David Skaggs

I hope the chairman would review this matter when we do go to conference to see if a similar provision could be included in the final version of the bill, which I think would be a good idea.

Trying to regain my composure, and I thank the gentleman for interrupting me, perhaps just a couple of quantitative observations will capture how we are blessed and graced with the gentleman from Illinois being really an example of living…

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. Chairman, there are a couple of points in the bill that we expect to get to in conference that I hoped I might be able to discuss with the chairman of the subcommittee. In particular the bill already includes, Mr. Chairman, as you…

but in recent years, we have allowed the President to usurp Congress' power in this area and far exceed, I believe, what the Constitution contemplated. I just wanted to offer to my colleagues' attention what I hope will be a graphic…

I just in closing wanted to note two other provisions. As the chairman is aware, the bill provides somewhat less funds than were requested for the section 3161 program, the transition support for workers that are being phased out of these…

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…

I am not questioning the gentleman's sincerity about taking national security issues seriously. Far be it from that. Contrary to what the gentleman is suggesting, I think we should adhere to and aspire to a particularly high standard of…

I understand there is some frustration on the other side about all of this. This resolution has been cleverly drafted to appear, at first reading, perhaps, even to be innocuous. But let me just suggest to my colleagues that we ought not to…

It seems to me it might extend then to, for instance, opposing the Helms-Burton legislation which has certain extraterritorial effects that run into serious opposition from our friends around the world.

But this really comes down to a pretty fundamental question, which is do you think the business of the United States courts, when involving the United States itself as a party, ought to be presumptively public business or not, yes or no…

we hear an awful lot about wanting to reduce taxes and everybody would love to lower taxes. But do we really think that reasonable, rational, serious-minded Members of future Congresses will be likely to reduce taxes in times when we have…

Mr. Speaker, here we go again. It is the third time in as many years that we are considering amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority of both Houses regarding any increase in revenue. Note revenue, not just taxes. I guess…

I figure I must have it about right if I am getting criticized from both sides on this. If the President would merely pledge that he would come to Congress for a vote before initiating offensive action against Iraq, should that again…

I want to express my deep respect to the gentleman from California for bringing this before the House. I agree with him that we ought to face up to our constitutional responsibilities, and that would incline me to support him. I agree with…

I think we were all heartened by the developments over the weekend when the Secretary General of the United Nations was able to put together an agreement with Iraq concerning the current crisis there. It is certainly a promising…

today's debate is not about whether there will be a monument to Ronald Reagan's Presidency; there are several, and there will likely be more. The largest Federal building in Washington bears his name, as does the newest Nimitz-class…

the vote today on an impeachment inquiry requires each of us to do our best to address without partisanship a matter laced with partisanship

censure of a President as a remedy available to us to deal with the misconduct of a President was used in 1800 against President Adams

I hope the Members of the House will support this conference report. It is basically a very good piece of work. In that regard, I want to thank our distinguished chairman from Kentucky and the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Mollohan]…

as an appropriator and opponent of the Line- Item Veto Act, my comments will be somewhat counterintuitive. You bet there is a mistake that needs to be corrected here. It was our mistake in passing the Line-Item Veto Act. You bet we should…

we should not pass this bill. In fact, we should not be considering it at all. Bringing this bill forward is not a step toward better management of the public lands or even toward greater certainty for ranchers who graze livestock on those…

Finally, would the chairman agree that the Forest Service can and should go ahead with necessary environmental analysis and other work related to the planning process? Would the chairman agree with me that the Forest Service can and should…

On another point, concerns have been expressed about section 332 of the conference report which deals with the process of revising national forest plans. This also originated in the other body, and I understand that as it was approved…

I noted with some sense of irony the protests that were being made about the President's recent exercise of the line-item veto, a power given to him by most of those who were protesting its exercise. The fears that we had that this would…