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This amendment is a modest change in the sugar program in this country, a one-cent change in sugar prices in this country. Most of my colleagues do not realize that the sugar program is one of those old-fashioned programs where the Federal…
I rise tonight at a critical moment for the 2000 decennial census. Today the President nominated Dr. Ken Prewitt for director of the Census Bureau. As everyone involved with the 2000 Census knows, the operation is at a high risk for…
we are less than 2 years from the beginning of the decennial census. The decennial census is a requirement of our Constitution where we count everybody living in America every 10 years. Since 1970 we have been doing it, and we are gearing…
Yesterday the Los Angeles Times ran a story about a census in California. But the story had nothing to do with the Census 2000 dress rehearsal going on now in Sacramento. It concerned a census conducted by the Los Angeles County Department…
I want to continue the conversation I began a few weeks ago about the 2000 Census. As I have said, I believe we need to work together to ensure that we have the best, most honest Census possible. But I believe we are a long way from…
It was very disappointing for a Member who is a very fiscally conservative Member to see a proposal that has more smoke and mirrors of how to spend more money. We had a budget agreement that we agreed to last year, and I had the pleasure…
tonight I want to introduce myself to the American people and to all the stakeholders in the 2000 decennial census. My name is Dan Miller and I represent the 13th Congressional District in Florida. I am the new chairman of the Subcommittee…
I support this bill, I have concern that the bill does little to mitigate the impact of the bureaucratic unions on the restructuring efforts. In 1996, Congress made serious attempts to downsize and reform the IRS. These efforts, however…
I am very disappointed with my friends across the aisle. They support the status quo for our Nation's education. Why do they consistently oppose efforts to improve the lives and learning of our Nation's children? The Republican education…
as a former small businessman before entering Congress, I certainly recognize the importance of small business. My community in Florida, in Sarasota, is totally dependent on small business. And certainly the Small Business Administration…
I rise today as an opponent of corporate welfare and in support of this amendment to eliminate funding for the Advanced Technology Program. Since I have been in Congress, I have worked diligently to eliminate Federal subsidies to…
In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, when the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] was speaking before the committee, on questioning, he was saying we needed to go slow as far as new authorization. Our reluctance was not to increase it too fast…
I am speaking on behalf of this amendment today because I believe subsidizing large corporations represents corporate welfare. Large multinational companies simply should not receive special treatment from the Federal Government. I ran for…
Mr. Chairman, the amendment we have before us today is for an incremental change to the sugar program. Last year the gentleman from New York [Mr. Schumer] and I introduced legislation for a total phaseout of the program, but this year the…
Mr. Chairman, no sugar is used in Coca-Cola. It is corn syrup. They priced themselves out of the market. There is no sugar in Coca-Cola.
I support this rule. I think it is unfortunate we must have a rule at this time, but under the circumstances we need to have this rule. I like to think of this as a very sweet rule, and, speaking about sweet rules, one of the amendments…
I stand up here to a certain degree reluctantly, being a strong supporter of this particular amendment, because I am a member of the subcommittee with the chairman, the gentleman from Ohio, and I have no greater admiration for anyone than…
Mr. Chairman, as a new member of the Subcommittee on Interior, it is two amendments in a row that I stand up in disagreement with my chairman. My chairman is one of the great Members of this body and it is with a certain amount of…
let us get clear what we are voting on today in the Balanced Budget Act. We are talking about the spending side of the equation. Tomorrow we are going to talk about the tax side of the equation. Because tomorrow we are going to vote on…
Mr. Chairman, let me repeat what the Speaker said earlier. This amendment and each of the amendments that we will be debating this evening are agreement-breakers. If any one of them passes, it is going to violate the agreement that we have…
One reason we call it corporate welfare is that there are at least 33 farms that benefit by a million dollars a year. Most of the benefits go to big sugar farmers, sugar plantations in the State of Florida. The largest one, as a matter of…
One thing I think for senior citizens, and I meet with them all the time, most senior citizens, they lived through the Great Depression and World War II. They want to do what is right for this country. In fact, a lot of them resent the…
Exactly. As Ronald Reagan said, this is a great country filled with good people. There are so many good people, it makes you feel good to be in America. Especially senior citizens, they want to do what is right in this country. They…
balancing the budget is very, very hard work. It is not easy, because a lot of the programs are good programs in the government. The problem is whether the Federal Government should really be doing them. My colleague mentioned AmeriCorps…
It was actually the Miller-Schumer-Kingston bill last year. Right. It was a 5-year phaseout. So it was not something that was going to happen immediately. I am a big believer that we need to phase these programs out so we do not really…
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