JOHN LINDER

I am the first one to stipulate that China has problems with its people and its government on human rights on labor and the environment. But after approving normal trade relations for 20 years, have we changed that? Is this about that…

this also is an amendment that deals with the Federal bureaucracy micromanaging, in this case how counties run their business. Mr. Chairman, in 1998 we passed the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century, otherwise known as TEA-21…

we have an opportunity to encourage change in China. PNTR for China will provide the Chinese people with access to western influence and ideas by forcing China to open their society to bring about positive economic and social changes…

the growth of high tech and the openness of the Internet are spreading democratic ideals throughout China, enlightening their people with ideas of freedom and opportunity. In Nanjing, young Chinese men and women are being exposed to a…

Mr. Speaker, the IRS has made criminals of us all, and it is time for it to go away. And that is what this is about, scrapping the code. This is real. Now, it may be a joke for Democrats, who have spent 40 years building up this…

What we have learned after 87 years of the current system is this: if we had sat down at the beginning of 1913 and asked ourselves how could we build a tax system that would punish people for earning and working hard, a system that would…

What we have learned after 86 years of the current system, if we had sat down at the beginning in 1913 and said how can we build a tax system that will punish people for working hard and earning, that will be obstructive of capital…

Mr. Speaker, some years ago Governor Cuomo of New York made the statement that you are going to hear on the floor of this House during this debate. He said, I am personally opposed to abortion, but I will not vote to end a woman's right to…

this is getting curiouser and curiouser. In the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, when this bill was going through it was the Democrats, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee) who demanded privacy language, very strict…

For too long, our educational system has been handcuffed by the misguided ideas of Federal bureaucrats. For too long our children have been used as pawns in this political game. The time for that to end is now. It is time for us to stop…

I rise in support of H.R. 472, the Local Census Quality Check Act. This legislation is a key element of our commitment to assure that every single American is counted in the year 2000 census. Post-census local review gives officials in…

we are going to bring our budget to the floor this week and it is going to be a great debate. And from what I am hearing from the other side, it is going to be entirely too partisan. You see, we want to save 100 percent of all the revenues…

sometime during the year 2013, the funds we pay out to Social Security recipients are going to exceed the funds coming in to finance the system. Despite the White House war room rhetoric, the Clinton budget does nothing to save Social…

to sit and listen to all these wonderful speeches about saving Medicare and Social Security is a wonderful thing, but the President's proposal does not do what they say it is going to do. The President's proposal does not change…

I am not certain how many Americans heard well the President's recent speeches, but his comments spoke volumes about his views of freedom. It also addressed the great political debate going on in this country today which has been going on…

I rise in opposition to the Waxman amendment because it creates a hurdle in this legislation that need not be. He argues that when benefits arise from an action of Congress it does not have the same debate as the cost, and that is simply…

Mr. Chairman, H.R. 350, the Mandates Information Act of 1999, is a procedures bill designed to make Congress more accountable and provide Members with the most factual information possible before voting on legislation. This bill was…

serious charges have been made against President Bill Clinton, and I have stated that I believe resignation would be the best course of action. Not one of us wants to be here talking about perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of…

it is a treat for me to be able to be here on this Tribute to Jerry Solomon Day. About 3 years ago a huge battle over an amendment broke out on the floor of this House and it created quite a stir, and people came running to the floor of…

I find it curious how many times the Constitution seems to get in the way of this administration. It did so in Kyoto, when rather than get a treaty agreed to by the Senate, they are trying to put it in effect by regulation. They did it…

In 1994 the Consumer Product Safety Commission decided to grant part of a petition by State fire marshals, State fire marshals who have been asking the CPSC to develop a safety standard for upholstered furniture to address the problems of…

Mr. Speaker, take a look at the amount of money that tobacco companies have provided to the Republican committees in 1996: $4.5 million. Now, if they want to tell us that they do not hold up legislation because of the money they take from…

Mr. Speaker, I am amazed at the statement that the gentleman from Michigan makes. He talks about the spigots of special money flowing. That is a quote from the gentleman from Michigan. The gentleman from Michigan takes 57 percent of his…

Mr. Speaker, I hope the American people just saw that display, because what they saw is Big Brother on the prowl again, Big Brother government trying to stifle the American people once again, and they are not even satisfied with open and…

As for those who express concern that this bill does not include in it oversight of committees of Congress, let me remind them that this bill was passed in 1993, when the Democrats were in the majority, and they chose not to include…