Cliff Stearns

I do not remember what I said about taxpayers, other than that I felt that non-U.S. citizens should not be participating, but I think after talking to the gentleman from Samoa, I think if they served in the military or are presently…

No, Mr. Chairman, but if during that period for 1 or 2 years they are serving in the military, we are saying we will allow them to contribute.

Mr. Chairman, I think Congress needs to strengthen the law by preventing the type of activity that Dick Morris mentioned in his testimony. This type of abuse should be prevented from ever happening again in presidential campaigns, and I…

the gentleman can certainly offer an amendment to change what we have passed here on the House floor, but I think this amendment goes a long way and probably will receive a majority of support.

of course, if they served 3 years, then they automatically become U.S. citizens. So we are trying to bridge here a little bit of support.

the state of disbelief continues to grow in this town the longer Mike McCurry pretends to inform the public of any factual information regarding the investigation of Judge Starr. His penchant for passing on ill-informed statements to pass…

Yesterday the lead editorial in The New York Times came out strongly against the Attorney General and her continued refusal to admit to the obvious. The law requires that an independent counsel be named to investigate allegations of…

what the gentleman is proposing is to roll back VERA, which was passed last year, which made an allocation on funds based upon population. As the gentleman knows, there has been many, many years with the population, particularly the…

At this point I include for the Record, Mr. Chairman, the following body of my remarks, which gives this rocky history without belaboring it here on the House floor: By way of background, on April 13, 1998, a US District Court Judge ruled…

Given Mr. Lewis' agreement to resolve this situation, I would like to withdraw my amendment to prevent the CEQ from using VA- HUD Appropriation funds to administer the American Heritage Rivers Initiative. I look forward to working with the…

polls show today that the majority of ordinary citizens are alarmed and offended by Chinese policies and are opposed to our Nation's policy of appeasing China. In the debate today, I feel they are being left out in the cold. The gentleman…

I will try and do two quotes here to perhaps change the mind of the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Yates) and others on this subject. Let us go back to the year 1787. During the Constitutional Convention, Charles Pinckney of South Carolina…

no one, including myself, would ever fault the National Institutes of Health, NIH, and the valuable research being done by them. I know how important NIH is to our Nation's future, including its economic well-being. Advances in medical…

I rise to comment on the President's recordbreaking trip to China. The President broke every record imaginable in the size of the delegation he took with him to China and in the amount he spent on a foreign trip. His official entourage…

I support the gentleman's bill, but I would like to point out for the Members here that there is a controversial point here and it all pivots around the idea that we are not talking about U.S. citizens, we are not talking about U.S…

last week, Senator Slade Gorton joined with me in sponsoring the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act. This legislation was developed with the assistance of the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross. I will be introducing this bill…

I rise in support of the Tax Code Termination Act. Really, when you think about it, this is a rather momentous day, the fact that the United States Congress would come together and have a vote on this matter. Whether we are against this or…

I come here to support the Conservative Action Team's budget. Let me say, first of all, there are perhaps three reasons why all Members should consider it. First of all, it has the lowest increase relative to inflation of all the budgets…

I rise to lend my voice to allow every American citizen the fundamental right to express their religious faith on public grounds. The previous speaker from Maryland, my good colleague, has indicated that the States are starting to do what…

if we like our legal system, after this debate on campaign finance reform, where we have 10 substitutes and over 300 amendments, we are going to love our campaign finance. What we need to do is enforce the campaign finance laws that are on…

I rise in support of the Thornberry-Watts-Cunningham amendment. Because the need for expanded health care for military retirees is so important, I am pleased to join with my colleagues, Representatives Watts, Thornberry and Moran in their…

I commend my colleague the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss) for his vigilance in getting this legislation to the floor. I also am an original cosponsor of the Ricky Ray Relief Act. I am deeply committed to seeing this bill become public…

over the weekend a lot of people have been calling for hearings on the emerging China scandal. I come to the well this afternoon to rise in support of the New York Times editorial on Sunday entitled, ``The New China Connection'', that…

let me conclude by saying, I think if we listen to this debate, we will realize that COMSAT faces significant competition, competition from underseas fiberoptic lines for voice, video and data service. In fact, many argue that fiberoptic…

Today, my colleagues, I will talk about a government program that does work. My colleagues will hear about how a little funding in the hands of a caring and committed group of individuals can make a huge difference in the lives of hundreds…