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everybody knows that gas prices are rising, but if you think you have got trouble, you ought to look at what the people in California are facing: in Sacramento, $1.54 a gallon; in San Jose, $1.79; in Santa Barbara, $2.19 a gallon. That is…
Mr. Speaker, there is nothing about the establishment of this select subcommittee--be it process, procedure or substance--that is not profoundly flawed. Indeed, there are so many objectionable aspects to this funding request that it is…
we read in the Washington Post this morning that Leader Armey is taking the leading role in defining the remainder of this Congress' Republican revolution. Apparently the revolution he wants to bring about is to cut education so that we…
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…
Sometimes Congress works at a glacial pace, but other times Congress can move like lightning when we choose to do it. Yesterday we passed a 1-day CR with lightning speed. It did not take any preliminary hearings. A few weeks ago, the…
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…
when Franklin D. Roosevelt first proposed a national minimum wage, he described it as a ``fair day's pay for a fair day's work.'' Now, 50 years later, the minimum wage has plummeted to its lowest value ever and its purchasing power has…
I rise today to commemorate former Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown. Throughout the past several days I have heard the accomplishments of Ron Brown extolled by my colleagues. Americans everywhere, and especially those who were close to Ron…
I know that the hour is late, and I do not oppose this bill. My point in speaking at this late hour is simple. Earlier today when the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Bonior] made a motion which would address the issue of a minimum wage for…
when President Clinton stood here a few months ago and announced his support for a bill that had been authored by Senator Kassebaum and the gentlewoman from New Jersey, Mrs. Roukema, to be joined by the gentlemen from Massachusetts…
Mr. Speaker, my friend, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ehlers], who, by the way, is serving our committee and this House extremely well in a number of areas, has accurately described the history and purpose of the bill, and I have…
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…
in all the talk about freedom to farm, little attention has been given to agriculture programs to assist States like California which depend less heavily on program crops. A truly broad-based agriculture program needs market promotion…
this bill is good for consumers. It provides a supermarket in the telecommunications industry with one stop shopping for cable and phone service if you wan it. This bill is good for our children. It provides incentives to bring technology…
I think the gentlewoman makes an excellent point, and I think we all understand this from our own personal experience. If we go out to borrow money to furnish our living room and we default on our debt to the finance company or to the…
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…
as the sponsor of the amendment to restore funding to the Mojave preserve which failed on the House floor, I am deeply disappointed that the Senate saw fit to accept the House language on this issue. While there are a number of other…
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…
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…
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…
I have been on the phone with the Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Ed Scott. It is the administration's position that unless the language is changed, the Comptroller General would retain the authority to pay less attention to…
although we are well into the Information Age, our Government's response to the need to revamp our national telecommunications policy lags behind. Technological advances make possible the formation of new and hybrid services that do not…
I agree with Mr. Obey. If he's said it once, he's said it a thousand times: This legislative language has no place in an appropriations bill. The issues that this bill touches--from abortion to workers' rights-- are complicated and…
I rise in opposition to S. 21, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of 1995. Mr. Chairman, I know that all of us share a commitment to bring a peaceful end to the tragedy in Bosnia, but we remain divided over one important question…
Mr. Tiahrt's amendment would cut energy conservation R&D from $411.2 million to $230.1 million. The fiscal year 1995 level was $468.5 million. Large cuts have already been taken. Energy R&D has fallen 75 percent since the late 1970's, in…
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