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Mr. Speaker, Republicans want to improve education for America's kids and they want to improve education for the largest number of kids. There has been a lot of talk, and I am sure there is going to be a continued amount of talk, about how…
we know that the President and other politicians talk an awful lot about education reform but, unfortunately, that is about as far as it gets. Because for all the talk about improving our Nation's schools, when it comes to concrete action…
Yesterday in Florida we had a special election in Florida State House District 58. The incumbent Democrat, Elvin Martinez, had retired to take a judgeship. I rise today to congratulate Republican Deborah Tamargo, the new State…
Well, you know, you touch on a real fundamental issue of this city, in my opinion. Before I came here I practiced medicine in Melbourne, Florida, for eight years. Prior to that, I practiced medicine in the Army. I was an Army doctor. I was…
I rise to speak on the recent Cassini mission to Saturn. This was a successful launch on a Titan launch vehicle that left Cape Canaveral a week ago tomorrow morning. Actually, it was 4 a.m. on Wednesday. It was a mission that garnered a…
as I understand it, one of the additional concerns of this test is that this will take time away from teachers and their students in terms of basic education, learning, that they will have to devote a week, they are proposing, or several…
The future of our children's education, it is not just about them and their lives, it is about our whole Nation. We have learned, we have discovered, that the future lies not only in our ability today to be innovative, but in the ability…
for far too long, the veterans of east central Florida have had to travel great distances to receive quality inpatient medical care. This is an intolerable situation which I have worked hard to change. In the Fall of 1998, a new VA clinic…
I rise in the Chamber today to talk about a very important issue to all Americans, and that is our economy, and specifically what I would like to address is some of the questions surrounding why is our economy doing so well. There are lots…
my question is, Would a plan to make it easier for parents to save for their children's college education be a good thing or a bad thing? What if their children took that money and used it to go to a private university like Harvard? Would…
one reason why education is such an important issue is because it is education which should play such a vital role in teaching, in the words of Alexis de Toqueville, ``the art of being free.'' Mr. Speaker, few Americans these days think…
Alexis de Toqueville wrote in his famous work, ``Democracy in America'' that, ``In America, there cannot be enough of knowledge, for all knowledge benefits those who possess it and those who do not.'' Now, Alexis de Toqueville is quoted…
I am a product of the public education system in our country. I went through public school. I went to a State college. I went to a State medical school, so I am very much a product of public education, and public education in America for…
Clearly, the gentleman makes a very important point, which is that you cannot blame it all on the schools, and you cannot blame it all on the teachers. Indeed, I have to say, maybe I am partial to teachers, my mother having been a…
Though we need innovation, a thousand flowers should bloom, we do need school choice, we do need a competitive marketplace, the thing that the gentleman was talking about is incredibly important and that is discipline. That is something…
If we look at the polls, there are a lot of people who still remain pessimistic, despite the economy going strong and unemployment being low, and it is the morality, it is the virtue issue. The gentleman is absolutely right, we cannot lay…
I want to point out that that amendment that I rise in support of calls for a parental notification, not consent. So we need to debate the facts here. I encourage all my colleagues to support the Istook-Manzullo amendment and reject the…
I certainly extend my condolences and condolences from the people of the 15th Congressional District to the people of Israel who have, again, been victimized by the terrorists, and in particular, by this very, very ugly form of political…
An important point here that I would like to make is the Augers are not the only family in my congressional district who are going to benefit from this tax relief package. Indeed, the Heritage Foundation, a think tank here in Washington…
I had or still have one of those boat companies in my district, Sea Ray, and it just about put them out of business. As I understand it, 20,000 working Americans who worked in the boating industry lost their jobs, and I know they laid off…
this is a picture of a family from my congressional district, specifically the town of Palm Bay, the town that I live in on Florida's east central coast, an area we call the Space Coast because of Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral…
The typical American family does not pay more in Federal income tax than they spend on food, shelter, and clothing. But when we add up the FICA, the Medicare tax, when we add up the property taxes, if they own their own home, their sales…
Yes, if the gentleman would yield, I appreciate it, thank you. I just wanted to explain what this chart represents. And our tax cut package is about an $85 billion net tax cut, but actually its total amount is about $115 billion. This pie…
sometimes you have to wonder if those on the other side who are talking about the tax package are misinformed or simply uninformed. Maybe they have not read the bill. Maybe they are so uncomfortable with the idea of tax cuts that they are…
Madam Speaker, I rise this afternoon to talk about our Nation's space program. As all Americans know, our Nation's success in the arena of space has been a source of great pride and inspiration for many Americans, particularly our Nation's…
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