Bob Barr

this is a good bill. It is a good bill not because it is a great, learned, eloquent exposition of great enlightened theories of criminal justice. It is a good bill because it is practical and it is mainstream, and it is based not on…

I think what we are debating here today really needs to be put in the context of what the Government is currently doing and what remains undone, which is what this bill, H.R. 3, aims to do. Mr. Chairman, lest anybody be left with the…

in reviewing what we can do with regard to activist Federal judges who usurp the authorities of the legislative or executive branches, I was impressed by an article written on March 20 in the Washington Times by Paul Craig Roberts who…

I was mystified yesterday, though, to see a new defense to criminal prosecution raised by none other than the Attorney General of the United States. In her letter in which she refuses to appoint an independent counsel to investigate…

I explained to her, to her satisfaction at least, and maybe some folks on the other side will understand this now, the bulk of the work of the Congress of the United States takes place in two institutions with which folks on the other side…

I rise just to see if I got this straight. Yesterday we heard some very interesting arguments about interpreting the rules of this House so broadly that the potential scope of the jurisdiction of the Committee on Government Reform and…

there are certain common themes that seem to be repeating themselves by the pro-abortion arguments on the other side, over and over and over again. There is a very good reason for that. The strategy, including the precise words to use, are…

our Nation continues to benefit from one of the greatest educational systems on the face of the earth due largely to the efforts of two groups of very special people. I speak not of Washington bureaucrats but rather of the parents and…

in Vietnam in 1969, a platoon of men serving in the U.S. Army were advancing on a mission into enemy controlled territory when a crossfire of small arms erupted and grenades began exploding. An enemy grenade was thrown directly at S. Sgt…

what America has done this past week and what we in the Congress have done this past week is precisely what we should do this past week, and that is to roll up our sleeves, look at the problem, do what can be done now and leave for another…

in reviewing my file on the English language bill, I came across a letter dated November 10, 1994, 2 days after the elections of 1994 in which I was elected to represent the people of the seventh district to the United States, and this…

really the only thing that this amendment provides over and above the existing language of the legislation is somewhat greater accountability and specificity in the plan that would be set forward, and to make sure that it is specifically…

On July 17, 1946, in Cartersville, GA, they first heard the voice that would champion the future of Bartow County: radio station WBHF went on the air, to begin its continuing commitment of service that has lasted for 50 years. WBHF has…

Mr. Chairman, as Rome burned, Nero fiddled, and that is exactly what the gentlewoman and others on her side who spoke yesterday and last night would have us do. Mr. Chairman, we ain't going to be fooled. The very foundations of our society…

I would like to address all of our colleagues here in the House, those listening as well as those that are on the floor, on both sides of the aisle, because this clearly is a nonpartisan matter. One merely has to look at the long list of…

Mr. Chairman, the consummate cleverness of the amendment's proponent is obvious once again. His first amendment was a killer amendment, pure and simple. It trained its cross hairs on the heart of the bill and made no bones about it. This…

Mr. Speaker, you need to duck in here today. The red herrings are flying fast and furious. We hear about clean water and we hear about minimum wage and we hear about amendments that were defeated by overwhelming votes in committee, and it…

I probably would have said they were crazy. This is America. This is America. This is the land that has as its most basic building block the family unit, a marriage between a man and a woman. But here we are, and it is indeed an issue. It…

Mr. Chairman, Centers for Disease Control, Centers for Disease Control. The words are not real long, only a couple of syllables. Look up the word ``disease'' in the dictionary, at least any legitimate dictionary. I have done it. There is…

for 75 days this summer the people of Cobb County, GA, and neighboring communities will have a unique opportunity to view an exhibit featuring original materials from America's great writer and humorist: Mark Twain. The exhibit, known as…

D. Prescott Griffiths, known to friends as ``Don'' or ``Grif,'' was an outstanding example of the American Hero. He lived in Douglasville, in the Seventh District of Georgia, where he recently passed away. Born in New York City during the…

Mr. Chairman, representing tens of thousands of Americans and tens of thousands of American fighting men and women all across the world, I rise today and urge strong defeat of this amendment. Its proponent, the gentleman from Wisconsin…

the Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Spring, GA, this year celebrates a 150-year heritage of service and education to deaf and hard-of-hearing children from all across Georgia. This exceptional school serves children aged 3 through 21…

one of the most wonderful things about our community is that so many of its citizens give to the community despite their own challenges. Charlotte Fuller Clonts is one of those special citizens. Though she faces tough personal battles…

I rise tonight to remind my colleagues and remind the American people of a great American, a spy who has come in from the cold, William Colby. Mr. Colby was memorialized today in a service that I had the honor of attending at the National…