Victor Fazio

In 1989 a bipartisan task force was created and reported to this Congress a package of ethics reforms that I think are historic. Certainly that is what President Bush said when he signed them into law. They prohibited Members from…

those of us who are fighting tooth and nail for working families are fortunate that with the strong backing of Democrats in this House, who stood up and opposed the Archer bill, President Clinton, as Phil Gramm has said, cleaned the clock…

If the gentleman would look at the transcript of the hearing on the Joint Committee on Taxation on February 13, the statement of the chairman of the Joint Committee, the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Bill Archer, makes no reference to dynamic…

I will just close and yield back any remaining time simply to say, if there was a justification based on a major tax bill, straining the resources of the Joint Tax Committee would have been in this fiscal year. This is the year that we…

First of all, I really think it is not my place to protect or defend the majority on the Committee on Appropriations and the way in which they have allocated the funds. This is not a debate between the Committee on Ways and Means and the…

I think this debate will once and for all, contrary to a rumor circulating on the floor, this amendment is not an attempt to clarify the pronunciation of the gentleman's name and mine, but it is the Fazio substitute to the DeFazio-Petri…

Mr. Chairman, I first would like to congratulate my good friend, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. McDade] for the very hard work and dedication that he has exhibited in bringing this bill to the floor. As the new chairman of the Energy…

I offer an amendment as a substitute for the amendment. Amendment offered by Mr. Fazio of California as a substitute for the amendment offered by Mr. Petri: At the end of the bill, insert after the last section (preceding the short title)…

I simply rise in strong opposition to this amendment to cut a program which has been very successful in fighting subsidies that continue to be provided by our international trading competitors in agriculture. We have literally transformed…

while the Republican tax bill is loaded with benefits for the rich, it offers little to make higher education affordable for the rest of us. The Democratic tax cut, in contrast, provides a credit of up to $1,500 in tuition for 2 years of…

I rise in support of H.R. 2160, the Agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 1998. First, I need to thank my chairman, Joe Skeen, and the ranking Democrat, Marcy Kaptur, for their work and assistance this year. This is my first full…

I wonder why the gentleman is concerned about a recorded vote on something everyone has just agreed to.

I am concerned that this conference is going to engage in some fundamental changes not only in the Medicare law----

far from wasting our time on the floor today, we have accomplished seemingly two major improvements in a bill that is seriously flawed in many ways. I hear the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich] and the gentleman from California [Mr. Thomas]…

I think our bipartisan effort, and I am confident this bill will be agreed to after this amendment is agreed to by an overwhelming margin, has really set the tone for what I hope can be a new era in the way in which we resolve our…

I am very disappointed at this point. I voted for the budget resolution, and I looked forward to the bipartisan cooperation we saw then put in place so we could vote today to send this bill to conference in the same bipartisan manner. But…

if the 1996 elections told this Congress anything, it was to work together in a bipartisan fashion. In my district in California and throughout the Nation Americans told us to put aside differences and provide a tax cut that makes sense…

I would like to inquire a bit about reconciliation and the tax bill. It has been my understanding and I think the understanding of many Members that we were going to have separate votes on the reconciliation package and the tax package…

I rise with great relief and applaud the willingness of all the parties to reach closure here today so we can send this legislation on to its signature and begin to help repair the damage, both real and psychic, that people all over this…

Thank you, Mr. Leader. I am striving to be polite, but I am not patient. I am frustrated, as I think most Members of the 33 States that have been affected by disasters are. I appreciate the tremendous work done by the two Representatives…

I believe the White House remains opposed to the Pombo bill, as amended, and supports the Boehlert alternative, which is the only thing we can accomplish in this short time frame; maybe not from the standpoint of many Members the best, but…

I came back to Congress not only intent on finding the funds in the supplemental appropriations bill to deal with the needs of the constituents that those of us in the Central Valley of California represent, but to deal with the Endangered…

the clock is ticking. Last week in this very Chamber, the President called for Congress to pass campaign finance reform by July 4. The President and, most importantly, the American people are committed to meeting that deadline. That is…

My concern is not so much with the Department of Veterans Affairs as it is with the Congress. Do we have to take action within the next year and 3 months in order to bring about the immediate appropriation of that fund, and if we do not…

I would simply say, before briefly yielding to my friend from New York, that the Senate voted 96 to 1 to support the troops. That is all we are talking about. We are not talking about the need for better consultation or any further action…