Cliff Stearns

I want to encourage all Members to sign the discharge petition to bring H.R. 3266 to the floor. This bill known as the A to Z spending cut bill will give every Member the opportunity to bring specific spending cut amendments to the floor…

We know, however, that promoting values that are shared by mainstream Americans, such as the Ten Commandments or the Golden Rule, cannot even be done in our public schools, yet we are distributing material like this. At the local level…

In conclusion, let me just say I think we have a fundamental difference between what the gentlewoman is trying to do and what the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Hancock] is trying to do. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Hancock…

We have used that argument, and I have heard it so many times. I understand why the gentlewoman is using it on her side. This is the crux of the question, shall we allow the distribution of this material in our schools or not? The…

In Florida we have a number of illegal immigrants who are in prisons, and we are trying to prevent that. Governor Chiles is suing the Federal Government because of the illegal immigrants who are in Florida. I would just like to say in…

So in this case there are going to be extra funds required, there is a stipulation, and we are setting the policy. We hear on the other side that we are forcing children to spy on their parents and things like that. The gentleman might…

So, to emphasize what the gentleman is saying here, Madam Chairman, the Pyler versus Doe Supreme Court decision said States are not mandated if the Federal Government sets a policy, and in this amendment, the one that the gentleman had…

I think this side recognizes that we have an immigration problem, a situation, as the colleague who just spoke, and we have to get to the heart of this matter.