John Chenoweth

this whole debate sort of revolves around what Thomas Jefferson once said, and that is that it is time we chain the government and free the people. That is what this debate is about, because we have operated in a policy of absolute…

I rise today in absolute support of H.R. 1833. As I walked to the floor this evening, it struck me how ridiculous and sad it is that in this great Chamber in this great Nation, we should even be debating this issue. What we are talking…

I find it interesting the gentleman from California who just spoke about the second amendment of the Constitution failed to emphasize the fact that it is not the militia's right to keep and bear arms. The Constitution clearly says that it…

Mr. Chairman, I do not offer this amendment because I am perfectly satisfied with the way Federal habeas corpus works now. Far from it. I think we need reform legislation that moves the death penalty cases along so that we do not take…

as we all know, the issue of values seems to be paramount in everybody's mind, values with regard to those held dear by our country, by individuals, and by families. But values really come from where we place the value on human life and…

It is a rare individual who does not want an effective environmental policy. Sometimes these policies, or the remedies thereof, have been called extreme, just like we heard from my friends on the other side of the aisle. I am one of the…

I heard that the current Endangered Species Act is not working for people or for wildlife. No. 2, I heard that we need reform that does not trample on States' rights. No. 3, I heard from the American people, thousands of them, that we need…

I rise tonight to speak with you about an issue that is taking place with regards to the activities of the Bureau of Land Management and the Rangeland Reform Act that is now pending before the committees here in the House and in the…

today the House resumes work on legislation designed to take our Nation's foreign affairs operations out of the dark days of the cold war and into the sunshine of the 21st century. H.R. 1561--the American Overseas Interests Act--recognizes…

I like to read old books. I was poking around the other day in an old bookstore and found a book on Executive orders, and some of the Executive orders that were issued by President Teddy Roosevelt. Because force management is an important…

Mr. Chairman, some things change in time and some things just do not change in time. I want to bring that into focus in my comments. Some things that do not change in time is the nature of government, the nature of a government that when…

Mr. Chairman, I come from a Western State where water is our lifeblood, where without water there is no production of agriculture at all, and without the systems of canals that were built beginning at the turn of the century, we would not…

Mr. Chairman, I guess one of the things that strikes a freshman when they come to this very distinguished body is the fact that somehow the process just does not meet the reality. The process just does not meet the human misery that…

then is it the gentleman's suggestion then if ecosystem means all of this, that it is the responsibility of the Federal Government of the United States of America to manage and fund and control all of this?

Mr. Poszgai went in after mortgaging everything he had and buying up this 14-acre parcel of property, he cleaned it up, took 7,000 tires off the property, and was immediately charged with criminal violations of the Clean Water Act. He was…

Mr. Chairman, I am a freshman, but I am a sad freshman tonight, because I think that the last vote, and if we pass this amendment, has in large part broken the Contract With America, not a Contract With America that was formed just in this…

I have watched with great admiration as the gentlewoman from Ohio has patiently explained to us and the American people much that we need to know... I was shocked to realize that they, too, were a part of this bailout. It was my…

this weekend the Secretary of Labor did state, as we heard on national TV, that balancing the budget is not a goal of the Clinton administration. And you and I both know that without the authority of the President, the Secretary would not…

When we call on young men and young women to defend this Nation against foreign interests by placing our your men and women in harm's way, they do not have a choice. They must take themselves physically and personally to the call of their…