JOHN LINDER

Mr. Speaker, H. Res. 221 is a structured rule that gives the House the opportunity to consider eight amendments to the Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003. The Committee on Rules has attempted to be as fair as possible…

there is simply no doubt that what we are talking about is follies, but the follies are a 45,000-page Tax Code. The Internal Revenue Code has made criminals of us all, and it is time for it to go away. There is a bill replacing the current…

It is unfortunate that this Congress has to sit down and construct a law to protect a legal industry from acting legally in every State in the Nation. For those who want to just get rid of guns, do it the right way: Propose to put a repeal…

Tomorrow is the 92nd birthday of the 40th President of the United States, President Ronald Reagan. He is the only political idol I have ever had. He came to the presidency knowing who he was, what he wanted to do, and he did it. There is a…

This is a clean continuing resolution that will ensure that the United States Government remains open through February 7 and that all Americans who are expecting any kind of Federal benefit, a Social Security check, Medicare payments, or…

I will agree that this is not the best we can do, but it is the best we can do at this hour. I would agree that it is perhaps true that the other body may not take it up and pass it, just like they have not passed other things we have…

I rise in support of both this rule and the underlying legislation, H.R. 4965, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002. This rule will allow adequate time for debate on this measure in addition to a motion to recommit with or without…

I have met Lindy Boggs personally on one occasion in the Ambassador's residence in Rome when she was an Ambassador to the Holy See. Knowing of her remarkable history, her remarkable contributions to this country, I only left that meeting…

While a panicky Congress has rushed in recent days to reform the business world, it has not entirely lost its well-developed instinct for catering to special interests. On two issues critical to cleaning up corporate malfeasance, Congress…

We have had an interesting debate here. We had a parade of female Democrats march down citing the mantra that this bill does nothing for senior women. In fact, not one of them spoke with any particularity to the bill. We had the…

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Gingrich did not ever say Medicare would wither on the vine. This was played out on CNN very clearly when they played the whole statement, not the botched statement the Democrats have been running. He said if we bring…

Yesterday was a sad day for the millions and millions of Americans who understand and appreciate the significance of the Pledge of Allegiance. Incredibly, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to overturn a 1954 act of Congress, which…

there was a time in this country that if someone went into business in some of the urban areas, they would get a visit by someone from a crime family who would say something like this: ``We'll let you go in business, and if you lose…

today is the last legislative day before the glorious tax day on Monday when all Americans happily come together for the good of their country. Let me state some facts about the tax system. Americans will collectively spend 6 billion hours…

Monday is April 15; and the American people will genuflect before the altar of their government and hand over everything they have earned for the past year and, in so doing, pay out of their pockets just to comply with this code. Last…

Mr. Speaker, Jerry Solomon was my friend. He was my leader when I came here. He was the ranking Republican on the Committee on Rules. He was a tough partisan, but he was fair. Jerry served 20 years in this body before retiring and then…

Mr. Chairman, to begin to address the question of intent, this bill, or the vast majority of this bill, was actually introduced March 15, 2001. It was introduced by me after talking to many people about it because I believe if we want to…

I believe we have just heard a defense of soft money, if it is used for purposes that the Democrats agree with: do not use it for issue ads, but use it for turning out minority voters, I think I heard him say. As a member of the Committee…

On yesterday over 100,000 Americans representing nearly every State in the Nation marched in opposition to one of our Nation's most notorious and, I think, tragic Supreme Court rulings, the decisions to legalize abortion in the United…

this is a remarkable feat to move a piece of legislation so important so fast and so well done, and I congratulate the gentlemen. I particularly thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) who headed up the task force to ensure that…

I have a whole raft of information from my staff talking about the benefits of trade and the economy, on jobs; and I will submit that for the Record. But let me just raise a confusing question. Why in the world does this House want to take…

that is precisely the point. Absent Trade Promotion Authority this House sits silent. The President can go to any nation in the world and negotiate a treaty and take it to the Senate, have the Senate debate it, amend it, and take it back…

We have the lowest tariffs in the world. We have thousands of Georgia companies selling goods and services into a global economy. We want to lower the tariffs of other nations so that we can be competitive. Our ability for the President to…

more than 95 percent of the world's population lives outside of the United States. For most American businesses this means that, in order to remain competitive, they must be allowed to market their goods and services across borders. This…

Free and fair trade is the foundation of our capitalist society. It creates jobs and improves wages. It contributes to economic growth and improves standards of living. It promotes freedom, opportunity and openness. One in ten Americans…