Newt Gingrich

I simply want to share with my colleagues what a wonderful thing it is today to have Dr. George Docherty back sharing with us and leading us in prayer. He grew up and attended public school in Scotland; in Glasgow, to be exact. At the age…

I would be very excited to help establish a bipartisan task force on reforming public education. I would be very excited to establish a special task force on public education for D.C. I would be very willing to establish a bipartisan task…

let me just say that I really believe this is a very important turning point for the United States. And I believe this motion to recommit is a perfect symbol of why, for the last 6 years, we have been losing the war on drugs, a totally…

I rise with concern and sadness to report to the House on a letter I am sending the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), Chairman of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, today. I want to read the letter and then I want to…

I hope that everybody who is listening carefully to this debate has listened to our good friends over here, because they are now caught in an inherent contradiction. They say to us they are against quotas. Member after Member got up and…

I have the sad duty to inform the House that earlier today, Steve Schiff, our colleague, died in Albuquerque. All of my colleagues know he fought a very, very long and very courageous struggle against cancer. I had an opportunity to talk…

I rise and I note the presence of my colleague, the distinguished minority leader, who also will speak this afternoon, because both of us I think want to make the point that the leadership of this Congress is very committed to supporting…

I could tell from the emotionalism of the attacks that those who are opposed to this bill did not have very many facts to work on so they decided to use rhetoric and symbolism. This bill is actually quite simple. It has a very simple…

today I introduce a resolution affording the District of Columbia Delegate a vote in impeachment proceedings

I do not think the question before the House is whether the President has acted in integrity in this matter

let me say that 11 years ago when a vacancy was filled in a special election, I do not think any of us could have predicted the kind of mark that that new Representative would make. Those of you who might have had the good luck a few weeks…

I want to take head on this question about public schools, because I represent a district which is very lucky. Cobb County Public Schools are very, very good. There is a recent report out on the best high schools in Georgia, and two-thirds…

Fourteen years ago, under President Reagan, the Department of Education published a book called ``A Nation At Risk,'' and said, our schools are in trouble. For 14 years we have heard politicians and bureaucrats promise us, soon we will fix…

I am a little fed up with Democrats who come in here and say, well, you all do not want to save the public schools. Let me make two points. First of all, I went to public school. My children went to public school. My wife went to public…

If the gentleman wants to vote against allowing poor children to have the choice of going to a separate school, is going against parents having the right to choose, they will get that vote under this rule.

OK. But I would say to my friend, first of all, voting for this rule brings that option to the floor, and I will vote with the gentleman on that option. There is no reason to be against this rule if the gentleman wants to help charter…

I simply wanted to rise in praise of two Americans who are trying to help the children of Washington. Ted Forstmann and John Walton are giving $3 million each to a scholarship fund for low-income children in the District of Columbia. I…

I rise to share with the House, that on Thursday, the House will be voting on a resolution honoring and remembering Princess Diana. I think every Member of the House joins literally millions of people across the planet in grief for the…

Let me say that my only regret is that this is not even stronger. I think every American needs to look at this two-sided game that is being played. First we see in the media that the Palestinian Liberation Organization has suffered some…

yesterday I made the case in a special order on the moral basis of cutting taxes; a moral basis because lower taxes means that parents have more money to raise their children and their family; a moral basis because lower taxes means that…

I wanted to start by talking about the moral case for tax cuts, because I think we don't talk often enough about why tax cuts matter and why we are attempting to not just balance the budget, but to balance the budget with a smaller…

I think the direction that the Ehlers amendment is taking us is the right direction. Clearly, this is a new approach and a new way of funding the arts at the Federal level. It indicates our commitment to making sure that at local levels…

I rise to point out to my colleagues that yesterday the House cast a vote for the future by passing the first balanced budget in 29 years. This will give our children and grandchildren lower taxes, lower interest rates, more economic…

let me begin, if I might, with the comment by my friend over there who referred to the recent Presidential message, asking ``Is that a veto?'' Because I think one of the things that makes today so exciting is that in fact this is a bill…

I rise to remind my colleagues that tomorrow, part 2 of the budget agreement, the historic agreement that has enabled us today to have a great victory for the American people by saving money, by reforming entitlements, by saving Medicare…