Cliff Stearns

does the gentleman think money grows on trees? Where does the IMF get the money, if Congress does not give it to them? Why are we voting on this tonight, if the gentleman does not think we are going to appropriate? Could the gentleman…

The money is guaranteed by the taxpayers of this country, and the money is given to them.

I knew what I voted on on the House floor and the gentleman from Michigan did too.

Daniel Webster, a great Member of this body, said, ``The power to tax is the power to destroy.'' Now, there are lots of folks that are saying we are taxed too much. They say, well, this is just the Federal level we are talking about. It is…

I rise today to discuss attempted misappropriation of American taxpayers' money for the International Monetary Fund. I applaud the efforts by our Speaker to create a second supplemental appropriations bill to handle this. This will give…

I want to call the Members' attention to an upcoming event, the United States Olympic Committee's fifth Olympic dinner. As co-chair of this dinner, I can assure the membership this will be a great event. The President and Vice President…

I just want to come down here to the House to lend my support and approval for H.R. 2369, the Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act. For me and my congressional district and for the State of Florida, the key, important aspect of this bill is…

Basically, this is an amendment to provide for a runoff referendum if the first referendum required in the bill does not result in a 50 plus percent vote for independence or statehood. My amendment is a simple method of improving H.R. 856…

for example, let us say it turns out commonwealth gets 46 percent, statehood gets 43 percent, and the remaining goes for a sovereign nation. Then you would have the runoff of the commonwealth and the statehood. Those people who believe in…

Mr. Speaker, studies indicate that anywhere from 500,000 to 3 million American men and women are homeless in any given day. That is a very troubling problem, and I commend the work being done by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lazio) and…

I support H.R. 217 but urge this body to do more to assist those organizations which have targeted their efforts primarily at veterans. Many of these homeless populations are down on their luck. I know that is true. They have had problems…

just when we thought things could not get worse at the IRS, they have. I picked up this Washington Post article last week. The title is ``IRS Goof Creates Returns That Keep Returning.'' At first I thought it was a joke, but then I learned…

This line of scripture sort of ties into what my colleague mentioned when he tried to separate the Members of Congress when they got into a little scuffle here. The line is, ``Greater love than this no man has than he lay down his life for…

That is why earlier I mentioned that he is a true humanitarian. He makes a statement in his life and in his past activities that ``I believe freedom that works; I believe all men and women should have the opportunity to enjoy success,''…

His family life exemplifies his whole life, in the sense that he is a strong family man for family, God, and all the decency that exists today in our culture.

Well, I think that is what happens, is that Bob Dornan had this ability to project issues. Where a lot of us cannot create the aura and the rhetoric necessary to bring this into the people's mind, he could do this. A lot of people would…

My colleague is correct there. I would like to reclaim my time for a moment here to also make the emphasis that Bob Dornan, while he had a national agenda and was concerned about the military personnel and had a humanitarian agenda, he was…

this morning I would like to call my colleagues' attention to an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal this morning called ``Who Needs the IMF?'' It is written by George Schultz, who is the former Secretary of State under President Reagan; Mr…

it is with great sorrow that I take to the floor to express my support for approving these articles of impeachment of the President, sorrow because we have come to this point in our fair and wonderful country where we have to debate these…

there has been recent talk in the press and around the country since the release of the Starr report that censure of the President would be appropriate punishment

I am here to support the FDA reform bill, and to compliment the chairman and ranking member, and, of course, the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Bilirakis], who is a colleague. But I am disappointed that this…

Mr. Speaker, as we take up this bill just 2 days before Veterans Day, we are in a very concrete way underscoring our commitment to veterans. Among its key provisions, these amendments to S. 714 provide important direction to the Department…

the real question in the debate surrounding the contested election in California's 46th District is do we want noncitizens voting in elections? It is not about Bob Dornan and Loretta Sanchez. It is about whether or not we want to see our…

I rise to talk about a very controversial and highly important historical event. I am speaking about the visit of China's President Jiang Zemin to our Nation. President Jiang's visit will be the first visit for a Chinese leader since Deng…

since NAFTA has begun, Florida agriculture has lost in excess of $1 billion; Florida tomato farmers have alone lost $750 million. So much for level playing fields and reduced tariffs. According to the O'Conner & Hannan law firm of…