Peter Deutsch

earlier this evening this House adopted an amendment where I mentioned an incident that had occurred in Florida unfortunately within the last 12 months and has occurred in Florida and everywhere unfortunately in this country on many…

as we get ready to vote on the Anti- Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, I would like to focus on the fundraising provision of this legislation. Ever since the bombings at the World Trade Center and in Oklahoma City, exhaustive…

let us talk about facts. Mr. Speaker, let us talk about facts. Mr. Speaker, let us talk about facts. Of the 92 police officers that we have records of who were killed in the line of duty, 33 were killed by weapons that are covered in this…

there are pictures now, there are 19 specific weapons that are restricted by the existing legislation. What I want people in this Chamber and I want people who are watching on TV to look at, which of these guns are used for hunting, maybe…

for the last 2 weeks the Taiwanese people have been under siege by Beijing's repeated acts of military intimidation. Beijing has harassed, tormented, and bullied Taiwan in an attempt to break the spirit of the Taiwanese people. These…

I am proud to be standing in front of this body as we get ready to vote on the Helms-Burton bill. This piece of legislation will send a clear message to Castro and other petty dictators around the world that America will not stand for…

the Everglades is a national treasure. In fact, it is an international treasure. This funding is really a small down payment on the Federal Government's share of Everglades restoration. It will help purchase critical land in the Everglades…

This is a man who lived through the pre-Holocaust and actual Holocaust time, and described in Cuban, what is going on there, as bad as what was going on in Germany before the Holocaust. So that is the reality of the situation on the ground…

I want to commend the conferees. This legislation is as significant as it has been controversial and complex, and it has required a tremendous effort on the part of the conferees to get us to the point where the conference report can be…

I rise in support of the flow control legislation before us today. This compromise bill is now limited in scope and duration, a culmination of several months of negotiation between public and private stakeholders. Most importantly, this…

I come over to the Republican side of the aisle today to speak and to quote Republican leaders. From Bob Dole: Enough is enough. I do not see any sense in what we are doing. I would hope that we would have a quick action in the House…

for those who are listening in this Chamber and in America, let us think about what this proposal does. We have gone from the absurd to the ridiculous. We have had a situation that really has been indefensible. Finally, my Republican…

when my Republican colleagues took over the majority of this Chamber, they declared that they were going to run Congress like a business. Now, let us just think about that for a second. If we had a business where the CEO of that business…

My response to the gentleman from Georgia, and the distinguished gentleman is not just a Member of this body, but a practicing attorney before he came here and a very wise attorney and a very excellent attorney, you want to look for good…

I think it is a very serious question and a very good question. I would tell you, I really believe there is a middle ground that unfortunately, I will be honest with you, I do not think either party represents. I think what the President…

If I could respond, let me respond, I think this really has been very healthy. I think there are some of us on our side, and hopefully there is a realization for some of you on your side as well, that as hard as we work as individuals and…

I want to respond actually to a couple of things because I have been taking notes, and this really is a dialog, and I would really like to respond to a number of things. The gentleman from California, I think, made a good point in terms of…

Reclaiming my time, that is also a very good question that needs to be responded to. Let me talk about the Constitution for a second, because I think the Speaker, speaks of the Constitution and he is a historian of the Constitution. He is…

I would be happy, first of all, I have seen a video of his statement. This is a letter from the Speaker to the editor of the Washington Post which does not have the full context of what was said, and it is actually a quote from the…

I would say to you, you know for a fact that a large number of Democratic colleagues did exactly that. They had a budget that was voted on this House floor that was a balanced budget, that used CBO numbers, the so-called coalition budget…

Thank you. I appreciate this. I think this is what we should be doing in really having a dialogue. That is a lot more healthy in terms of debate. And I am not questioning anyone's motives in terms of what they are doing and believe. I…

I guess I pose the question to my Republican colleagues who are here, two freshman Republicans who are about to take over the next special order, and the question is, they came here saying they were going to run Government like a business…

I do not want to focus on what the President said and what the President did not say. But I read the signature and the agreement on the continuing resolution, and I guess what I have heard now several times this evening is the President…

Mr. Chairman, the crux of this issue is, is there competition in this industry at this time on the issues of this amendment? I think the answer to that is that there is. Let us be very specific about what the amendment does. The amendment…

Mr. Speaker, article I, section 7 of the Constitution specifically states that revenue measures must originate in this Chamber, in the House of Representatives. It is an infringement of the House prerogatives when that is not done, and in…