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We brought it all on the House floor and everybody, exhausted, votes for it. Is that the way to run a government? That is not the way we should do it. There is so much in-fighting and partisanship near the end, particularly in an election…
It is not the end of the world if the EPCA, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, expires. It is supposed to expire, as I understand, tomorrow. It is not the end of the world. In fact, the House and Senate passed a reauthorization for…
If the budget was a dollar and 10 cents was on the floor, I would try to save 10 cents, which is one-tenth of what we are talking about. So I urge my colleagues to think about it in that term. All the change that we have at home in our…
Let us call it a cat or a dog or something. But the point is, it is a start. And so the gentleman from Wisconsin is going to vote against the emergency supplemental. If he is trying to fight for fiscal responsibility, as he has been saying…
So, Madam Speaker, it is time for the Attorney General to disclose Mr. LaBella's report. That is all I am asking here today. The American people have a right to know what is in that report. In fact, they should have an opportunity to know…
But I have used the word ``quotation.'' I have actually put the word ``quotation'' in there to signal that these are not my words but these are words from the newspaper. I mean, it appears to me, Madam Speaker, that if you cannot quote the…
Amendment No. 21 offered by Mr. Stearns: Page 21, after line 8, insert the following subsection: ``(d) Certain Technologies and Practices Regarding Survival Rates for Cardiac Arrest.--In carrying out subsection (a) with respect to…
The point is the geographic location, that the veterans are coming to the South more than the North. The funds have been distributed on that basis, as well as labor cost, research, and education; and we have set up a reserve fund. My…
After he was under surveillance, after he was working there. So he hired a researcher who was a citizen of China. Intelligence and law enforcement officials have confirmed this. The FBI has said that they wanted to put a wiretap on Mr…
It was reported on March 24 of this year, he was under investigation as a suspected spy for China to run a sensitive weapons program, and it is just outrageous that they would continue to take a person like this and put him in that…
The gentleman from Arkansas talked about his desire to have it amended or changed to put in place the words ``acts or service of extraordinary service.''
I hope in the future that the gentleman from California (Mr. Filner) will take the time to sit in the Cabinet office and explain to Mr. Togo West, who is the Secretary of Veterans, how important it is to provide a budget that is properly…
So today I am introducing legislation to provide for comparable treatment of Federal employees, Members of Congress, and the President if there is a Federal Government shutdown. I think, in good conscience, if we are asking our Federal…
I think this campaign finance bill is still in doubt. I think there are lots of areas that need to be improved, and frankly we have other substitutes and other bills that are going to be offered that I think we should look at. I think it…
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.
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.
If they are in the service for 3 years, they automatically become U.S. citizens.
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…
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…
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…
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…
The money is guaranteed by the taxpayers of this country, and the money is given to them.
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…
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