Madam Speaker, many of the original 13 colonies that became the United States of America were settled by men and women of deep religious convictions who crossed the Atlantic Ocean to practice their faith freely. It is therefore no surprise…

I agree completely. Obviously we have that service, we all know about INS; but I will tell the gentleman it is dysfunctional in terms of the way it is working. I think that is a concern that all of us have. It is not that we do not have it…

But if we look at the record, even of the individuals who were the terrorists who came into this country, if we looked at the testimony of the head of INS yesterday, we will find that they do not even know where some of these people came…

When police arrest children and young adults who shrug off their criminal acts as a right of passage, our response is often fear and anger. How can we protect ourselves? How can we make them pay for what they have done? Then a secondary…

Mr. Chairman, I too rise in opposition to this amendment. It has been stated that four times as many people visit our beaches as visit the national parks in our country. What do people dream about? They dream about going to the beach. If…

Today we are taking a step forward just on the House floor with providing an educational opportunity for all Americans and for people all over the world who visit our Nation's Capitol today to learn more about our native Americans and our…

I am pleased to rise in very strong support of H. Con. Res. 100, a resolution commending the American Football Coaches Association and others for their efforts in helping to recover our Nation's missing, kidnapped, and runaway children…

One of the chronic complaints we hear about public education is a lack of discipline. In fact, I hear more about that than any other single issue from our public schools today, and the concerns expressed by teachers that they might be sued…

This week, the House takes the next step toward the enactment of H.R. 1, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, our best effort to navigate the philosophical differences between our parties and realize our shared vision of a better future…

I strongly support tax relief for all Americans. Broad based-tax relief this year should include significantly reducing the estate tax. Today, I am voting for immediate reform of the estate tax to protect families, small businesses and…

Another question. Does it include accounting standards applicable to capital raising under applicable securities laws and the Securities Act of 1933?

I am disappointed in the Senate's action on this, I have agreed to let this bill pass today and move the process forward. Can we agree that the committee will, early next year, begin to look into this matter more closely with the National…

It is correct that the Federal Government only applies about 7 percent of the total financing of all K-12 education in the United States of America. But here is something else which is a fact. This is an absolute fact. In the first 5 years…

Mr. Speaker I would like to take some time here this afternoon to talk about education in furtherance of the discussion we just had and the votes we have just had on the floor of the House of Representatives. In a time when education has…

I am proud to support the expansion of the quarter program to the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories. I think this bill can best be understood in the context of the legislative history of the original 50 State quarter program…

I too as others have done today rise in strong support of the gentlewoman from Connecticut's and the gentleman from Maryland's Child Support Distribution Act of 2000. This legislation improves on the success of the child support…

In the five previous years, including two Presidents, the Republicans have put an increase of 48.2 percent in education funding K through 12, or 8.2 percent per year. In the 5 years before that, when the Democrats were in charge of the…

I rise in support of this most important trade agreement. Failure by this Congress to extend PNTR would squander a decade and a half of negotiations, invite the unraveling of China's extensive WTO commitments, and punish American…

I rise also in very strong support of H.R. 4392, which is the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. The gentleman from Florida (Chairman Goss) and the ranking member, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dixon) are to be…

I am in support of the World Bank AIDS Marshall Plan Trust Fund Act, H.R. 3519. I have seen first hand the devastation that AIDS has had on Africa, and I firmly believe that the United States and the rest of the developed world must act…

I am a strong believer this is something we really should have done a long time ago at the Federal government level. It is something we should make the commitment to do now because we have to make up for lost time, and it really does free…

I fully support H.J. Res. 94, which calls for an amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting passage of tax increases without a two-thirds majority in each house of Congress, except in emergency cases such as a military…

It is very simple. It just calls on local governments and States and the Federal Government to keep statistics on the number of infants abandoned in public places each year. We have heard a lot of stories as to why that should happen. It…

This legislation, which both gentlemen from New York have worked on, in my judgment, is as good a piece of legislation as we have had on the floor this year for a variety of reasons. One is it is bipartisan. It is a piece of legislation…

I am in total agreement with this legislation and somewhat in disagreement with what the gentleman from Wisconsin is saying. I, first of all, applaud the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) for what he has done here. He has made us…