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I just want to mention to my colleague that 43 of the people you had testify were 43 people who came in to justify what you had done in H.R. 9. Everybody has been here long enough to know how you set up hearings. There were three people in…
It doesn't promote anybody's best interests to be so unreasonable that you put these people -- these miners out of work. That's not good for them.
If I had lost a son or a father in one of those mines, I would be just like they are. I would be hammering the tables, saying why aren't you doing something in Washington? But the truth is, when we do do something, it needs to be the right…
I was absent on Wednesday, March 8, 2006, for personal reasons. My intended votes are as follows: Rollcall vote 27 on the Cardoza Amendment to H.R. 4167--``aye''; rollcall vote 28 on the Waxman Amendment to H.R. 4167--``no''; rollcall vote…
I point out to all Members the reason you must pass this amendment is it is against the law to have a sanctuary city, a sanctuary State. This amendment goes to the heart of the frustrations of the police and deputies. They apprehend the…
Though I was absent on Wednesday, November 9, 2005, for medical reasons, I wish to have my intended votes recorded in the Congressional Record for the following votes: Rollcall vote 577 on H. Res. 539--``aye''; rollcall vote 578 on H. Res…
Though I was absent on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 for medical reasons, I wish to have my intended votes recorded in the Congressional Record for the following votes: Rollcall vote 573 on the Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the…
In the gentleman's experience in the justice system, would you conclude that people who are in law enforcement do it for the love of it? They want to enforce the law. And those that are not today are being held back by politicians in some…
It gives me absolute pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson), my friend and neighbor, who lives right up the road from me in Columbia.
It is a pleasure to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sam Johnson), another of our subcommittee chairmen.
I simply ask the gentleman to reconsider our unanimous consent to remove two words that would, I think, make an amendment that is going to pass better in your mind.
I actually did not know who to come to talk to because we did not know who would be leading against this amendment. If I may, it is a very, very simple drafting error in the bill on line 7 where we are saying that law enforcement personnel…
In conclusion, I will simply say to my friend, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) that this is not an amendment that justifies or does not justify the previous amendment. This is an effort to get the facts on what we already know. If…
The gentleman is very kind. Mr. Chairman, I will tell you the NCIC system works. After 6\1/2\ years, it is overdue time we tried to do something about the visas. I will take just a minute to thank the chairman of the Committee on the…
As my colleague from Texas knows, the electricity title is very, very important to my consumers and my constituents in the southeast as well as in the northwest, and one of the provisions in the title that is not there is regarding…
If, in fact, Mexico was sending us 5,000 metric tons of marijuana, 50 metric tons of amphetamine, and 10 metric tons of heroin, we are not doing really good stopping it with that $40 million. I will tell the gentleman that. Maybe we need…
I have watched in frustration, along with the rest of the country, as gas prices continue to go through the roof and the other body sits on our hard work for the sake of election-year politicians. We are in desperate need of a…
I think it is probably important at this time to remind the Members that this debate and this bill is very narrowly tailored. It is H.R. 2731, the Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act. It is just this simple…
When this bill becomes law, it seems to me the question that OSHA should ask is not will we win the case, but are we right. Do we actually have a case where a citizen violated the law, and do we actually have substantial proof to take into…
Mr. Speaker, my opinion is it is shameful that there would be anyone in here who would not want to support working families who happen to be small business owners, which are the majority of people in our districts, so they can have equal…
The legal training simply is not the only criteria. There are other criteria, such as education and experience, and I do not necessarily think that it has to be a lawyer. Speaking of the AFL-CIO, they have as many lawyers in this town as…
I rise today to thank and commend the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Tauzin) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) for what I think is excellent work in the House and in the conference. This is landmark legislation. I think it…
I rise out of breath simply to urge my colleagues to vote for this. This is an enormous undertaking. The Secretary has done a great job for us. I think all Americans I know are as concerned about bioterrorism as any part of terrorism out…
Securing sufficient dollars for law enforcement to ensure the safety, environmental quality, and the security of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests is critically important, as future generations deserve to enjoy this treasure as…
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