Gary Hart

Unfortunately, yes. And I think a lot of us have sort of two different opinions of people involved in the education system. We all know that there are some fantastic educators out there. Some of them we would count probably as our best…

The whole situation of labeling a child has become, I think, a big problem in a lot of our government schools. If a child is told at a young age there is something wrong with him or her, then that child is going to believe it. I think the…

in general, people are not happy with one system, and I think the reality of the tax credit, the voucher, whatever we are talking about, changing the system as it is, we improve each sector of it, and I think that is one of the arguments…

I rise in support of this immigration reform. It is a long overdue immigration reform. This, however, is the one reform that will work. The INS has a well-documented history of being an unworkable bureaucracy despite the fact that there…

I rise in support of the CARTA bill as it stands. The Committee on Financial Services did an extensive amount of research on these issues, especially in light of the concerns raised by the Enron debacle. Several disturbing aspects about…

I think we are really well equipped as those who worked on the State level to implement the 1996 welfare reform to do what we are as we are part of the working group on the reauthorization of the welfare reform on the Federal level. Those…

Too often our current class action system allows trial lawyers to enrich themselves without benefiting those that those lawyers represent. As presented, though, H.R. 2341 would have corrective influence on this problem, particularly by…

I thank the chairman of the Steel Caucus, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. English), for his great leadership on this issue and for actually having this administration be so well educated to actually file the 201 investigation and…

Mr. Speaker, I serve both on the Committee on Financial Services and on the Committee on the Judiciary and have certainly, like many Members who have spoken, spent some time on this issue and certainly understand the gravity of what we are…

how can we forget the story of the teenager in New Jersey who delivered a baby in a restroom, abandoned the child in a trash can and returned to her high school prom? Or perhaps you recall the new story of an infant discovered in a back…

The fact that currently not all baggage is screened is a serious problem, but it is the way it is now. The fact that the House bill would require all baggage to be screened by a date certain is extremely important. But beyond that, one of…

I think that is why we have a bicameral legislature. The Senate did a very good job and did it first, and usually, doing it first, you take a risk that someone will look at the bill and find things that can be done better. That is what we…

we have listened to a lot of comments about additional measures people would like to see in this antiterrorism initiative. I believe that further discussions on this initiative and ways to crack down on terrorism will be constructive. We…

I, as my colleagues do, rise with a heavy heart today. I extend my sympathy also to the victims, their families, those who are lost at this time; and pray that God will comfort them. I thank God, though, for those emergency workers. Mr…

It is with pleasure that I stand up to support this energy bill. It contains a lot of different things; it is broad, it is all-encompassing. The problems that we are looking to solve are not new ones. In fact, people in my constituency and…

I saw a man who sought to govern this Nation not for self-serving reasons or for power, but for the chance to restore the confidence and the spirit to all Americans, a vision which all of us shared, regardless of our party affiliation.

Back in Pennsylvania, most of our firefighters units are run by volunteers. As a State senator, I did my best to support this proud community tradition, especially at times, like now, when the job is so demanding and the number of…

Acid rain is a particularly alarming demonstration of the simple adage that what goes up must come down.