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on rollcall No. 347, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment Offered by Mr. Rangel The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman…
I wish to praise the admirable actions of First Coast Energy Shell Corporation, a Jacksonville-based company from my congressional district. During the third annual Tribute to Heroes campaign, First Coast Energy Shell has pledged to raise…
listening to it in my office earlier, it was claimed that veterans oppose this amendment. And I was a little startled by that statement. And the veterans groups supposedly are called the Veterans for Common Sense, and Veterans Defending…
I am going to wrap up here. I did not intend to get into this kind of debate. Mr. Speaker, only to make my point, as a conservative, when we look at the issue and say there are 200 years of tradition here of protecting the flag, I think we…
I think I would ask my colleague why he is against 200 years in this country, when we protected our flag, why is he standing on the floor today not respecting the tradition of this country for 200 years and realizing that all 50 States…
I think we need a clarification who has the time. I understood that my side had given me 2 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns) will suspend. Did the gentleman from Georgia initially allocate debate…
now the gentleman, as a Congressman in this 21st century, is saying they were all wrong, the judge in the Johnson and Eichman case was absolutely right? He was not respecting the 200 years we had and now suddenly out of thin air he has…
Well, we have been through this debate, and in all respect to the gentleman from New York, he has come down here and he pulls a box out and he has the American flag on handkerchiefs and he has got it on his tie. I respect him for doing…
he has been very generous with my time. I do not want to take his time away because he is on the rule. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is asking the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Gingrey) who he initially allocated time to.
the gentleman from New York would agree that we are not amending the first amendment or otherwise limiting in any way the guarantees under the Bill of Rights. Is that not true what we are doing?
what the gentleman is saying when we think about it, my good colleague from Florida and New York, were the people in this country wrong for 200 years to protect the flag from desecration?
earlier this month the Supreme Court overturned a law that prevented people from buying health insurance, that is, private health insurance, to pay for medical services available from and through Medicare, the publicly funded system. The…
I wish to reclaim my time, because the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos) is very eloquent, and I would like to continue to have a little less say on my amendment. If he is accepting my amendment, I would sure appreciate his support…
it is with a great deal of delight and an honor for me to have my pastor, Dr. Ed Johnson, provide the opening prayer for the House of Representatives this morning. We were privileged today to hear his brief words of inspiration and…
Let me just complete my presentation, then. I will be glad to withdraw it as long as I get the confirmation that there will be a GAO study before these moneys are issued.
last December we created an independent panel to simply come up with ways to make the United Nations more transparent and more effective. Today it is being reported that the panel's work is done, and their 174-page report will soon be made…
recent reports paint an unfair picture of the United States Air Force Academy. It has been characterized as a place where religious intolerance is the norm. As someone who has spent considerable time with Air Force personnel and cadets, I…
since 1994 China has pegged its currency, the yuan, to the United States dollar. Many economists contend that for the first several years of this peg, the fixed value was likely close to market value, but in the past few years, economic…
on May 8, 2005, we will mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. So I rise today to honor the men and women that did their duty in this war to comfort the families that lost loved ones. World War II was truly a world war…
recently the Supreme Court announced it would decide whether some law schools might curb military recruiters' access to their students. The issue in question is the Solomon amendment, a Federal law that requires universities to give…
tomorrow is Asthma Awareness Day. I rise to celebrate the October 2003 enacted Asthmatic Students Treatment and Health Management Act, ASTHMA. It is now Public Law 108-377 and was H.R. 2023 in the House and the Senate bill was S. 2815. I…
the AARP has publicly denounced any plans to reform Social Security that might include personal savings retirement accounts. They have taken out full-page ads claiming that investing for retirement is like playing the slot machines in Las…
here we go again. As I said, this is the third time, and it should be a charm. We have passed this comprehensive legislation before; and I know I speak for a lot of my colleagues, probably on both sides of the aisle, that we should finally…
this morning I wish to brag on my talented young constituents, the cover girls and boys that were featured in Roll Call this week. The band and color guard of the Keystone Heights Marching Indian, Florida, high school band visited…
as the summer driving season is set to begin, gasoline prices are at a record high. While some continue to blame the Bush administration and the Republicans in Congress, the truth is that neither is responsible for the record highs. The…
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