Maxwell Frost

The Chair announces that 29 former Members of Congress have responded to their names.

The Chair now recognizes the president of the United States Association of Former Members of Congress, the Honorable Cliff Stearns from Florida, to address the Members.

The Chair again wishes to thank the former Members of the House for their presence here today and also the leadership of the House of Representatives for hosting us once again in this revered Chamber. Before terminating these proceedings…

Will the gentlewoman suspend for just a moment. We have been advised that we have to vacate the floor in 5 minutes by 9:25. I would ask that the gentlewoman submit the remainder of her remarks for the Record. However, she must proceed…

The Chair announces that 30 former Members of Congress have responded to their names. Mr. Walsh.

I thank the gentleman from Maryland. The Chair now calls upon the Honorable Jim Walsh, vice president of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, to present the Association's annual report to Congress. Mr. Walsh.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, we all wish you well in the months ahead. The Chair recognizes the distinguished Democratic whip, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

The Chair is happy at this point to recognize the distinguished Speaker of the House, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan).

Few Congressmen in recent times have had a greater impact than our friend Jim Wright.

Jim Wright was an extraordinary leader both for the people of Fort Worth and for our Nation.

No city in America was better represented in Congress than Fort Worth.

Mr. Speaker, this is as serious a matter as we could have before the House. We run the risk of becoming a herd of ostriches in putting our heads in the sand. This is not the 18th century. This is not the 19th century. It is not even the…

The people that I talk to do not want a government that puts them in debt. They do not want their children and grandchildren to be paying, having to bail out the country for this tax cut that is being passed this year because of the size…

An American who makes a million dollars or more would get $93,530 of tax cuts on the average. If you make between $20,000 and $30,000 a year, you get $15 a month. If you make between $30,000 and $40,000 a year, you get a little bit less…

Here we are again, at quarter to eleven, the shades of darkness have fallen, and we have to ask ourselves a question, at least I do: Is the other side not particularly competent? Is that why we are here this late at night, as we always are…

I would urge Republicans, my Republican colleagues here in Washington and Republicans around the country, to tell Tom DeLay, as Barry Goldwater told Richard Nixon, this is not the kind of country we have.

Right now, Mr. Speaker, the brave men and women of the U.S. military are, once again, proving themselves to be the finest fighting force in history. On the ground, in the seas, and in the skies over Iraq, our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and…

Vote ``no'' on the previous question so we can help all those who are unfairly penalized in their pension benefits simply because one spouse is a government employee and one works for the private sector. Let us support those who go into…

It was once observed many years ago in the pre-television age that there are two things that you do not want to see happen. One is the making of sausage and the other is the making of legislation. But, of course, now we see the making of…

Let us be clear what is going on here. I may have misunderstood my colleague from Georgia, a member of the Committee on Rules. I think he said that I did not support the larger bill. That is not the case. I support the larger bill, the…

But I would suggest that the $1 trillion tax cut forced through by the new administration is the main reason why we face the deficits we have today. The $1 trillion, which primarily benefited the wealthy, forced through by the new…

I could not give her an answer! After a lengthy conversation about how the Amber Alert has been politicized, she asked me if there was anything she could do to help pass it. We decided to draft this letter. As you know, I can't express…

I regret the ruling of the Chair. House Republican leaders have prevented us from voting on the Amber bill for over 6 months now and counting. This issue should not be treated like just another horse trade with the Senate. I implore the…

My question is, What is the objection on the majority side to bringing the stand-alone Amber bill to the floor which has already been passed by the Senate, to bring it to the floor as a separate item and not part of a larger bill? ... I…

All I can say is I was sitting next to the gentleman. I understand and I know what I heard last night. Mr. Speaker, assuming that the Republicans are pursuing some sort of payback because they do not like what we did when we were in the…