Christopher Shays

The harm caused by snowmobiles used in Yellowstone have been scientifically proven, studied further and proven yet again. Over the past decade the Park Service, the Environmental Protection Agency and independent experts have conducted…

I expressed some skepticism about both the short- and long-term impact of the proposed approach on our ability to develop, procure and use new medical countermeasures against chemical, biological or radiological weapons. Thanks to the work…

I rise in support of H.R. 1950, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005. In particularly, I would like to comment on Section 273: Staffing at Diplomatic Missions. As Chairman of the Committee on Government…

Last year, Congress enacted provisions to close loopholes in the federal animal fighting laws. We need to ensure the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has the resources it needs to enforce the law. The Blumenauer-Tancredo amendment will…

The bottom line is a plane could be blown out of the sky from explosives in the belly of an aircraft because someone shipping cargo is simply able to get it on the airplane. We have learned from the terrorists there is no line they will…

Congratulations to the Appropriations chairman, ranking member and all who worked on the Wartime Supplemental conference report. They did a tremendous job. As a returned Peace Corps volunteer who strongly supported the President's effort…

In my 28 years experience being in politics, I do know that speaking at 2 in the morning is not wise, and I usually avoid doing that. It took me awhile to figure that out, because I always made enemies when I spoke late at night. As I was…

I think including this funding in this bill is entirely appropriate precisely because we are at war against terrorism, and national service is a vital part of winning that war. National service is the right prescription during these times…

I did not think that the last speaker, a colleague who used to be for controlling the growth in spending, would be advocating spending so much. When we were in the Committee on the Budget voting out this bill, my Democratic colleagues came…

House Resolution 153, introduced by the distinguished gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Akin), recognizes the public need for fasting and prayer in order to secure the blessings and protection of Providence for the people of the United States…

Mr. Chairman, I know it is getting late. It is 10 p.m., but words like ``immoral'' and not providing money to our troops is just over the edge. Our troops are going to get all the money they need to do whatever they have to do to protect…

I understand there is an objection to the tax cuts. I understand that debate is going to be one in which we will disagree. We happen to believe that tax cuts generate economic activity. We have an honest disagreement on that issue. I am…

I prefer the budget that we are presenting. I prefer it because in our budget we are protecting America, we are increasing our defense budget, we are increasing our homeland security budget. In our budget, most importantly, and you do not…

In our rush to ban human reproductive cloning, we are at risk of also banning the most promising and exciting area of biomedical research in the past thirty years. If passed into law, the overly-broad Human Cloning Prohibition Act would…

We have been given a great opportunity to protect our countrymen and the world. The Bremer Commission, the Gilmore Commission, the Hart-Rudman Commission, all warned us to wake up to the terrorist threat. Unfortunately that call came on…

I strongly support S. 1533, a bill which will reauthorize the Community Health Center program. This legislation ensures that community health centers will continue providing high-quality care to the medically underserved and neediest…

Based on all we have learned during 4 years of hearings by the Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and International Relations, it cannot be disputed, Saddam Hussein had a robust chemical, biological and…

I too strongly oppose H.R. 2357, the House of Worship Political Speech Protection Act, because I believe it flies in the face of our campaign finance laws and more importantly would create a large soft money loophole. I also have serious…

Patsy Mink was a thoughtful, passionate, kind, strong, gentle, and lovely person who bravely and courageously fought and spoke out for those who could not always do it for themselves. She fought undeterred for social and economic justice…

I do say and acknowledge that after September 11, I think all of us thought a little longer and a little harder about how much we owe to our firefighters, how much we appreciate what they do for us and how grateful we are to them. I was…

I strongly oppose H.R. 4691, the inappropriately named Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, which would radically alter current law by allowing health care entities to exempt themselves from any federal, state or local law that assures women…

I support the inclusion of Section 213 in H.R. 1646, the Department of State Authorization Act Conference Report. This section of the conference report repeals Section 738 of the 2001 Agriculture Appropriations Act, which gave unwarranted…

Mr. Chairman, this is not campaign finance reform, it is national security. And we want the President of the United States to have the same power previous Presidents have had for national security. This is national security. What the…

I rise to thank the Members on both sides of the aisle for the basic decorum that has existed during the past 2 days. I am beginning to feel that tempers are getting a little short, but we do not have much further to go. I, for one, have…

Mr. Chairman, I would say my opposition is mild. I am using this opportunity to point out what we believe is a fact, and I would say that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Portman) particularly wanted this to be pointed out. We would note that…