Gary Hart

I rise in support of the flexible spending arrangements. I am often baffled in this House when I have the opportunity to listen to the debate. We are talking about policy that will be far-reaching. Flexible spending accounts, flexible…

Mr. Speaker, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was established by Congress and signed into law in August of 1987. The first awards were presented in 1988. This award was established because many industry and government leaders…

I want to also emphasize the support we have heard today not only from our colleagues, but the support we have heard today from the Lyons family from Kentucky, the support that we have heard from a number of different families who have…

Mr. Chairman, the amendment has been explained in a number of, I think, quite confusing ways this afternoon. I think it is important that we make clear what this amendment does. This amendment changes the Civil Rights Act. The amendment…

I stand in support of the supplemental and opposed to the amendment. $67 billion for our troops, $19 billion for reconstruction should be a grant. This is simply the right thing for us to do. This Congress voted to support the President…

Check Clearing for the 21st Century or, as we call it, Check 21, holds the promise of a much more efficient check collection system by removing legal barriers to full utilization of new technology. It is very simple. It is a win for…

I rise in support of the FACT Act, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. Fortunately, today we appear to have bipartisan support of the Act, and it is for a clear reason, our credit system in the United States is the envy of the…

I rise in support of a Medicare reform that will actually help our seniors. The Republican House, along with the Senate, have worked on plans that will help provide prescription drug coverage to seniors. I have spent the last year in my…

I am for class action reform. These lawsuits continue to victimize the victims. Even The Washington Post... said the clients get token payments: 33-cent checks, boxes of Cheerios. In one case, the clients even ended up having to pay. The…

I believe that the general public knows what a tax credit is. However, it is clear to me that the other side of the aisle does not. One must pay taxes, income taxes, in order to receive a tax credit; and in fact, in our tax bill that we…

I rise in support of H.R. 1474. A lot of people are not familiar with the legislation. We have been calling it ``check truncation.'' The official title is Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act. Our truncated name is Check 21. This…

In this country today, it is required that there be background checks. It is required that those who purchase firearms use them properly. They are liable themselves if they do not use them properly, they are liable themselves if they sell…

If there is a theory under which the pawnshop is reasonably liable, yes. But just because there is injury does not mean that the seller of the firearm is liable. That is the theory that a lot of these frivolous suits are based on. There is…

Having lost the fight in Congress and in the States to deny the rights of law-abiding firearm owners and to prevent firearm ownership in general, the gun control lobby has pursued a novel path. They have begun to abuse the courts by filing…

It is clear that if a gun dealer sells a gun to someone who is a known criminal, that gun dealer would be liable under the bill. This amendment is, therefore, not necessary. All of the frivolous lawsuits filed, however, have been under…

A little over a year ago, a 13-year-old girl was abducted from her home near Pittsburgh. She was found tied to a bed in a Herndon, Virginia, townhome. The adult male abductor had met this girl on the Internet and had bragged to other…

Let us not forget why we have a bankruptcy law in the first place. It is there to help people who need it, people who have no assets or ability to pay their debts. It has been all too often abused, however, by those who do not need it…

I rise in support of H.R. 534, the Human Cloning Prohibition Act. People agree that cloning humans is wrong. The recent scare that we all went through regarding an organization called Clonaid brought revulsion to everyone who heard the…

I rise in opposition to the Kucinich amendment in the nature of a substitute and in support of H.R. 4. Mr. Chairman, quality of life is much more than having food and shelter. The amendment would simply provide food and shelter. It would…

I share these individuals' desire for peace. Following the attacks on September 11, we Members of Congress were asked to do all that we can to prevent anything like that from ever happening again. It is our responsibility to defend this…

for many individuals, opposition to abortion is not just a matter of choice but it has been a matter of conscience and faith. Many individuals so moved to oppose abortion are the health care providers who at one time under Federal law…

on this fateful day last year, the cowardly acts of terrorists tried to divide this Nation and destroy the American way of life. Instead they united us, and Americans rose above the ashes to show the indomitable spirit that makes this…

But I am here to support this conference report and bring up a couple of points that are very important in the bill that would not have been included but for the decision of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Oxley) and others to bring this bill…

I also rise in support, obviously, of the Consumer Product Protection Act of 2002. I am pleased that the committee has chosen to take action on it so quickly. Protecting consumers has always been an important issue for the Congress. It is…

I actually represent a school district that has been termed academically bankrupt. Any student who goes to that school district is sentenced to not learning anything, and it is not right. A lot of money is spent, and we are getting no…