David Skaggs: “whatever the merits of the argument the gentleman has just made, the Burton amendment will not address them. It has…”

recent reports of atrocities against Kosovo civilians by Serb security forces are certainly appalling. It is further evidence of President Milosevic's criminality in repressing ethnic Albanians. It is entirely understandable why many…

I want to first express my thanks to the chairman, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers), and the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan), the ranking member, and especially the fine staffs for the typically excellent work they have…

But I will go ahead, Mr. Chairman. I assume the gentleman does recognize that we are already getting huge payoffs, real money, real energy saved presently from the conservation and efficiency efforts, whereas the prospects for eventual…

Mr. Speaker, let me ask my friends, how has the first amendment failed this country? I do not understand what we are doing here today. How has the first amendment failed this great land? As with other parts of the Bill of Rights, the…