Kim Reynolds

House Resolution 521 is a standard closed rule providing for the consideration of H.R. 5193, the Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill and provides one motion to…

House Resolution 509 is a standard and fair rule providing for the consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 3009, the Trade Act of 2002. The rule waives all points of order against the conference report and against its…

Mr. Speaker, tomorrow will mark the 10-month anniversary of the horrific tragedy of September 11 when four airplanes were used against us as weapons, resulting in tremendous loss of life, significant property damage, and an immeasurable…

But for those 21 Democratic votes or for others who may consider future votes on trade, this is going to end up with a bottom-line deal here. The bottom line is you either support free trade and give the House the ability to go as a…

While the rest of the world speeds ahead when it comes to free trade, the United States desperately needs to get back on track. Trade promotion authority is the most effective way to accomplish that, and this rule simply allows the process…

House Resolution 414 is a unique rule providing for the disposition of House Joint Resolution 84, a resolution of disapproval. Under this rule, H.J. Res. 84 would be automatically tabled. H.J. Res. 84 disapproves the action taken by…

Mr. Chairman, throughout this day I have listened to many of my colleagues rail on the evils of soft money. That is why it is time to ensure the rhetoric matches the reality. And I am doing just that by introducing an amendment that…

I have listened to whether this has constitutional questions. This bill is riddled with constitutional questions. Even the sponsors have said some of it will be thrown out by the courts. But I do know this: Without this amendment the…

I am never afraid to go home. I go home every single week to my district in western New York to talk to my voters and listen to what they have to say, as they send me to Washington. But the gentleman cannot have it both ways, to where we…

The Shays-Meehan bill would provide $30 million to both parties at the State and local level. I do not exactly know what the Ney-Wynn bill would provide in those dollars. But I can say that the Shays-Meehan bill empowers special interests…

I would have to get an expert on that; but I can say that under the Shays-Meehan bill, which the gentleman supports, it could be $30 million to both parties with the State and locals.

Mr. Speaker, I came to the Congress as a majority member only 3 years ago; but before that I spent 10 years in the State House, overwhelmingly Democratic, where I could not even get a name on a bill as a cosponsor. Or in the 6 years before…

Mr. Speaker, first of all, the Republican Party in this Congress extended the life of Social Security; and the same leadership will ensure that we preserve and strengthen it. I share with my colleague who is under some fallacy that there…

Just as we fortified our Nation's military in response to the attack of the response of our shores, we have the opportunity tonight to fortify this Nation's economy against the attack on it, keeping jobs by creating jobs and giving needed…

Mr. Speaker, there are new incentives to compete and grow and expand the bipartisan, bicameral Economic Security and Worker Protection Act. The Act will help businesses rebuild and create jobs for the American people. So far all I have…

Mr. Speaker, we are going to bring out that same old thing and beat that dog on Social Security. As I said earlier, the Republicans extended it, and they are going to take care of it. I also remind my colleagues on the lock box and both…

Mr. Speaker, the first thing when we listen to my colleague is, let us make no mistake about it, the Committee on Rules has allowed as the tradition of the Republican majority long before I got here, beginning in its majority in 1995, they…

Mr. Speaker, in closing, one of my Democratic colleagues as we voted on this in the Committee on House Administration summed it up so well, so I think the remarks of the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Ney) that this is not a perfect bill…

This legislation authorizes $2.65 billion for Federal election reform, including $400 million to buy out unreliable punch card voting systems that was brought out in this rule debate earlier, and $2.25 billion in election fund payments to…

Mr. Speaker, I could not agree more with the Committee on House Administration. We need to act today. This is bipartisan legislation. It has the best chance of passing Congress this year and becoming law before next November's elections…

Mr. Speaker, last year's Presidential election was the most dramatic and most memorable in recent history. Election reform is not a new concept, but last fall was a stark reminder of the modifications that our voting system desperately…

Mr. Speaker, I have heard today we should continue debating the bill, stall, or put it off; what is fair, unfair; water it down, pick it apart, and confuse the facts. Mr. Speaker, the world is not waiting while the United States putters…

Mr. Speaker, in listening to that debate, I would just reflect that there was a time when the Nation could boast that we were the world leader in shaping those rules for international trade and globalization and open markets. Sadly, this…

I do not know that any of us totally have an exact definition of what bipartisanship is. This is an up-or-down vote. This is not a Republican or a Democrat issue. We are either for free and fair trade and giving the President the authority…

Mr. Speaker, bipartisanship comes from bringing two points of view together. That is going to happen if this rule is passed when the debate will go on the merit of the legislation of the underlying bill. It will happen when a vote occurs…