JOHN LINDER

I rise only to respond to the ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations's remarks about our obligation to provide services that have already been paid for. That is the point of this debate. For 26 years we have been providing…

We are engaged in a great debate over the direction of the country. It is messy. It has always been thus. No one, however, is questioning the integrity of the people on either side of this House on this debate. We do not question those on…

This does not seem all that complicated. It does not change any rates of taxation of capital gains. It excludes 50 percent of the gain. Therefore, you are taxed at the 39.6-percent tax rate. Fifty percent of any gain would be excluded…

There should be an investigation of Mr. Murdoch. I appreciate your point. ____________________

Sometime just before the campaigns got in earnest, a former majority whip of this House, Tony Coelho, was brought in to help the Democrats win. He said this: Ideas are not the issue. Candidates can't get reelected if they run on who they…

I would like to further ask if any of these ethical questions were raised about the book, ``Earth in the Balance,'' which yielded a $100,000 advance to its author, a former Member of the other body, and $670,000 in royalties. Where were…

It appears that the Clinton administration is getting ready to unveil its welfare reform plan in the next 2 weeks. It is about time. When President Clinton was still candidate Clinton, he promised to end welfare as we know it. Let us hope…