WALLY HERGER

I want to again say that I am very supportive of this amendment, our legislation, and I want to emphasize this for those people who are watching, that this legislation remains basically, the intent is basically exactly the same as it was…

for more than 15 years, environmentalists and members of the forest products industry have waged war over managing western forests, and like all wars this conflict has had its share of victims. The victims of the forest management debate…

this legislation provides tax relief to Americans who pay taxes. Under this plan, 76 percent of the tax relief goes to Americans who make less than $75,000. American families are struggling under the burden of increasing taxes and deserve…

I strongly support H.R. 1420, The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and take this opportunity to clarify the scope and application of this important legislation. This Act directly affects 509 wildlife refuges…

when I am home in my district I am sometimes asked, ``What can you do for the poor?'' I have two responses. First, if the poor look to Washington to solve their problems or to make them rich, they will be as disappointed in the future as…

OK; that is what I thought. I reclaim my time. It ends on the end of calendar year 1998. That is 1/2 years from the day. That does nothing to help future floods. And I might mention this study that was done was asked for in 1986 after…

The fact is, and I will reclaim my time, the fact is that the gentleman from New York [Mr. Boehlert] stated in a question I asked him that his legislation sunsets on December 31, 1988. That is 1/2-- I have the time--this is very serious…

I have discovered something very upsetting in the information; upsetting, that is, to the media and the elite who want to run our lives. Mr. Speaker, it turns out that the American people do want tax relief. The latest USA Today CNN Gallup…

this Republican-led 104th Congress has been one of the most productive ever. Not only has two-thirds of the contract been signed into law, we have also delivered health insurance reform, lobbying reform, food safety legislation, the Safe…

this Congress has been the most significant Congress in a generation. We have changed Washington and we have ended the culture of spending. In less than 2 years, we have enacted congressional reform, the Telecommunications Act, the Freedom…

last week President Clinton's Interior Secretary, Bruce Babbitt, endorsed a plan to tax anything having to do with the great outdoors. The plan he endorsed called for a 5-percent tax on everything from binoculars to canteens to sleeping…

over the last three decades the American taxpayer has spent $5 trillion on our welfare system. Working Americans may be asking themselves, what have we gained from all that spending? Do we have less poverty in the United States? No; are…

again, President Bill Clinton has dropped the ball on welfare reform. During his 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton promised to end welfare as we known it. But when given the opportunity, Bill Clinton broke his promise--he vetoed welfare reform…

I rise in strong support to the Furse amendment. Mr. Chairman, let me remind my colleagues that currently over 21 billion board feet of dead and dying timber litter our national forests--enough to build 2 million homes. In some areas 70 to…

Mr. Chairman, recently concluded scientific studies of forests within the Sierra Nevada mountains of California indicate that timber harvests, when accompanied by forest thinning, biomass removal and other natural fuels prescriptions, can…

In 1993 President Clinton took money and power away from the American people and our children and gave it to the Washington bureaucracy. President Clinton gave us our highest tax increase in our Nation's history, raising taxes on the…

President Clinton has been absent on the war on drugs. Yet yesterday, after more than 3 years in office, President Clinton finally announced a plan to reduce illegal drug use. But Mr. Speaker, it would appear to be too little too late…

I rise to honor Gilbert Murray, former President of the California Forestry Association. Today marks the 1-year anniversary of Gil's tragic death at the hands of the Unabomber. Today, I will not dwell on the tragedy of Gil's death, but…

In 1996, an estimated 3.1 million self-employed Americans will be unfairly denied adequate tax relief for their health insurance costs. Individuals that receive health coverage through their employers do not pay taxes on those benefits…

just this past January President Clinton stood on this very House floor and proclaimed that the era of big government is over. Well, once again President Clinton's actions speak louder than his words. He's now threatening to shut down the…

it is a great day to be a conservative Republican because last night the President came over to our side. He even declared an end to big government. Last night the President gave a ringing endorsement of the Republican revolution. He wants…

$5 trillion of debt, $200 billion deficits, $187,000 in interest debt for a child born today. These are the hard numbers--the facts that back up the need for a balanced budget. I could stand here all day and talk numbers. But, the fact is…

since the mid-1800's, Western intellectuals have been consumed by what is known as the leveling impulse. The leveling impulse is the idea that Government can create a more just society by redistributing wealth. Today, the modern Democrat…

Mr. Chairman, just to review the purpose of this legislation, and I rise in strong opposition to the Schroeder gutting amendment and in support of the Bono voting rights bill, but I ask the Members if they can imagine this scenario? Last…

Democrats have been playing a broken record for the last few months. It goes something like this: ``Medicare is not really going bankrupt--Republicans only want to give a tax break to the rich.'' What unmitigated drivel. I've heard a lot…