yes, it is efficient to swat a fly with a sledgehammer when you are talking about saving lives. That is how the American military has been successful throughout the years.

I have read during the course of this year ``The Last Line,'' part II, by William Manchester, which is a biography of Winston Churchill, and the book actually took place from about 1920 to 1939. During that period of time, of course…

I want to speak on the State of California and this whole issue of really mandates on employers, because that is what we are talking about. It is not the 80/20 split. It is just one more mandate, more Government intrusion. But there was a…

On the subject of regulation and Government overkill, I understand right now the average family pays about $4,000 a year more in all total goods and services purchased simply because of the additional cost of regulation, anywhere from, you…

on Saturday, March 5, I was honored to participate in a change of command ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Canopus [AS 34] which is a submarine tender assigned to the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in my district. As Admiral Ellis, the base…

I think the gentleman is correct. I have heard it said many times that while the United States cannot afford to be the policeman of the world, if there is to be one, let it be the United States, because we have always been a peace loving…

I wanted to relate a old hunting story. We were talking about selling technologies to our suspected enemies. There is a great and illustrative joke, the story of a hunter who was out hunting when it was cold. He found a frozen snake, and…

I wanted to talk about the impact of health care on small businesses and the family. I think it is so important that we talk about the family more. The central theme behind that debate was, will this make life better for our students and…

I rise today in honor of St. Patrick and the Irish-Americans of Savannah, GA, who are at this moment winding up a very long day of green grits, green biscuits, green beer, and one of the largest St. Patrick's Day parades in the world. In…

I just want to say, sadly, that is what has been going on in the U.S. Congress since 1969 when we had our last balanced budget. And I point out to them while there is a lot of partisan politics in Congress, this is not a problem that you…

I know the gentleman from New York wants to talk about the budget, and we are going to yield the floor in a minute. But we need to pound that nail very deep into the wood of thinking here, because when we talk about it, here is a quote…

I want to throw something in. I was an economics major in college. I did my senior year term paper on the Russian agriculture system. I wish I could remember all the statistics, but the Government collective farms, which basically the…