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I do support this amendment. Mr. Chairman, over the last several years, many of our government organizations, both State and Federal, have handled information-sharing and analysis in vastly different ways, much like various people would do…
our Nation needs a comprehensive energy policy, and this Chamber passed H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy Act, nearly one year ago. Among its many sensible and necessary energy policy provisions, this bill included incentives for…
this week legislation creating the new Homeland Security Department will come before this Chamber for consideration. It will mark perhaps the most historic congressional debate in decades. The last time Congress considered such a…
today I rise to celebrate American Cancer Society's Celebration on the Hill Bus, which will be in Reno, Nevada. Celebration on the Hill is a grassroots event celebrating cancer survivorship. Mr. Speaker, our Nation's cancer statistics are…
it is summertime, and out West it is the height of the fire season. Every day we ask our brave fire fighters to risk their lives to put out these dangerous blazes. Unfortunately, their job is made more difficult primarily due to extreme…
those of us in the West are in desperate need of some real reform to the Endangered Species Act. If we fail to implement commonsense changes to the Endangered Species Act, the act itself will be in danger. Too often ranchers, farmers and…
since the Gulf War, our pilots have been patrolling the skies over Iraq, trying to keep Saddam Hussein contained and in check. On June 26 of this year, Iraqi forces fired an antiaircraft missile at our aircraft. We responded, of course, by…
today I rise to express my astonishment and outrage at the ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which declared the Pledge of Allegiance to be unconstitutional. Mr. Speaker, what could this court be thinking? Under their reasoning…
June 29, this Saturday, will be Cost of Government Day. What does that mean? It is the date on which the average American worker has earned enough gross income to pay off his or her share of tax and regulatory burdens imposed by all levels…
Mr. Chairman, I rise not only as a cosponsor of this bill and also supporter of the bill but also to urge my colleagues to support this vital legislation as we vote on it today in this body. There has been a growing theme, Mr. Chairman…
today I rise to support H.R. 4858, the Improving Access to Physicians in Medically Underserved Areas Act introduced by my good friend and colleague, the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran). As the representative of the Second District of…
As summer days get longer and hotter, the risk of forest fires continues to increase. Just last week a 1,500-acre wildfire burned in Pioche, Nevada. Dedicated firefighters kept the blaze from the small Nevada town, located about 190 miles…
I have heard these arguments on the floor, and let me say to my colleagues in the room, that is absolutely not a waste of time. When my fellow Nevadans elected me to come to Congress, they entrusted me with a great responsibility of…
this week we are going to bring up the elimination of the sunset clause for the marriage penalty tax. Mr. Speaker, 120,000 individuals in my State, 60,000 married couples, are affected by this tax. If we allow this tax to come back, to…
turf,'' as everyone knows, is sacred in Washington, D.C., and the favorite parlor game in Washington D.C. is turf war. Every Member of Congress, every committee and agency fights hard to maintain their turf; and I am concerned that turf…
I am proud that we did the work of the American people today. Americans believe that it is time to permanently eliminate the death tax, and this body took that confident step, they took that confident step today for the great benefit of…
over the years the true meaning of Memorial Day has faded from the public consciousness. Memorial Day began after the Civil War as a solemn day of mourning, remembrance, and honor to our departed loved ones. But today, Memorial Day seems…
I come to the well here to express my concerns that Memorial Day is losing its true meaning. It has degenerated into a day where only token nods of the head toward our honored dead are given, if at all. Many people do not know that at 3…
last week I had a wonderful opportunity to meet two exceptional emergency technicians from Reno, Nevada: Don Vonarx and Ken Whittaker. These two Reno EMTs were recently granted the Stars of Life Award which is the highest honor given in…
Madam Speaker, passage of H.J. Res. 87 will undoubtedly put a process in place that will exceed the $58 million threshold outlined in section 425 of the act. Instead of looking at what the CBO score tells us, let us look at what it does…
today we will be deciding whether to ship high-level nuclear waste, one of the most dangerous and deadly substances known to man, across this great country by and through our roads and neighborhoods and schools and parkways. Mr. Speaker…
I come to this body to speak on the floor to make one final plea that we consider a safer, more cost-effective solution to the disposal of our Nation's high level nuclear waste than simply burying it in a hole in the high desert mountains…
the issue of Yucca Mountain is safety. H.G. Wells once said that human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. Mr. Speaker, nothing in the history of mankind has withstood the test of 10,000 years. What was…
we have assumed for some time that the Department of Energy has made an overwhelming effort to prove that their research on the Nation's spent nuclear fuel is based on sound science and safe for Americans. Well, Mr. Speaker, I stand before…
do my colleagues recognize this symbol here, the national symbol for dangerous radioactivity? I hope so. Because these signs, and we should get used to them, will soon be in our neighborhoods, our communities, near our schools and parks…
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