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today I rise to express my opposition to H.R. 1833, the so-called ``Partial-Birth'' Abortion bill. I voted against this measure last year when it was first considered by the House and I will do so again today because I do not believe that…
the tragedies in Israel over the last several weeks are something that all of us have to pay close attention to. I am proud that the American Government and President Clinton have led the effort to try to build a real and lasting peace in…
as I have been meeting in my district with working people and men and women who run small businesses, the two needs that turn out to be the most prevalent are the needs of a good education and training for the workers and good health care…
the tragic events in Israel in the last several days, the bombings by Hamas, are not simply actions taken by a handful of extremists. These extremists function because they have economic support that comes from countries and individuals…
I rise in support of S. 534. I urge my colleagues to support it. The Supreme Court decision in the case of C&A Carbone, Inc. versus Town of Clarkstown has significant implications for municipalities and taxpayers across the country. The…
This was a family, on the Kennelly and the Bailey side, that had an incredible impact on the country.
Connecticut truly today did lose one of its finest public servants in Jim Kennelly. My colleague, our colleague, Barbara Kennelly, lost so much more today, and we extend to Barbara and to her family and to her children our heartfelt…
Just reclaiming my time for one moment, you always felt intellectually challenged when you went in to meet Speaker Kennelly, whether you were with him on the issue or as you were on many occasions on the opposite side of the issue, that he…
I rise today first as a senior member of the Connecticut delegation to give our condolences to a colleague, the gentlewoman from Connecticut, Barbara Kennelly, who lost her husband this weekend. Jim Kennelly was my speaker when I was first…
There is no, I think, statement that a legislator can make about one of his colleagues that is more respectful than speaker. And for me the first speaker I ever served under was Speaker Kennelly. He was a brilliant and powerful speaker. He…
the new majority came here with a call they were going to run this place like a business. Well, I do not know of any business or any family who would run their business as we are running the natural resources of this country. Mr. Speaker…
I rise to object to certain provisions in the conference report on H.R. 1976. While I am deeply concerned about the effect of cutting $1.4 billion from our natural resource management agencies, several individual items are especially…
I think we have to look at history when we are trying to examine a debate. Our friends on the Republican side of the aisle come today with a masked proposal, a hidden proposal to tell us they are going to save Medicare. The Democrats over…
Mr. Speaker, this is more than just a process issue. The way the House has been run has denied Members their ability to adequately represent their constituency. Being a Member of Congress puts you in an area where you have many…
Mr. Chairman, the manager's amendment has a number of serious defects, and it would take more time than remains in this debate to address all of them. Mr. Chairman, I simply want to address what is referred to as the Hoke amendment, which…
while I have grave reservations about many parts of the bill, the en bloc is certainly acceptable. I want to commend the gentleman from New York [Mr. King] for the work we have done together on the Iranian provision within it. There is no…
Administrations have multiple resources for smaller wars that they can operate without direct funding, and additionally, what it leaves us with is only one option to review the process, and often an option that is very difficult to bring…
I have been here not as long as has the gentleman from Illinois, but there is no question the power of Congress is enhanced by a law that gives us a role and a positive action in the process rather than simply being consulted. The…
I rise in support of H.R. 1361, the Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996. I want to thank Chairman Shuster and Ranking Member Mineta for bringing this bill to the floor today. This bill authorizes the important activities of…
I thank both gentlemen, for this is an issue critically important. It would have devastated most of the small boatyards along the shore. I commend them for their action.
the Republican contract may have good titles, but it is bad policy. Its policy is just too extreme for America. What we end up doing is cutting taxes for the top 1 percent while we take away educational opportunity for average and middle…
I rise in opposition to H.R. 925 and urge my colleagues to defeat this ill-conceived measure. I want to thank the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank] and the gentleman from California [Mr. Miller] for their efforts to point out the…
I think that the present law that we passed in the previous year is adequate, 25 percent. I think we are heading in the right direction on our payments. But clearly it should not be Bangladesh subsidizing the Saudis.
I think again we have to understand the fundamental principle. What the U.N. does in the post-cold-war era is carry out American foreign policy interests. If it is not in America's foreign policy interests, we use our veto to stop it…
I will not yield, and, if you look at what we do here, we take the President--you take the President of the United States, and you give him one option, and that option is unilateral action with American forces, without any support from any…
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