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This is a bill that enforces the 1907 law banning corporate treasury money, the 1947 law banning union dues money, and enforces the 1974 reform laws. Now, one of the allegations is that because we cannot use soft money, we cannot use that…
I wish this amendment were not here, as a purest, but I think it is fair. My concern is that it is a good amendment now, that it could be changed over time, but it is fair now. It works now.
I hope this amendment succeeds with all that I can urge. It is not a question of going from the $1,000 to $2,000, it is a question of going from $2 million to $2,000, or a half a million to $2,000, or $200,000 to $2,000. We have gotten…
I had fainted unless I believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, and I see this goodness in this House, and I see a little anger, and I see little charges. My wife and I got to serve in the Peace Corps. It was the…
We have three amendments, and that is it, and I cannot predict the outcome of any of the three. But we have really two issues that are in play right now. One of them is the issue of the delay to the start of the next campaign season…
In 1974, the Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1974 provided an exemption to allow political parties to raise soft money to purchase or construct a building. It has existed since 1974. In fact, that was the way soft money kind of entered…
When Abraham Lincoln addressed this Chamber during the Civil War, when we were losing 10,000 Americans a month, he looked at Congress and said, ``The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high…
Trade promotion authority enhances the United States' ability to negotiate agreements that help American workers and businesses. Just as we can't repeal the laws of gravity, we can't ignore the fact that we live in a world with a global…
I am very distressed by it. I hope it is worked out by the leaders and you as to how we deal with this. I think it was a clear mistake to take it out of the trust funds. I think in the end we endanger the public by doing it.
Yes, it was a mistake to delete from the bill the use of the money from the trust funds; we should be using the trust funds for what they were intended, and that is for the flying safety of the American people.
Mr. Speaker, the Senate passed a good bill. The House improved on it significantly, and I think this conference report makes the legislation even better. I am particularly pleased that a time limit for inspection of all luggage... has been…
Mr. Speaker, we are at war. We are at war with terrorists that annihilated 6,000 Americans. We have a responsibility to work together to solve this problem. For me it is not an issue of whether they are Federal employees or non-Federal…
On September 11 we were brutally awakened to the harsh realities we dreamed might never reach our shores. With the thousands of dead, we buried forever any illusion the scourge of transnational terrorism could not strike here. Former…
Because I believe our country could face a chemical, biological, radioactive, or, heaven forbid, nuclear attack by well-organized groups of fanatic terrorists, I rise in strong support of the PATRIOT Act. I believe this bill is necessary…
During my service in Congress, I have consistently opposed agricultural welfare programs. This Farm Bill, for the most part, represents business-as-usual for our nation's heavily-subsidized farmers. It's unfortunate to know that at a time…
I am one of a few Republicans in Congress who represent an urban area, yet when it came time to end the broken system of social welfare, I voted for it and I'm proud to say that welfare reform has been a tremendous success in my district…
Mr. Chairman, the President of the United States said there are a lot of medium-sized farmers who need help, and one of the things we are going to make sure of is that we restructure the farm program, so that the money goes to the people…
As a longtime critic of the manner in which we finance our nation's military, I had intended to oppose the legislation being considered today. This year's defense budget contains a number of deficiencies, the most glaring of which is this…
I have prepared remarks, but I would just like to speak from my heart that when you go to the Pentagon and when you go to see ground zero in New York, you see an incredible contrast, the carnage of the buildings and the hope and vitality…
I rise in support of this supplemental appropriations bill. This assistance will save lives and lay the foundation for the long, arduous process of rebuilding New York City and the surrounding communities affected by Tuesday's cowardly…
Yesterday's events forced us to confront as never before the barbarism and cowardice of terrorism. We grieve for the victims, our fellow Americans, and we pray for their peace. May we seek our peace with this painful horror by offering…
We will not have a world to live in if we continue our neglectful ways. Apologists for the automobile industry are going to kill America if they keep it up. Two-thirds of all the oil used in the United States is consumed in the…
I believe we will not have a world to live in if we continue our neglectful ways. I believe that with all my heart and soul. But earlier today this House continued these neglectful ways by refusing to hold SUVs and other light trucks to…
I believe when he got elected to Congress, he wanted us to be honest with each other. I believe when he got elected to Congress, he wanted us to tell the truth. The truth is quite simple. Rail management and unions came to an agreement. It…
I rise in strong, strong, strong support of the Armey-DeLay-Watts-Lipinski amendment to H.R. 1. Given the importance of education to our Nation's future prosperity and security, I think it is vital, absolutely vital, to try new…
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