Tom Feeney

I rise to congratulate the Committee on the Budget and the chairman for the fine work they have done during admittedly very difficult times, internationally and at home. I must admit, I have spent the last 3 hours listening to some great…

I do note that the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Sensenbrenner) is on the floor, paying close attention; so at a minimum, I hope he will correct me for any deficiencies. As I understand it, with respect to being more restrictive in…

What the bill does is say, before you are treated as a criminal, you need to be tried as a criminal in a criminal court, and you need to be convicted as a criminal. That is the American way. What the amendment says is that you can be…

I want to thank all of the sponsors of this resolution, especially my friends from Florida. Mr. Speaker, there is an old saying that people do not miss fresh air until they live without it. My friends from south Florida understand what it…

I wanted to come down to congratulate the gentleman from New Mexico for his advocacy for fiscal responsibility and his advocacy for taxpayers throughout America. I have been struck by the same sort of surreal, almost bizarre, arguments…

Mr. Chairman, it does not surprise me that the Congressional Black Caucus long before I got here took the position that we should not have the whims and biases and prejudices of individual judges responsible for deviating widely in the…

I stand here tonight to honor a fallen hero from America's greatest generation. Leonard Ash was a Marine whose life richly illustrated President Ronald Reagan's observation. President Reagan said, ``Some people live their entire life and…

Well, I have some sure thought, and then I know the gentleman has some other Members here that are really passionate about how offensive it is about what is happening to Miguel Estrada. But I will tell you this: There is a double standard…

Sadly, the truth of the matter is we have been told by our Surgeon General and other experts that the biggest problem children have in America today is not hunger but obesity. After 6 or 7 years of welfare reform, we need to get back to…

If my colleague will yield on that point, I just said that the people that are criticizing Miguel Estrada, when they do not even want to have a vote, they want to suggest we ought to have these weird interpretations of the establishment…

I think that is especially true, that this man is a great role model. As we have been discussing here tonight, Miguel Estrada was not born in America, much like Secretary Mel Martinez of Housing and Urban Development who comes from my…

It is not just the fact that Miguel Estrada, if the critics have their way, will be denied the opportunity to be the first Hispanic ever to serve on that great court but it is the way it is happening. There have been several committee…

I thank the gracious majority leader and minority leader also for their resolution today. Mr. Speaker, the Columbia's crew made remarkable use of their gift of life. To borrow thoughts from the late Christopher Lasch, these astronauts…