I will adhere to that directive. I will say these are reliable people. And in the case of Janice Rogers Brown, she is a classic American success story. She is a daughter of an Alabama sharecropper who became a member of the California…

I point out to the body and the American people that the President had made an excellent nomination in the name of Miguel Estrada. And for 28 months Mr. Estrada was held in limbo while we waited for the Constitution to be upheld in the…

First of all, it is Congress' authority to establish immigration policy, and when we open up and provide that opportunity to the U.S. Trade Representative to inject immigration issues into any and all trade agreements that they might make…

I am pleased to bring forth S. 1399, the William J. Scherle Post Office Building Redesignation Act, to honor the selfless service of a great Iowan, Bill Scherle. Mr. Scherle was born in Little Falls, New York in 1923. After serving this…

We have an issue before us here in this Congress. Back in 1952, there was a large flood in the Missouri River that wiped out much of the bottomland and the farms and damaged our cities, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Omaha, all the way down…

Following the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves), the point that he raises about the real endangered species here is the Midwestern farmer. It is not the Northwest rancher. It is the Midwestern farmer that is at risk here. I have been on…

I support the Smith-Oberstar-Hyde amendment which removes the Crowley amendment. The Crowley amendment to H.R. 1950 renders impotent previous language known as the Kemp-Kasten anti-coercion provision, a long-standing provision that allows…

As a cosponsor of H.R. 2303, sponsored by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Hayworth), I am happy to offer this amendment, which is the first step in reforming the United Nations. In the run-up to the war with Iraq, France was able to hold…

I would suggest that the United Nations has become a Third World class envy debating society where the strongest and most powerful countries' foreign policy is dictated by countries who wish to undermine the United States. It is entirely…

I am amazed at how the race card can be played on every single trick and every single issue that comes up. To me, this is just simply dollars and cents. I started a small business in 1975 with actually a negative net worth of $5,000, no…

I would point out that our tort system consumes up to 3 percent of our gross domestic product. If we need 3 rac{1}{2} growth just to sustain our economy, and our freedom, I might add, then our economy has to grow at 6 rac{1}{2} percent in…

I support the Jobs and Growth Package, H.R. 2, and want to express my appreciation to President Bush, House Leadership and the Ways and Means Committee members for their commitment to tax relief for Americans. Tax relief and simplification…

our Nation is greatly blessed. We have a responsibility to our fellow man. When rampaging machete mobs began massacring Rwandans, I believed then and I believe now that we should have deployed troops to save them. I agree with the…

an issue that concerns me a great deal has come before us here this evening. That subject matter is partial birth abortion. Given that the Committee on the Judiciary marked up the Partial Birth Abortion Act last week and that it will be…

tonight I rise because something has been weighing on my mind since last week, and as I have watched the pressure in the streets of America and around the world, I thought I would observe the protests that were taking place a week ago last…