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the entire world has been shocked, appalled, and reviled by the latest wave of terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel. More than 50 innocent men, women, and children have been killed by suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. So I was…
real wages are down. Thousands of workers have lost their jobs. Families are having a hard time finding the money to send their children to college, to save for retirement, to make ends meet. Finally, Republicans are taking note. They…
last night, in his State of the Union Address, President Clinton spoke about the ``age of possibility.'' He focused on the real issues affecting our Nation's families. Perhaps most importantly, the President extended his hand to the…
day 19--and the U.S. Government is still closed, held captive. Forty million dollars a day--down the drain, wasted--almost $800 million. All this the Republicans say, in the name of fiscal conservatism. More than a quarter of a million…
both Common Cause and I insist that ``in order to carry out the responsibilities of an outside counsel effectively, it is necessary for the counsel's authority and independence to be clearly and publicly established.'' The special counsel…
I am deeply troubled and anguished by what is happening in Bosnia. We all share the pain and the suffering. We have seen the horror. Women are raped, children are brutalized, and young men are taken away to an uncertain fate--often death…
while I was in my district yesterday, I met senior citizens who are frightened. They don't have much money to spare, and they watch what they spend. They are worried that they will lose the security of Medicare. They understand that cuts…
the Republicans won the elections last November and they promised no more business as usual, and were they ever right. The ethical standards that have been adopted by the Republicans in this House are at the lowest level I have ever seen…
I rise today to say to my Republican colleagues, it is time to deliver on your promises. You said you would cut taxes, balance the budget, and leave Social Security and defense intact. Now tell us: How will you do it? To date the…
Newt Gingrich put the crown jewel on his contract last night. And if you earn over $200,000 a year, it is a crown jewel indeed. But if you earn $20,000 or $30,000 or $40,000 a year, you were sold fool's gold--costume jewelery. Under the…
I rise against this ill- conceived, ill-considered, and ill-timed tax proposal. I have heard Speaker Gingrich refer to this tax proposal as the crown jewel of the Republican contract. I could not agree more. Like the crown jewels, this…
there is a new health care plan available to some members of the public, it is called Newtcare. Under this plan, you work for a Member of Congress for 1 month each year for just $100, in return you are entitled to the Government's generous…
I think the mail that you got from my State tends to dramatize to the Nation and to all of us that the scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society. So we must still act. We must still speak. And thank you.
Mr. Speaker, I think tonight we have tried to say why we marched from Selma to Montgomery 30 years ago and why we come tonight to commemorate, to celebrate the great progress we have made as a Nation and as a people down that road toward a…
I rise tonight at this hour during this special order to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the voting rights campaign of 1965. Thirty years ago this day, March 7, 1965, was a turning point in the struggle for the right to vote in the…
Yesterday I ate breakfast and lunch with students at two schools in Atlanta, Payton Forest Elementary School and Thomasville Heights Elementary School. Many of these children were receiving these meals through the School Lunch and…
I rise today to say that the nomination of Dr. Henry Foster as Surgeon General of the United States is a choice of great vision. This nomination should not and must not be about how many abortions Dr. Foster has performed. Those who oppose…
I rise today to tell my Republican colleagues from Georgia that I will not be intimidated. I will not be cowed and I will not be silenced. Yesterday's Atlanta Constitution reported that Republican members of our delegation are threatening…
tonight the taxpayers are going to dinner with Speaker Gingrich. Tonight a dozen high rollers will sit down to dine with the Speaker and hand over $50,000 checks for his radical right wing television station. In the process, each attendee…
Mr. Chairman, I know what we are about to do may be the political thing to do. It may be the popular thing to do. Many of us as Members of this body may be putting our fingers to the air to see which way the wind is blowing, and blowing in…
the Los Angeles Times succeeded in doing something this week that Speaker Gingrich has refused to do for years--release the names of the contributors to his political machine, GOPAC. The partial listing published by the Times shows that…
Terry and Mary Kohler: $715,457. Richard Gilder, Jr.: $310,000. Roger Milliken: $255,000. These are but a few of the heavy hitters who have contributed to Speaker Gingrich's personal political machine, GOPAC. Is it any wonder the Speaker…
I rise today to commend two individuals who yesterday performed acts worthy of praise, one a Democrat, and one a Republican. The first, Mr. Speaker, is President Clinton, who last night delivered a State of the Union Address in this…
Mr. Chairman, our Constitution is an extraordinary document. Our Constitution is the only document of its kind in the world to have lasted so long and to have been used so often as a model for other nations. This balanced budget amendment…
I read with great sadness and sorrow in this morning's papers that the new chairman of the Rules Committee has replaced the portrait adorning that committee's wall. The portrait that had hung on that site was of Claude Pepper, one of the…
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