I have heard a lot of outrageous statements from the other side of the aisle tonight, and even one from our side of the aisle. But it questions me, it wonders me, I guess you would say, who are those special interests that everybody is…

Mr. Speaker, every time this legislation has come to the floor, it has passed with nearly a huge bipartisan margin. It is clear the House understands that working seniors, people who have to earn money by the sweat of their brow, usually…

I guess plagiarism is one of the best compliments there is. To my friend, the gentleman from Illinois, who talked about the deductibility issue, it is interesting, it is the same folks who for years just let the deductibility for small…

We are in negotiations with the White House, staff to staff, and intend that that will be on a higher level when those negotiations are finished. I think that result will show in the bill.

That, plus we passed a piece of legislation that dealt with Social Security that said we could deal with it later than March 1.

I can tell the gentleman from California that we will roll those votes, but we cannot guarantee that they will go much beyond 2.

I have sat here this morning and listened to Member after Member on the other side trying to shim-sham the American people of what happened as far as Medicare. Well, I guess when you do not have a Medicare plan, I guess when you do not…

Mr. Chairman, a refinement of the Boucher amendment assures that rural telephone companies defined in H.R. 1555 will be exempted from complying with the competitive checklist until a competitor makes a bona fide request. Once a bona fide…

of critical importance here is an understanding shared by the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Boucher] and me that the economic burdens of complying with the competitive checklist fall on the party requesting the interconnection. However, to…

I absolutely support women's athletics. As a matter of fact, my spouse is a women's athletic coach, and I think it has been great, the growth that title IX has brought forward in the last few years. The problem is in my district and in…

I yield myself 1 minute Mr. Chairman, the whole purpose of putting this, as I regret in doing it because it stemmed out of a letter written to the Office of Civil Rights on June 30 with 134 signatures asking for clarification. We have…

this is a common sense issue. It is about economics and it is about common sense. First of all, this debate about being an environmental issue, that is ridiculous. You pump water into this well to raise the oil to pump it out in the first…

for the last few days, liberal Democrats have taken to the floor to denounce so-called Medicare cuts. What cuts? Where are they? This chart clearly shows that under the House Republican budget, Medicare funding will increase. This year, we…

As we wrestle with a way to save Medicare, I rise today to urge my colleagues to help me save college wrestling and other sports that have fallen victim to an intrusive Federal bureaucracy. In my home State of Illinois, four of the major…

as we know, the American family is overtaxed. But our families are not limited to just young newlyweds or those with kids in college. Our families include our parents and grandparents. And just as high taxes are antijobs and antifamily…

I am amazed here to sit and listen to this debate here tonight and see how fact and fiction is twisted and turned and twisted. I would like to set the record straight. First of all, I have a letter here from Abraham Chayes who is a…

tomorrow when we take up H.R. 1215, the Tax Fairness and Deficit Reduction Act of 1995, I urge my colleagues to ponder one question: Do they support working senior citizens in this country, or do they support taxing our seniors out of the…

as the House considers the tax cut and spending cut bill later this week, I urge the American people to listen to the rhetoric of the two sides. Republicans believe cutting taxes is a way to give people back their money. Democrats believe…

I would like to clarify an important issue regarding title III of H.R. 956. This title incorporates the provisions of H.R. 753, the Biomaterials Access Assurance Act, a bill to ensure that adequate supplies of biomaterials are available to…

I have been involved in trying to work on product liability since I first came to Congress and certainly have looked forward to participating in this debate on the floor for many, many years. Last year I was the cosponsor with a gentleman…

Today, the American people will see who wants to do their business and who wants to give them the business. Today, we vote on the balanced budget amendment. Since any amendment requires two-thirds of the final vote, the fate of the…

Here is what the resolution says: ``That, for the purposes of any constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, the appropriate committees of the House and the Senate shall report to their respective Houses implementing legislation…

Yesterday, I along with Representative Bunning, Representative Kelly, Representative Thurman, and over 100 others introduced the Senior Citizens Equity Act, 1 of the 10 pieces of legislation proposed as part of the Contract With America…

there are two roads to health care reform. The partisan path is cluttered with extremist plans, conflicting ideologies, some stubborn chairmen, and far-off dreams. Every good intention, every brilliant idea, every necessary reform on this…

I come to the floor today to urge my colleagues to sign the discharge petition I am filing at the Speaker's table--Discharge Petition No. 18. The petition would allow Congress to consider H.R. 300, the Older Americans Freedom to Work Act…