Joel Hefley

The President has introduced a new budget designed to warm the heart of every liberal in Washington. It contains tax increases, more spending for Washington bureaucracy, and more for entitlements. Also, to the glee of liberals, the new…

the Washington Times reports this morning that energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary has spent $3.4 million to send 17,000 DOE employees to a self-help workshop called Seven Habits which is based on the book by time-management guru Steven Covey…

liberals like to wrap themselves in conservative roles, partially at election times. This was the case 50 days ago when Bill Clinton said that the era of big government was over. Fat chance, Mr. Speaker. Liberals are very good with…

this coming November the American people will have a choice between two competing views of Government. One view holds that Government must be restrained and that we must be fiscally responsible. The other view holds a kind of utopian…

In the last 30 years under Democrats and Republicans, the Committee on Appropriations and the Congress has always appropriated less money, less money, than all of these administrations had requested. Probably over 30 years, but I know for…

the earned income tax credit [EITC], is designed to help workers not poor enough for welfare, and may have been a good idea at first, but it has turned into a bureaucracy out of control. In hearings last year, both the Treasury secretary…

liberal Democrats are, I believe, at the end of their rope. They know that action must be taken to preserve Medicare for future generations. But they come to the well and spew the grossest class warfare slogans I have ever heard. Democrats…

I might point out to him that the previous Congress was run by the ideological left, and I might say the ideological far left. So I am sure that any change that has occurred in this Congress must make him feel like we have moved to the far…

tonight, in one of the greatest moments in baseball history, Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles will break Lou Gehrig's record for playing in the most consecutive games. I applaud his discipline, his dedication, his desire, and perhaps…

tonight at about 9 p.m. we are going to begin consideration of the telecommunications bill. It is a very important piece of legislation. It affects everybody in the United States, and will for years to come. We have been working on this…

in March 1992, then Gov. Bill Clinton was quoted regarding the issue of normalizing relations with Vietnam as saying: The president should not just state that the resolution of the issue is a "national priority," he should make it the…

We all know, Mr. Speaker, what it is that Bill Clinton does best. Unfortunately for the American people it is not foreign policy, it is not solving Medicare problems, and it certainly is not balancing the budget. No, it is not governing…

recently House Democrats have been posting signs outside their offices that read ``Not For Sale.'' I guess their reasoning for doing so is to distance themselves from the current administration. Democrats might argue that it's in reference…

I am holding a copy of the administration's newest initiative regarding OSHA. It is bound in red, white, and blue, and is filled with lots of rhetoric about changing the way OSHA thinks. In past Congresses I, and many of my colleagues have…

I listened yesterday with interest as the whining and moaning voices from the other side of the aisle criticized the Speaker of the House. What were they criticizing him for? He wrote a book. He was doing a book tour. Actually, he might…

when the House resumes debate today on H.R. 1561, the American Overseas Interests Act, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle will remind us that President Clinton doesn't like this bill and has said he will veto it. Of course Bill…

Joe Dear, the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently testified before Congress that virtually all of the stories being told about OSHA--stories about OSHA outlawing the Tooth Fairy, prohibiting chewing gum on…

the Republican rescission package that we have been considering over the last couple of days includes emergency funding for earthquake disaster relief. To pay for this relief, the bill includes $17.2 billion in rescissions across the…

in the last few weeks, the other side of the aisle has engaged in such heated and hysterical rhetoric that it has reached meltdown levels. Their leadership and their President can no longer be thought of as sober or rational, and their…

in the past, I have accused OSHA of being an agency out of control. Today, we have a good example of why that is true. How bad is the ergonomic regulation OSHA is drafting? You do the math. According to the compensation insurance industry…

it is time for us to admit to ourselves that the grandiose welfare programs of the 1960's have failed. Welfare has been riddled with crime and abuse for years. At long last, it is time to fix the welfare system from just maintaining the…

French economist Jean-Baptiste Say is famous as the author of Say's Law, sometimes summarized as ``Supply creates its own demand.'' In economic circles, this law is still the subject of debate. Here in Washington, however, the Department…

Mr. Chairman, as we marked up this bill in the National Security Committee, I had concerns about spending additional money on a commission. I did not want an additional $1.5 million being taken away from our troops. The chairman of our…

Mr. Chairman, many of us feel that defense cuts proposed by the Clinton administration during these last couple of years are leading us to a hollow force again. That is the reason for this bill. We want to make a statement that we do not…

the President's budget is a microcosm of his entire administration: too little, too late. Sure, he has some spending cuts. But those cuts are not enough to satisfy the American people, or get the job done. He may have sprinkled in a few…