Kim Reynolds

I serve on the Committee on Rules which has the responsibility of technically looking at claims of jurisdiction, waiving points of order, and other considerations relative to the farm bill this year. We know that it is an open rule. We…

no words can adequately express this Nation's sense of loss and outrage over yesterday's vicious, cowardly attack on two of our country's most recognizable landmarks, one of which is in my home State of New York. This was an attack not…

I just want people to have a fair and open debate on this process. Even if it disadvantage us if we have 200 amendments to go after our bill, I have always believed that the debate is healthy. I have always taken the position that we could…

I am a new guy in the House. I think that some of my colleagues have expressed that they would spend some time expressing their view on the rule. I think some of my colleagues are seeing some different dimensions on the rule in discussions…

While very, very sensitive to local government unfunded mandates, we have a threshold. It is $56 million. This is a normal course of business, as both my colleagues, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Barr) and the gentleman from Kansas (Mr…

I support the Shimkus resolution as a cosponsor. This is an important time... to launch the further debate on NATO enlargement and reminding not only ourselves but the world of the criteria that NATO has established and that these…

From that new knowledge, and as I understand the presentation now, I have gained an appreciation of some of the general direction of NATO and our role in that important body, as well as the subject of NATO expansion and Lithuania, which…

in sports today, words like courage and character, leadership and perseverance are used so frequently they have become almost cliche. Sometimes, though, a story emerges that rekindles our faith in the indomitable will of the human spirit…

I have learned at the town and the county and the State level as well as right here on the Federal level, if you leave a pile of money on the table, it is going to get spent. The simple fact is that even after we pay down America's debt…

Mr. Speaker, we are in the home stretch. We are in the final stages of bringing about real tangible tax relief to all Americans. With surpluses at an all-time high, and the fiscal responsibility to match, it is time for a refund. In…

For the last 8 years, and probably a few years of the Bush I administration, we have not had an energy policy. I am looking forward to the President releasing that policy tomorrow and seeing if the Congress might be in a partnership of…

I rarely make a prediction of what this House will do, but I see bipartisan support for the rule, and hope we would achieve that. We see some minority members talk about no repeal, some talk about repealing with their plan, and some…

on Monday, an MV-22 Osprey crashed during a training mission in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The crash took the lives of all four Marines on board: Lieutenant Colonel Keith Sweaney of Richmond, Virginia; Major Michael Murphy of Blauvelt…

ask anyone you know or even someone you pass on the street if they know someone who has cancer and nearly every single person will respond with a heart-wrenching ``Yes.'' Today I come before my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to ask…

Mr. Speaker, this House could not have picked a more appropriate time for consideration of this conference report. Earlier this week, the crew of mission STS-106 entered the International Space Station to prepare for the arrival of its…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1910, a bill identical to the legislation I introduced last year, H.R. 3404, is a technical bill with enormous historic significance. In a letter to John Adams, Thomas Jefferson wrote that ``a morsel of genuine history is a…

Mr. Speaker, 6 years ago this body passed legislation known as the Uruguay Round Trade Agreements. The legislation established the World Trade Organization, or WTO, which replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, with a…

The death tax stifles growth, discourages savings, stymies job creation, drains resources, and ruins family businesses and farms. It is time we phase out this unfair tax and allow the American dream to be passed on to our children and…

I rise in support of H.R. 4489, the Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000. This measure is vital to tourism, trade and industry in Western New York State; and I am pleased to join Chairman Smith in…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4475 continues the Republican Congress' focus on safety for all modes of transportation.

a trial is underway in Iran where the judge serves as investigator, prosecutor, and judge. There is no jury. In fact, this court operates outside the control of the Iranian president. I am referring to the trial of the revolutionary courts…

House Resolution 489 provides for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 434, the Trade and Development Act of 2000. The Trade and Development Act of 2000 conference report offers opportunities for the United States to…

House Resolution 470 is an open rule providing for the consideration of H.R. 3039, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to assist in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Speaker, the Chesapeake Bay is the largest…

Mr. Speaker, Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote, ``For my part, I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.'' This Nation's proud history is filled with the deeds and adventures of great…

I think my colleague from Ohio outlined specifically that anyone who tries to sell this tax plan as a tax cut for the rich has not read the legislation introduced by my Republican colleagues. This bill clearly goes after taking an…