Jim Nussle

There is not a senior in America that is not going to get their benefit check under Social Security. Nothing in this budget changes that. I wish Members on the other side would stop that scare tactic.

Yes. In fact, we add about $1 trillion to it over the next 5 years after this budget is in effect.

It is my expectation that my committee will be reporting legislation to ensure that the highway category is increased.

That is also accurate. As a concurrent resolution, the budget before us today does not establish discretionary caps or continue the highway or transit firewalls beyond fiscal year 2003.

I rise to thank the Members who supported the conference report first of all, but most especially I would like to thank the staff of the Committee on the Budget, both majority and minority, Rich Meade and Jim Bates from the majority side…

The increase was not explicitly reflected in the budget function for veterans because the discretionary increases in the conference report were distributed across all budget functions. As the distinguished chairman knows, it is the…

Before I respond, let me thank the gentleman for his leadership. There is no one in this House that stands ahead of the chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs when it comes to advocating for our Nation's veterans. In response to…

There will be one person who will probably, above all other people, and my guess is that that will be shared in a bipartisan way from both sides of the aisle, who stood just a little bit taller than the rest of the politicians and…

I happened to think that was a fairly ingenious idea, because then the numbers would connect. Now, having said that, I can see the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Callahan) about ready to come out of…

I believe that H.R. 1838 allows the United States to remain committed to providing Taiwan with the means necessary to maintain a self-defense capability as expressed in the Taiwan Relations Act.

I strongly support H.R. 1838, the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act.

Had my vote been recorded, I would have voted 'aye.'

Is the gentleman from Michigan aware that the Committee on the Budget put an extra billion dollars in the House proposal for special education this year to fund IDEA? I do not know if the gentleman voted for that, but that was an important…

Basically what he is saying is, ``You don't have to worry. Just keep going. Nothing needs to be changed. There's nothing wrong with what happens in Washington. There isn't one program that wastes money. There isn't one bureaucracy that…

I rise today in support of the Articles of Impeachment against President William Jefferson Clinton and ask that the following statement be entered into the record outlining my reasons for supporting the Articles of Impeachment

I would just point out this difference. Listen to this. There is a difference between us, and I respect the gentleman's position. That is fine. He believes take that money from people, spread it around. I understand that. The gentleman…

I know that as much as you try and as much as I try, there is no way that the public education system is going to be able to provide all of the necessary things, the resources and educational tools, that my daughter is going to need into…

This is not a choice, I would say to my friend, between public education and private education. In fact, I do not believe the gentleman is trying to suggest that private education, particularly church-based education, is not good. I do…

Only in Washington, DC, would money that is taxed on parents that comes to Washington and we say we want to go back to parents be called a Federal subsidy. Think about that. Only in Washington, DC, would somebody have the nerve to say…

Regardless of the state of the history, which, of course, is a Presidential veto, the fact of the matter is we are here today. There appears to be bipartisan support to attach language to make sure we have authorization for agriculture…

Mr. Packard, in reviewing the conference report language, it appears that the intent of the subcommittee is to prohibit all moves by Members of their offices. As my colleague knows, as part of the transition we are attempting to…

Madam Chairman, the issue today is consideration of how to pay for the emergency. There is not anyone in this building who would disagree with the fact that we have an emergency, that we have a situation in this country where victims need…

The question I have for the distinguished Majority Leader is, it is my concern under this emergency that we have going on in L.A. right now, we do need to move quickly. I am wondering why we are going all the way into late next week. I am…