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I am absolutely supporting getting this tax-cutting bill started. Because the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) knows and I know that our process is such a long and complicated one that, by the time this bill winds its way through the…
this bill is not first about tax relief. It is first about tax fairness. It is also about relief, but this is primarily a matter of fairness. This bill does two very simple things. It gives a married couple double the deduction that a…
I would just like to put the debate on this final spending bill in context. The President brought us what he called a balanced budget proposal. It was balanced, but it increased spending dramatically; and it funded it, and this is why it…
I rise today to address the increasingly acute, immediate problems in our Medicare program, one of the pillars of retirement security for America's seniors. It is significant that I rise at a time when Republicans, Democrats, the Congress…
The law of the land is that abortion is legal, whether we like it or not. The law of the land and Supreme Court decisions have given women total control over the decision of whether they will get pregnant and carry a pregnancy during the…
It is with great pleasure that I rise to honor Dr. George R. Muirhead upon his retirement from Central Connecticut State University in my hometown of New Britain, Connecticut.
April 15 and lights are burned late across America as people have completed the agonizing task of paying their taxes, and believe it or not, at a time when taxes are at an all-time high in America, the President has proposed to increase…
most Americans think that we have the ability to defend ourselves against incoming missiles. America has no ballistic missile defense capability. None. Today we take the right first step to address that extraordinary vulnerability. I just…
while one could say that the administration did not respond promptly enough nor aggressively enough, the administration has taken some tough actions with some impressive results, as my colleague, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Crane)…
Above the entrance to the Supreme Court are four powerful words: ``Equal Justice Under Law.'' Yet there can be no equal justice without a judicial process capable of reaching to the truth. That is why when one raises their right hand and…
in the real world it is not hard for kids to get condoms. We may not like it, but it is true. Would Members not rather that they got the advice that came from someone who said to them, you ought to talk to your mom and dad about that; that…
on July 16 I felt tremendous pride in this Congress when Republicans and Democrats came together and passed an important family planning provision that would have extended contraceptive coverage to more than a million women enrolled in…
Then, I would ask the chairman, shall the USTR understand that such intent is confirmed in legislation, and ensure that the legislated objectives will continue to constitute the principal U.S. negotiating objectives in future negotiations?
I am proud to offer my amendment to restore $98 million in level funding for the NEA. I would have been equally proud to have risen to oppose a motion to strike NEA funding as adopted in the committee bill, and I salute my colleague, the…
I appreciate the seriousness of his concern, the amount of research he has done on this issue and the significant problems that our universities could face if this legislation is implemented poorly. However, it is also true that this…
I believe that many, many, many people in our government are working extremely hard to assure that on January 1, 2000, we will be able to pay the bills, that there will be no interruption in government services, that Medicare will go well…
Frankly, it will have such a dampening effect on research that it will affect research on things that have a dual purpose or that could be perceived as having a dual purpose. That is my concern about it.
Mr. Speaker, this is truly a red letter day for disabled Americans, and I congratulate the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Kennelly) on this bipartisan legislation that is going to change so…
I am very proud of the House bill, and I know our conferees will work hard on its behalf. But, as the gentleman knows, the Senate is likely to consider, also, some of its ideas of importance; and there are, indeed, a few things in the…
This amendment does not fund abortions with tax dollars. Let us get that very clear. Tax dollars under current law may not pay for abortions. Tax dollars under this amendment will not pay for abortions. This amendment merely assures that…
the company does not have the right to give a tax break. The company must pay the taxes that we require them to pay.
the goal of this bill is to make evident the costs we are imposing on the society, whether it is on another level of government or a private sector entity or an individual, the costs that we are imposing on them to carry out a public…
today I rise to pay special tribute to a woman business owner in my district who is a shining example of the dramatic impact that women business owners are having on our economy. In the state of Connecticut there are approximately 104,000…
Right, so if you had 100 percent tariffs, I do not care how good you were producing in the United States, you could not sell in Mexico with 100 percent tariffs. Now, under NAFTA, Mexican tariffs have come way, way down. Yes, American…
Our whole economy produces $1.5 trillion of goods each year. So $600 billion is more than a third of our whole economy.
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