a certain decorum here and respect for the body, if not for the individual. We have a respect for the person who is our Commander in Chief. I would like to know that the gentleman from…

I have a copy of a letter which he signed along with the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey] and a number of other Members saying, ``Let's close the gift loophole for foundations, LSOs and caucuses.'' This was October of 1993. One of the…

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.