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Mr. Speaker, let me answer some of the questions. First of all, all of us as Americans know we have the right to our basic beliefs, and certainly there is absolutely nothing in this bill, and it is restated over, and over, and over again…
I think the gentlewoman and I would want to make it perfectly clear to him that under this bill it says, ``Parents and legal guardians of minors are not subject to the penalties of the Act.'' I want to thank the gentlewoman for her hard…
I think, if the gentleman would like to cut it down to 2 votes, then I think we will be happy to let him debate it, but I honestly think we have already had 3 votes more than we have ever seen on any procedure that I have ever seen, and I…
Look, I am perfectly cool. We have got the time. All I want to know is--I think the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith] makes a good point. He would rather spend his time explaining his position than calling votes. If that is the…
I reclaim my time because my feeling was that, if we could cut it down, I believe in a family-friendly Congress. This is very late. This is an extraordinary procedure, and I would hope that the gentleman from New Jersey would be willing to…
The Federal Government intervenes when it appears that at the local level they cannot handle these felonies. If there is violence on any labor picket line, obviously it can be a felony in any state court, and there has been absolutely no…
I said ``bill.'' I corrected the record. But we do not try and bring a bill out that corrects every evil. This is very specifically directed. This House has dealt with this over and over again. And what we have seen is regions that are not…
Both Robert D. Novak and George F. Will in columns published on the op-ed page (``Inviolable Clinics . . . Vulnerable Churches,'' December 9, 1993) suggest that gay lobbying groups were responsible for the delay in Congressional enactment…
the Republicans went off for a conference and studied to try to come up with a proposal for health care. After going to their camp for the weekend, they came away and they had nothing. There was nothing they could agree on as a health care…
I come to the well to brag as a Coloradan because we are all so proud of the Colorado National Guard. They setup a M*A*S*H type operation in down town Denver and have been delivering medical services to all sorts of homeless people who…
This is the budget with vision. We either believe in equality and justice for all or we do not. This is the budget that gives a hand up to people. Let me talk about what a lot of perceptions about this budget are that are wrong. A lot of…
The issue is the Defense budget in every other country in the world has come down like an elevator with its cable cut. If you add the total amount that we are spending on Defense, it is more than all the rest of the countries on the planet…
Today is International Women's Day. It is also National Women's History Week. But we see the National Cancer Institute, which is fully funded by Federal taxpayers, one more time sending a terribly confusing message to women. The women in…
during the last couple weeks we have seen all sorts of medals and awards being handed out in the Olympics and the Grammys, but the awards being handed out in Congress today are the most important ones, for looking to the future. What are…
Operation Deny Flight'' was put in by NATO in October 1992. The idea was, it was the only thing that NATO could really agree on vis-a-vis the former area of Yugoslavia. That was that the war on the ground had been so terrible that the one…
Madam Chairman, I think I can safely say this, and then we can yield back all the time and hopefully get to a vote. Most of the Members have heard this over and over again. Let me reiterate what the Hyde amendment does. It absolutely guts…
the one thing every Member in this body should work very hard to do is to see that our men and women in uniform who are out there for our freedoms are treated with respect and dignity, and the command is sending all the right messages. As…
Mr. Chairman, I want to say that I am going to speak rapidly, because we need to get this out. We should have gotten this out last year. As everyone has said, this is very important. On the Committee on Armed Services we always talk about…
the world is holding its breath as we all hope and pray that the new cease-fire in Bosnia will hold. I think one of the reasons we finally got the cease-fire is because the administration has been absolutely right in insisting that…
I couldn't wait to get over here, Mr. Chairman, because, first of all, it is interesting to see how many people on the other side got religion over the holidays and are suddenly for this bill. With all this gray hair, I remember back even…
I have a bill in that would make it illegal to deal in female genital mutilation in this country. I know many people think that this is not an issue. But in today's newspaper, once again, we see it as an issue in a woman who was about to…
the State Department is indeed under new management. I mean, how often does a Member take the floor and thank the State Department. But for the first time in the history of this country, the State Department came out with its new human…
sexual abuse is a crime that devastates a child's life. For many children it is a reality. The trauma these victims face doesn't end when they reach adulthood. The road to recovery is excruciatingly long and often stretches far into…
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