Jeff Miller

on September 11th, terrorist hijackers killed eight unarmed pilots, hundreds of passengers, and thousands of innocent people. There is evidence that more terrorist cells have been trained to take over commercial aircraft. Our own armed…

this amendment, the Miller- Miller amendment, is a modest and simple reform of the sugar program. It is not the elimination of the program. In 1996, we tried to eliminate the program, missed by 5 votes then, but we kind of are reluctant in…

Mr. Chairman, let me respond to a couple of questions that have come up in this debate. First of all, they talk about the cost of it, and they say, well, the sugar is lower here, there, it does not cost anything. I want to refer once again…

The Miller-Miller amendment is just a modest change in the sugar program. We are not trying to eliminate it like we debated back in 1996, and that is really what I wish we would eliminate, but we are only talking about a one-penny change…

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…

I join my colleagues and millions of Americans in their shock, sorrow and outrage at yesterday's horrific attack. I join with them, too, in the resolution to stand united against terror and against cowards that would attack innocent men…

This past week Ira Einhorn was finally extradited from France. While this is a notable victory, the extradition came only after several years of legal maneuvering and political posturing by Einhorn and the government of France. The…

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…

I first became involved in extradition reform in 1997 when there was a horrible crime in my district in Sarasota, Florida. Sheila Bellush, a mother of six, was brutally murdered in her home while her 2-year-old quadruplets watched. The…

I want to first commend the President for proposing his tax relief package for permanent relief for the American people. Everybody who pays taxes gets tax relief. They have lowered the lowest rate, from 15 percent to 10 percent. That is…

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…

back in April when this House originally was slated to vote on this matter, I came to this floor to denounce the draft of the Older Americans Act and to vote against it under suspension because I believed it was unfair to Florida. Clay…

a friend of mine died this past week. His name was William Russell Mote. He was not only my friend, he was the Members', too, and a friend of all Americans, as well. As a matter of fact, he was a friend to people all over the world. I…

There has been a change since the program was approved back in 1996. In 1996, we were told no net cost, and there was going to be this assessment of about $40 million a year that would flow into the Government. First of all, that…

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…

let me correct a few statements made earlier. The gentleman from Montana talked about the fact that with sugar, we were told in 1996 there was going to be an assessment of about $40 million a year for sugar, generating $280 million over…

I have been an early cosponsor of his legislation. My congressional district in Florida has more seniors than any district, or as many as any district in the country. It is a beautiful retirement area in southwest Florida. At my town…

I am asking today that the Census Bureau begin work to come up with a plan for counting all Americans overseas in the 2010 Census. The Bureau must find a way to get this done. These are hard-working American citizens who vote and pay…

I commend him for the great work he has been doing for these past 6 years chairing this committee. This particular amendment by the gentlewoman from Connecticut is a little different than the last amendment because it advocates increasing…

Mr. Chairman, once again, we have one of these so-called theme amendments. It is an amendment that is not going anywhere, but it is to try to score some political points to try to show that Republicans are not really the big supporters of…

I have sweet news. The General Accounting Office just released a report today on the United States Sugar Program. This is an update of the 1993 report, and the report says that the United States program supporting sugar prices increases…

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…

I rise in support of this bi- partisan resolution directing the President and the United States Trade Representative to pursue all available means to insure that the permanent home of the Free Trade Area of the Americas' (FTAA) Secretariat…

tonight is a very important evening because the University of Florida Gators will become the national champions in basketball. It is very exciting for someone who graduated from the University of Florida many years ago to see an exciting…