Jim Nussle

look, there is nobody who really wants to come down here and oppose reform because, quite honestly, I think there is major bipartisan support for reform. In fact, we have seen it here today. I commend, even though I have some concerns with…

I do not question the motivation of any Member up here who has spoken in favor or against this particular piece of legislation. In fact, if my colleagues just look around the Chamber at the people who have spoken here today, these are the…

Mr. Speaker, if it does not cut Social Security and if it does not cut veterans benefits and if it does not cut Medicare and if it does not affect the taxes and if it does not affect any other sacred cow in the Federal Government, how is…

Mr. Speaker, listening to the last speaker, he said how the Democrats want to give it to the American people. They sure want to give it to the American people, the way they did in 1993 when they raised the taxes, the largest in American…

I think what the Black Caucus has put together is probably the only real alternative that will be on the floor today. It balances the budget. It is a real budget, with real priorities. It is just using real numbers. What you have been able…

Mr. Chairman, my friend from Michigan said that this is about numbers. This is not about numbers, this is about people and families. We can do better. Our plan helps, because we allow people to earn more. We allow families to earn more…

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…

I fully expect that this resolution will pass and, as a member of the committee, we are all looking forward to working with him on the important issues that we know we need to face this year. He has been superb and hard working and we know…

I must say it has been pretty clear to me there are two philosophies at work here. The one philosophy is the one I believe I brought to Congress and I believe many of my Republican friends brought to Congress. That is, that individuals and…

I was struck, as I was watching this conversation that we are having this eulogy, this presentation that we are having today, how many people mentioned the words ``help'' and ``assistance'' that Ed Madigan provided them along the way. I…

I think there are some people who are going to be able to come here tomorrow and vote no on that kind of a plan, and I think the reason is it is a matter of who they trust. I see in your plan a willingness to trust the decisionmaking that…

I think that is exactly right. And I would just comment on the thrust of some of the comments the gentleman made when he was wrapping up his conversation on welfare. Do you know what struck me? It was when the gentleman was talking about…

There are really three goals, I think, we need to achieve here today. Goal 1 is to provide assistance to the people of the earthquake, the people of the flood. We need to get it out there as quickly as possible. Goal 2, pay for the…

I want to thank the Committee on Rules for their diligent work in bringing this to us as quickly as possible. I wish it was an open rule, too, but I believe this is a good start, and I commend both the Democrat and minority members for…

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…

If the family budget was compared with the Federal budget, what this would mean if a family faced a crisis, they would have to come up with two hundred bucks. You would say to some families, on a $30,000 joint income, two hundred bucks is…

If the family budget was compared with the Federal budget, what this would mean if a family faced a crisis, they would have to come up with two hundred bucks. You would say to some families, on a $30,000 joint income, two hundred bucks is…

as a Representative from Iowa, we recognize what it's like to be devastated by natural disaster. This summer we experienced the floods, the great floods, the 500-year floods of 1993. Now it's California's turn. We need to provide and we…

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…