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I will tell the Members, it is easy to be proud to send our troops into Kosovo if Members have never been there. They have to understand what we are asking our troops to do, and we need to clearly understand why we are asking the sons and…
I do not understand at all why we cannot have this debate with the clear feeling and understanding that this is not about politics, this is not about party. Some of us just think he is wrong, this is wrong-headed foreign policy. I believe…
Mr. Speaker, I would like to simply point out that the right to start a war or declare a war is left to the American people. They get to do that through their elected representatives. The reason the Constitution gives that right to the…
I rise today with our colleagues to support H.J.Res. 37, the Tax Limitation Amendment. The resolution asks simply for a two-thirds supermajority in both Houses to approve any Federal income tax. Now, I could not help but observe what the…
Mr. Chairman, I will not take 5 minutes, but as we come to a conclusion on this debate after almost 5 hours, it is and should be fairly clear to all of us and certainly to the American people that the American education system needs…
I must say that when I talk to teachers back home and school superintendents back home, this is one of the greatest topics of concern. In many cases, many of the younger, newer teachers think all of a sudden in the last few years we…
Once the benefits of the plan were denied, she would have been able to get to court immediately. Because her case was not just routine care, it bordered at least on urgent and perhaps emergency. So she could have gotten into court…
There was another bill before us in Congress, those from the left had a managed care reform bill, too. Did they have a threshold in their bill?
One of the things I keep hearing is that under our bill, patients could not sue an HMO and under the Democratic bill they said you could sue an HMO. I believe that is incorrect information. Under our bill, you can sue HMOs, but, in fact…
Four years ago Republicans inherited a Congress run by liberals for 40 years. Now, during that time, our friends on the other side of the aisle passed some pretty cute environmental laws. Well, most of these laws make about as much sense…
I am sure my colleagues can remember the unfortunate boating death that claimed the lives of a couple of Cleveland Indian players a few years ago. One of the contributing factors to their deaths were the guide wires that are used to keep…
whatever happened to user-friendly bureaucrats, if there were any? Clear dangerous underbrush from the public area between your house and Thurmond Lake that resulted from a tornado 4 months ago and, boom, the Corps of Engineers revokes…
here we go again, a different constituent, but the same old shenanigans, the Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Jim Davis buys a house on Lake Thurman, so he can enjoy the beauty and recreational opportunity that this …
first, it was the IRS. Now, if we can believe it, it is the United States Army Corps of Engineers: You are guilty until you prove yourself innocent. When my constituent, Pamela Ham, thought the worst was over after surviving a deadly…
let us try to get this straight. The Federal law known as ERISA is what preempts State laws. It is not this bill; it is the ERISA law that preempts State laws.
It seems to me that it has been years in my life till we get to this day. I have wanted this to happen a long time. I am saddened deeply by what I hear and see happening in this room today. I had hoped that all of us would recognize the…
as we close down this debate and come toward the end of what, for me, has been a long time coming, I want you to know I am not only saddened by the debate but I am exhilarated by this debate also because it is with great pleasure I see…
I hope he has seen a peanut plant since last year, because last year he had never seen one. Since then, since the gentleman has tried to give the children of Georgia powdered milk today, now they want us to buy Chinese peanuts. They are…
I strongly rise to support the amendment of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant). I think the gentleman is precisely right. It is time this country did something about drugs. If we think the border patrol is doing it, then let us ask…
I rise in support of the Watts amendment because I feel it is imperative that Congress do its best to rectify the injustice done to military retirees who were promised, but have not received, the guarantee of lifetime medical care. Uncle…
when millions of older Americans decided to begin their military careers, one of the primary selling points used by the recruiters back then was the Federal Government's promise of retirement benefits. Those benefits included free lifetime…
there are critics of Congress and the Communications Act of 1996 who say our efforts to bring competition to the American people have failed. Now, Mr. Speaker, we know that Rome was not built in one day. We also know, thanks to this act…
Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure and actually an honor for me to be here presenting this bill to the House of Representatives on behalf of one of my constituents, Dr. J. Roy Rowland. Dr. Rowland was very instrumental, while in…
In 1997, we spent $325.7 million, and if our amendment passes, in 1998 we will spend $325.7 million. I would just like to point out that is not a cut of anything, that is just not giving them a raise.
let me point out to my friend from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] that I am absolutely sure the gentleman does not know why I am doing this. I know the gentleman just told the Members why I am doing this, but I am confident that the gentleman does…
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