This bill reduces spending by $3 billion over the next 2 years, and reforms our foreign policy institutions by folding three agencies into the State Department. Five recent Secretaries of State--Eagleburger, Baker, Shultz, Haig, and…

the proposed rule for the final consideration of the American Overseas Interests Act should be adopted by the House. This bill is a very important step forward in our goal to reform Government to make it more efficient and more effective…

I support the Chabot amendment to the en bloc, which would increase funding for the Development Fund for Africa, because there are important developmental and humanitarian assistance needs on that continent. I am also pleased that the…

I rise today to denounce the Clinton administration's decision to use this great American institution, the U.S. Coast Guard, to serve the purposes of a tyrant. We in south Florida are very knowledgeable about the Coast Guard because of the…

earlier today, we were privileged to have had the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami, Agustin Roman, deliver the opening invocation. In addition to being a model human being and a great role model for our south Florida community…

this morning we were blessed by hearing Auxiliary Bishop Augustin Roman of the Archdiocese of Miami deliver the opening invocation. My colleagues, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Bob Menendez, and I welcome him. We have recently come to the floor to…

my parents and I arrived in this country in the early 1960's after escaping the totalitarian dictatorship of Fidel Castro in Cuba with the dream of starting a new life in freedom. Soon after arriving, my family and I were able to learn why…

as a person who came to this country at the young age of 7 as a refugee fleeing the Communist dictatorship of Fidel Castro in Cuba, I know first hand the generosity and opportunities this great country has offered immigrants from around…

if there were a disease in this country that affected Americans of all races, ages, and sexes, a disease of epidemic proportions that touched the lives of each American citizen every single day, an epidemic that took over America's streets…

I rise in opposition to the amendments offered by Representative Roth which would restrict or eliminate federally funded bilingual education programs. One of the amendments would deny thousands of disadvantaged students of the essential…

Reclaiming my time, the gentleman must understand that all the amendment says is that the Federal Government will cover these costs. There are countless programs that are now on the books, they sound really great, and all we say is, and…

I plan on voting against it. I do not think your amendment is going to satisfy the concerns, if they truly are serious concerns about unfunded mandates. This does not cover it. Do not fool the people into thinking that it does.

Reclaiming my time, the gentleman must know that there is no money. It is not if there is no money or if there is no Easter Bunny. There is no money, and there is no Easter Bunny.

I rise in opposition to the Roberts amendment because it really does not solve the problem of unfunded Federal mandates. It is merely a cosmetic cover. There are presently not enough Federal funds to cover all of the programs that are…

I rise in opposition to the Roberts amendment because it really does not solve the problem of unfunded Federal mandates. It is merely a cosmetic cover. There are presently not enough Federal funds to cover all of the programs that are…

Reclaiming my time, the gentleman must understand that all the amendment says is that the Federal Government will cover these costs. There are countless programs that are now on the books, they sound really great, and all we say is, and…