Tom Tancredo

I rise in opposition to S. 2796, the Water Resources Development Act. The communities in my district have learned first hand that the Army Corps of Engineers has become a large, bloated and intransigent bureaucracy. Now is the time for…

since coming to the U.S. House of Representatives, I have had the opportunity to become familiar with a volunteer organization in Colorado known as SCORE, or Service Corps of Retired Executives, a great resource partner to the Small…

I want to also say that this whole issue comes to us today on the floor as a result of the really tireless efforts of one individual in my district, a gentleman by the name of Andy McKean, who with other members of the Lion's Club took…

the bill sets out the parameters very specifically, referring only to materials unsolicited, and in a case where someone is transferring that kind of material using the interstate, transferring that kind of material, unsolicited to…

Once again, the bill is very specific about the method of transfer of the material we are talking about. In what you describe, there is no effect from this particular piece of legislation. It has got nothing to do with it.

Mr. Speaker, I recognized when I brought this measure forward that would provide an opportunity for our friends on the other side to discuss a variety of other issues not really attendant to this particular problem, not attendant to this…

There has always been, there always will be, there is now bureaucratic opposition to any sort of reform, especially in school reform that gives parents greater opportunities, greater freedoms. What we are trying to do with, especially the…

Mr. Speaker, Colorado's Rocky Mountains are rugged and beautiful, but they are a dangerous playground for all small children. Three-year-old Jaryd Atadero was last seen on the morning of October 2, 1999, hiking one and one-half miles from…

earlier today I was talking to a gentleman from Common Cause. I had called him in regard to a statement that they sent out asking all Congressmen to sign the statement. One of the points on the statement that they were asking us to sign on…

I rise in support of H.R. 1264, the Right- to-Know National Payroll Act, offered by my friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Hoekstra). In Colorado, there was an employer who at one point in time opened two windows giving his employees…

I appreciate the hard job that the distinguished chairman and the members of the committee faced as they drafted this bill. It is a good bill, and I intend to support it. The amendment has been agreed to by the parties involved. It is…

I believe so strongly that we should be reorganizing our priorities in this particular bill that I feel it is worth the effort to once again bring it to the attention of my colleagues. However, I would also say, Mr. Chairman, that I intend…

we have been told wonderful things will flow from expanded trade with China. Workers' rights will be respected, religious freedom will be enhanced, and probably Jeffersonian study groups will be popping up all over China before long. Well…

I am going to bring my colleagues tonight a hypothetical bill. This bill has three parts: part one provides billions of dollars of aid to Beijing in order to stabilize the regime; part two provides support for the Chinese military…

Yesterday marked the beginning of National Small Business Week. With over 117,000 small businesses in Colorado, not to mention the 184,000 self-employed individuals, small businesses have become the backbone of our robust economy. It is…

Dear Congressman Wolf: Just within the past few weeks, China has made military threats against Taiwan and threatened military action against the United States if we defend Taiwan. Just 4 years ago, China fired several live missiles in the…

I would like to join other Members in support of the bill offered by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton), as it was originally introduced. Avoiding per-minute charges for Internet access service, as we have since 1987, remains a…

Mr. Chairman, the Tancredo amendment to H.R. 853, the Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act, would simply expand the reporting requirements for unauthorized programs which appear in the back of the House appropriations reports. I want to…

Mr. Chairman, since coming to Congress a little over a year ago, I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to highlight the problems that I have come across in unauthorized spending. As I say, I know this is not the ultimate…

I certainly am in strong support of House Concurrent Resolution 310, which acknowledges and commends the charter school movement for its contribution to improving our Nation's public school system and calls for National Charter Schools…

Imagine an educated America where all children get a world-class education and the opportunity to achieve their dreams. Can we imagine a great school in every community for every child, or the best and brightest teaching our children? How…

I was reading a newspaper article out of Virginia where they had arrested a suspect for possession of narcotics. The amount of narcotics in the possession of this individual was quite significant. It was not just a baggy; it was like a…

Mr. Chairman, in the proud tradition of the $500 hammer, the $1,000 toilet seat and the $1 million outhouse, the FDA and this bill now bring us a hugely expensive Federal office building in Los Angeles. This building, 133,000 square feet…

I assure Members that none of them, not one of the things identified on this entire list except the last thing that says operates the Federal medical products quality assurance program for the agency is even remotely connected to the kind…

The information that we have about this facility comes to us from the FDA. It is their own information. It is their own documentation. It is the rationale for their budget request. It states that restricted funds will serve to consolidate…