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I want to just comment a little on the term ``most favored nation.'' First of all, I heartily endorse what the gentleman from Illinois has said. We need to grant most-favored-nation treatment to Cambodia. Now, I hate to explain this to my…
Mr. Speaker, again, the gentleman from Illinois, [Mr. Crane] has adequately explained this legislation. I will be brief. The trade subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means first visited Bulgaria as an official delegation in 1985. We…
But you insult me, you insult this Congress, you insult the American Government when you compare this Government to the Government of Russia. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Mr. Speaker, this is a lousy bill. It is the wrong time to be reducing taxes. We ought to be reducing the deficit now. We should not be cutting taxes the way we are doing it. It is reckless, it is irresponsible, it is bad policy for the…
we should vote against the previous question, we should vote against the rule and if it passes, we should vote against this bill. It is the wrong time to be cutting taxes. We ought to be cutting the deficit. It is the wrong time, it is the…
When I came to Congress, the Eisenhower administration had just left here. And the tax rate at the top was 94 percent. And all through the tax rate was much higher than it is today. We Democrats, who have controlled the Congress ever since…
Mr. Chairman, the voo-doo policies of the 1980's should have taught us something about Reaganomics. Yet, here we go again, Republicans are going to cut taxes for the wealthy and pay for them with cuts to student loans and heating…
Mr. Chairman, although both sides of the aisle strongly disagree on the merits of this bill, I think both parties will agree that in the last few days we have seen a truckload of statistics, charts, graphs, and surveys arguing for or…
Mr. Chairman, if this is so profamily and prochildren, why in the world did the Republicans introduce two bills that give it to all the children, but then finally in this bill they brought to the floor start cutting children in families of…
this is a time when we, as Members of Congress, should be deliberative and we should take our time in doing the Nation's business. This is a very, very important piece of economic legislation. It is a very, very important piece of social…
this week we are going to vote on what Speaker Gingrich has called the crown jewel of the contract. I am here to tell you this morning why you should not vote for this crown jewel. This crown jewel is a $700 billion tax cut. This is not…
Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that many of the proponents of this proposal have not even read it, for if they had, they would discover to their chagrin that it only limits the Congress in enacting income tax rate increases, not tax increases…
I want to say, as I said there, that there are a couple of lessons that we ought to draw out of our experiences in Normandy, and the first lesson is that America must remain involved as a world leader. Being involved is not pleasant. We…
I rise to support his decision and to commend him for making a wise decision. If we are truly interested in finding the whereabouts, and I believe we are truly interested in finding the whereabouts of those missing in action, I am…
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