C. W. Bill Young

Well, I would suggest that the gentleman ask them to yield and ask them that question. I do not know what their plans are going to be. But I would say this, throughout this entire process my leadership has been available to me any day…

That is a far greater investment than is required for this legislation. I have made the case that we have already increased education considerably over the President's budget request. We have increased the medical research through NIH…

That is my question. How much is the gentleman prepared and authorized to come down.

That may be true. But anyway, the answer to the gentleman is, I will be here. I do not have the authority to settle on a top number. I think the gentleman understands that. That number is going to be decided by a higher authority than mine…

I believe that the 106th Congress should complete the business of the 106th Congress. I think it will be a tragic mistake to try to run this continuing resolution until the end of the fiscal year. It is our responsibility to conclude the…

But I want to remind my colleagues that this is America. This is the United States of America. There is something special about that. Remember, 59 years ago today, Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Nation did not have any real direction. We…

I have my own ideas as to why the President wants us here day after day, one day at a time, but I do not know for sure what his reason is. However, on your question of amnesty, I would remind the gentleman, that during the development of…

I do not think he was talking about the appropriations bills, because for the appropriations bills, I think the minority would concede that we have worked together very well with them. We have not kept them out of any meetings or any…

It is wonderful to watch a deathbed conversion, because with regard to LIHEAP, the very fact of the matter is that over and over and over again the majority party has in fact opposed LIHEAP. Not only that, they have tried to abolish the…

I just have the feeling and I am really convinced that this would be a one-sided partnership with the Federal Government being by far the most senior partner. Now, that really disturbs me, and the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham)…

I suspect maybe the gentleman might explain to our colleagues why it is that we have to do a 1-day CR today, and another 1-day CR Saturday, and another 1-day CR Sunday, and another 1-day CR Monday. And I am happy to hear the response from…

I was really happy last week when I heard the minority leader, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), stand in the well and say, we really ought to cut out all of this partisanship, and we ought to work together. Mr. Speaker, it is…

We are in a position now that we are dealing with the White House. And we finally, just a few minutes ago, got an offer from the White House. The gentleman can stand there and raise his voice all he wants. We just got the offer from the…

They are leaders. They have the right, and they have the power to make certain decisions, of course, the same as your leadership does. It is a two-sided coin.

I want to compliment him for working through a difficult conference and producing what I think is a really fine bill. It meets the needs of America. There are more needs that need to be met, but this bill goes right directly to the heart…

I rise to not disagree with my friend, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey). This is not the normal procedure. But I do rise to tell the Members of the House that no Member of the House is disadvantaged by using this procedure. The…

I take the time to support the bill and to urge a very strong vote for the bill. But I wanted primarily to applaud the chairman, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), for having led this subcommittee through some very difficult times…

Give us 81 more Republicans than there are Democrats, and we will show you a real whirlwind of activity here.

We are going to go into overtime, that overtime will soon start. The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) has just gone through the history of the 6 years of the Republican control of the House, so I thought I would come back with the last…

Mr. Speaker, an earlier speaker had mentioned that this bill was $2 billion over the original House bill. I think there was a mistake in addition or subtraction. Because the House bill that we passed on March 30 was $12.7 billion. This…

Mr. Speaker, I ask our Members to support this conference report and move it on to the other body. Before I yield back my time, I want to thank the principals who worked so hard in making this bill as good a bill as it is today. It is a…

I would just make this one point, that I think all of us who pay any attention to baseball understand that we cannot go from home plate to home plate. We have to go to first base first, and then we go to second, and then we go to third…

I would refer all of the Members of the House to the adverse report that the Committee on Appropriations did report on H.R. 853, which would have created this lock box. It is a very good description of why it is not workable.

as the gentleman is well aware, he and I read every word and every comma of each report. I have not seen the name Mr. Lextra ever, and I doubt the gentleman from Wisconsin has.

Well, I understand what the gentleman is saying and, as I said earlier, all of the time so far on this bill has been spent on the amendments from your side. So there would obviously be time required on our side to offer amendments, but I…