Jeff Miller

In closing, I would just say H.R. 2874, as amended, would establish a number of meaningful improvements that would help VA to provide better care for our Nation's veterans. Once again, I support my colleagues to support this bill.

I do rise in strong support also of this piece of legislation... this is an important annual authorization bill which provides much-needed assistance to our Nation's veterans. I encourage and expect all of my colleagues to support this…

Included in H.R. 6314 is a provision to extend, through December 31, 2007, a program that provides government markers for veterans who are buried in a private cemetery. The current five-year authority, which was effective for deaths that…

I missed rollcall vote No. 472 on September 15, 2005. This was a suspension vote on agreeing to the resolution H.J. Res. 439--a resolution to establish the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to…

Again, I have no more speakers and I would suffice to say that we urge passage of this resolution and the fact that these nomads will forever be protecting us. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr…

I understand that it was not just papers that were taken, but there possibly were bound books or folders of some type that you, in fact, could not just crunch up as a bunch of papers. You would know, in fact, that you were disposing of…

I think that the good Senator probably should have immediately, once he found out what was going on, should in fact asked Mr. Berger to step aside instead of waiting for Mr. Berger to make that decision. Again, I think it shows a lack of…

This is a bipartisan bill. I urge all Members of this body to support H.R. 4317 to name the Lufkin, Texas, VA clinic the Charles Wilson Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.

I do rise today in full support of H.R. 1720, as amended... This bill, as amended, provides a critical and important first step to providing veterans and the military communities that I serve in northwest Florida with state-of-the-art…

Just in conclusion, one of the concerns I have about this total bill, it has 70-some billion of new spending over and above what has been spent over the past year. It is supposed to come out of our non-Social Security surplus. Now, not…

Today I had planned to offer an amendment to the Foreign Operations bill that would allow aid to only be given to countries who have extradition treaties with the United States. Mr. Chairman, I will not be offering that amendment today…

What we have at issue is the short-form versus the long-form data. The short form, as has been pointed out, was changed slightly from 1990; and when they gave examples, they did not mention Dominican. So it may possibly have affected the…

On behalf of the majority, let me congratulate the gentlewoman from Hawaii for bringing forth this method of recognition of someone who has apparently done a great deal for Lanai City and Hawaii. This is one small way that the House of…

Mr. Chairman, with respect to the point of order, we were told back in 1996 when the sugar program was developed and we authorized it that it was a no net-cost program; it will not cost the Government anything. We have already spent $54…

Great. The sugar program is one that encourages overproduction of sugar, and it has that negative impact because of the pollutants of fertilizer and such so I think we need to address that issue; and it will come up at other times during…

It is amazing that we keep talking about sampling. The Supreme Court settled the issue. The issue of distribution of funds is not a constitutional question. We are talking about apportionment and redistricting. That is the constitutional…

I completely agree. That is a great way, as we conclude this discussion this evening, to explain what we are really trying to accomplish, is just count everyone because everyone counts in this great country. There is no excuse for somebody…

That is your desired, your goal. But then they will come back, they are going to adjust a number. They say, well, your scale shows 193, but we think because your shoes are heavy and your tie weighs so much, we are going to jump that up to…

There has been a lot of exaggeration on the other side about what has been done with the census. Let us make sure we understand. First of all, the plan proposed by the President does not count 26 to 27 million people; does not count 26 to…

Unfortunately this issue has become very politicized, and that is wrong because the census should not be part of the political debate here, it should be just counting people in this country, not speculating and guesstimating by utilizing…

That is what is in this bill, and the Mollohan amendment just wants to put off the decision and say only the President can make the decision and Congress is irrelevant. That is not the Democratic way.

In the Clinton budget submitted this past February the President talked about a March 1 date when the decision will be made. That is when we should make the decision.

We need to trust the system. It has to be done where we work together, Republican and Democrats, and we should not delegate it. It is our responsibility, not their responsibility. We need the input and advice of all the sources, but it is…

Reclaiming my time, they were a hand-picked panel. We can create a panel of prestigious academics, will come up with a different study.

The Academy of Sciences is generally a respected organization, but it has been politically used. It was a hand-picked panel. For example, the chairman of the panel was a very partisan Democrat, Mr. Schultz, who, as my colleagues know, was…