Charles T. Canady

Mr. Speaker, there are few responsibilities that we have as Members of Congress that are more important than seeking to leave our children a better future. This legislation seeks to accomplish that goal by protecting children from illegal…

This is a very simple bill. It amends a statutory provision, which I will read. It is short enough for us to read right here and see what is being amended. The prohibition is this: ``Whoever using the mail or any facility or means of…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4640, the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act, was introduced by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. McCollum) together with the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) the ranking minority member, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4292, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act is a simple but critical piece of legislation that is designed to ensure that, for purposes of Federal law, all infants who have been born alive are treated as persons who are…

Mr. DeMINT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a cosponsor and a strong supporter of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. There is a lot of confusion about who qualifies as a person today, so this is an important bill. This bill says if a…

as I thought about the subject upon which I rise to speak today, I was reminded of the words of William Butler Yeats's poem ``The Second Coming,'' where he wrote: ``Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the…

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act is a bill designed to protect the free exercise of religion from unnecessary governmental interference. The legislation uses the recognized constitutional authority of the Congress…

The statement in the letter is absolutely accurate. The terminology that happens to be applied to the procedure is not what is at issue. It is a matter of fact, however, that the procedure which exists, which is used, which would come…

what is required is that there be a meaningful application and that these steps be gone through as they are permitted under the local process.

Mr. Chairman, the Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2000, which is now under consideration by the House, would provide property owners with meaningful access to justice when they seek to assert their Federal rights under the…

I rise to urge the Members of the House to reject this motion to recommit. Like most of the arguments that have been made against this bill, this motion to recommit has nothing to do with the substance or purpose of the bill. I just ask…

Mr. Chairman, I think it is unfortunate that today in this debate we are hearing attacks on the motivation of those who are supporting this legislation. This legislation has been introduced because there is a real problem in the…

the important thing to understand, some people in the land use context do assert that they should have the right to the highest and best economic use of their property, but they do not, and they should not. Zoning has never permitted that…

The MSPA Clarification Act, which I am introducing today, seeks to ease the inequitable burden on farmers.

Given these pressures, farmers should not have to contend with government agencies that overstep regulatory boundaries set by Congress.

America's farming community plays a vital role in the prosperity of the nation.

I do rise in support of the removal of the armed forces of the United States from the present hostilities against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Our forces should be removed from these hostilities because the vital national interests…

It is true that the committee rejected an article of impeachment based on tax fraud against President Nixon, but it is equally clear that the overwhelming majority of the members of the committee who expressed an opinion on that subject…

As we consider the motion to recommit, I would ask that the Members of the House on both sides of the aisle step back and consider the fact that what is proposed in the motion to recommit is without any precedent. There is no case in the…

Is it not true that the bill the gentleman has sponsored would give the abortionist unfettered discretion to determine when an abortion would be performed during the third trimester or post viability? Because the gentleman has an exception…

Madam Speaker, today for a second time the House considers a presidential veto of bipartisan legislation banning partial-birth abortion. In the last Congress, although the House overrode President Clinton's veto of the Partial-Birth…

This is a vote about common decency. This is a procedure that is gruesome, it is inhuman, and it is unnecessary. The President has turned his back on millions of Americans who are sickened by this procedure. In New Jersey alone 1,500…

I am struck, as I listen to the debate here today, by the fact that the opponents of this bill really are here expressing opposition to the acts of State legislatures. They are here, in effect, expressing opposition to the decisions of the…

To those who say that this is an unconstitutional measure, I point out that the predicate for the operation of this bill is the existence of valid constitutional State laws, laws that have been adopted by State legislatures and which meet…