John Mica

Tonight, I have a little bit different focus, but I am going to try to highlight some of the failures of this presidency and this administration. I have done that before. I do not mean to be critical other than deal with the facts of the…

Funding will be used to augment State and local efforts to integrate intelligent systems, and to maximize the potential use of existing roadways.

I do want to point out that all these projects have local matches, and I have summarized.

What we do know is that Mark McGwire has at all times conducted himself both as a gentleman and as a true sportsman. His athletic achievements are, in fact, a deed to be respected, but the quality of character he has demonstrated…

I have never seen a greater example of big government gone wrong than the District of Columbia. I was dismayed when I heard the criticism of what we were doing here. It is not unfair, it is not harsh.

Mr. Chairman, the point here is that honesty does not come from a bureaucrat or from a law. I have said it before and I will say it again, I do not know one Member of this body that is corrupted by money. As the gentlewoman said, we ought…

I think people want meaningful campaign reform. And our committee tangled with this, and we brought out measures, and we gave the House an opportunity to vote on it. But now this House is going to suffer the same fate that our committee…

The Federal Employees Life Insurance Improvement Act will provide valuable benefits to our Federal workers and their families. For the first time since 1954, Federal employees will have the opportunity to consider something other than term…

Exim does not ship any money or set up any manufacturing overseas. What it does is exactly what the opponent of Exim has said: It helps American businesses finance the sale of American goods and products overseas where no one else will…

In closing, Mr. Speaker, I thought it would be interesting to read from ``Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,'' a 1939 classic about Congress, and Mr. Stewart's famous words as Mr. Smith. He said, as many of us remember, about his feelings, ``I…

If you let people keep more of their own money, they will have more freedom to live their lives as they see fit. Letting people keep more of what they earn will allow Americans to save, to build a better future for themselves and their…

Quite frankly, I say to my colleagues, I regret that this bill picks winners and losers in the quest to join NATO... They will wait patiently for a little while longer to take their rightful place in NATO, and I hope that we can support…

In fact, I thought it was a terrible bill. I thought the Republicans had a terrible proposal and the Democrats had a terrible proposal, but it was debated, it was heard fairly and squarely. What did the Republicans do? They passed a gift…

Although a majority of the House voted for the bill, we fell short of the two-thirds required to suspend the rules and pass this legislation. Unfortunately the controversy centered on section 201 of that legislation and that version which…

Mr. Speaker, the Veterans' Employment Opportunities Act of 1996 provides much needed protection to our veterans. It provides an effective redress system, and it expands job opportunities for those who have served this Nation honorably in…

The total amount of money that comes from Washington, DC, towards local education, I believe, is about 5 percent of all education funding.

I remember serving in the legislature and I saw that bureaucracy. I saw the huge bureaucracy that we created and that we force, and I cannot solve those problems today with this bill, but what I can do is to help this House as it makes…

I do not know. We do not have the 2,000 documents we requested, and I call on the Congress to issue the contempt citation.

Our intent is to provide health care to as many folks who served, and their dependents, as possible, and that is our sole intent, and we also know the fiscal constraints that the gentleman is under. I intend to support him on this next…

I strongly support this program. This is a highly successful program that helps people help themselves. By helping poor people to increase their income and assets, we are enabling them to improve their own welfare, health, housing and…

Education is important but it is not just a question of spending more money, it is how we spend that money. This is really the fundamental debate in this entire Congress. It transcends not only education but every other area. We spend…

I am a Republican, but I consider myself a strong advocate of the environment, of protecting our air, our land, or water, and making certain that it is safe for this and future generations. But I am also concerned that there has been a…

Finally, my colleagues, let me say that the President, after this Congress and this new majority did its job and came forward with 12 funding bills, the President never came up with a balanced budget proposal until January 6, 1996.

I cannot think of any country, major industrialized country that is more ill-prepared than the United States to deal from a government standpoint in international trade. The President did not tell you that the trade deficit that we are…

I care about our civil servants, and I care about our Federal employees who are without compensation and who are not working today. But the pain now being felt by our Federal employees will be exactly the same pain felt by all Americans in…