C. W. Bill Young

I wanted to say to the House that this was probably one of the most difficult conferences that we have had in a long, long time. I really rise to say congratulations and compliments to the strong leadership that the gentleman from Michigan…

the answer is that I agree with the gentleman, that we will not conclude our work prior to the 7th and we will need another CR. But that will not be due to any problems in the House. That will be because we are having some very difficult…

I rise first to support this conference report, but I also want to address another issue, especially to my fiscally conservative friends. They received in their offices today a publication that would appear to be coming from the Committee…

I know Members are anxious to adjourn, but for Members on either side who want to complain about getting done so we can get out of here, I have to remind them, that we get paid 12 months a year, and the people should expect us to work 12…

Mr. Speaker, this is the conference report on the supplemental to pay for our military forces, equipment, their salaries, and their medical care. A speaker who just left the well a few minutes ago said that nobody knows where the money is…

I wish to provide for the Record at this point a table that shows that it is not a blank check, and that it is very specific in the money that it appropriates. Highlights of the War Supplemental Conference Report President's Request: $87…

Mr. Speaker, motions to instruct are usually a very strong tool of the minority party, and the reason I know that is because we were in the minority for a lot of years. As a matter of fact, one party controlled the House of Representatives…

I rise to announce to my colleagues the death of one of our former Members of Congress, William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg, Florida. Bill Cramer died on Saturday afternoon. He had served in the State House of Representatives prior to…

I do not think it contributes anything. I said earlier we did not start this war. This war started on February 26, 1993, when the World Trade Center was bombed by terrorists, six lives lost. This was further exacerbated on June 25, 1996…

I believe that the Congress does itself proud today. I think the level of debate is very high, and I think the Congress should get good marks. At the end of the day, I am satisfied that we are going to pass this bill because it is…

I wanted to, number one, congratulate him on doing a tremendous job in presenting this conference report, along with his partner, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo), the ranking member. I know there are some differences here, but the…

Mr. Speaker, the issue of February's bill, first of all, that was not our fault. We were not permitted to bring the bills in the regular period of time for fiscal year 2003. That was not our fault. The fact that the numbers were different…

I hope the gentleman did not misunderstand my comments. I agree, the gentleman has, as chairman, done more than previous budget chairmen to recognize the problem with mandatory versus discretionary; and I compliment the gentleman for that…

The answer is the discretionary spending is about one-third of the total government spending. It is amazing to me how some of those who are constantly arguing about discretionary spending vote for the big mandatory programs, the back-door…

first let me explain that I agree with everything the gentleman is saying. And I would tell him that just last week when the Committee on Appropriations reported the first supplemental for this particular season, it included a substantial…

I do so to present the emergency supplemental appropriations bill, the second supplemental for fiscal year 2003. This is a very simple, straightforward emergency bill that includes $983.6 million for the Disaster Relief Fund, which is now…

I rise briefly to compliment the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Hobson), along with his ranking member, for doing a really fine job. This bill could have used more money, but all of our 13 subcommittees have marked up, and each one of them…

I want to compliment and congratulate him and the gentleman from Wisconsin for doing a really good job in allocating the money that was available. As Chairman Regula has said, there is an increase in the 302(b) allocation for this bill…

The chairman is right on target, and I just think that this would be a mischievous amendment and hope that we can defeat the amendment.

I rise for two purposes: one, to express strong support for the bill and to compliment Chairman Knollenberg and Ranking Member Edwards for producing as good a bill as they could with what they had to work with. We have heard today as we…

I am not really opposed to what the gentleman is suggesting here. The Committee on Appropriations did add $3.2 billion to the wartime supplemental to deal with airline issues and to be helpful to the airline industry. So there is plenty of…

I support and agree with what the gentleman is trying to do. But frankly, I am not satisfied that the language that he offers does not adversely affect other U.S. interests. That is the reason I rose in opposition to his amendment. It is…

Mr. Chairman, I think we are nearing the end of this debate and getting ready to pass this bill. I think there is one other amendment that we will deal with very quickly after we conclude this. So I want to take a few minutes to say a word…

I told the gentleman during the negotiations with the conference committee I would make sure that this issue was brought before the conference and a thorough discussion would take place and see if there is something that we can do that…

Mr. Chairman, today H.R. 1559 is before the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to pay for the war in Iraq, the liberation of the people of Iraq, the destruction of a regime that threatens its own people, that persecutes…