I rise in support of welfare reform. The current welfare system is in desperate need of reform. For public aid recipients trapped in the system, for those who exploit the welfare system, and for the taxpayers who foot the bills, an…

Members on both sides have strongly held feelings about this issue, but consider this simple fact situation: A Federal employee who is a woman works late, goes to her car at night, is attacked and brutally raped. She goes home to her…

I oppose the position of the gentleman from Mississippi and I would like to make it clear to the Chair what is at issue here with this amendment. Several years ago, this Congress adopted legislation which allows people who have been…

I would like a clarification on that, because under the existing language of the bill, the courts are only restricted in granting these applications for rearming felons for three specific categories. With my amendment we would eliminate…

one of the miracles of our generation is in vitro fertilization. A husband and wife unable to have a child through this discovery are able to join together the sperm and the egg in a glass dish and create an embryo that is implanted in the…

I would say that if I misinterpreted the gentleman's position, it may have been because of the vote in the committee. When my amendment came up before the committee, there was not a single Republican supporting the amendment which I have…

This amendment which I offer restores $1.5 million for the Environmental Protection Agency for a program known as the Toxic Release Inventory. To put this in layman's terms, we are talking about chemicals. We all understand from our human…

I do believe that this amendment is shortsighted, and I believe what it attempts to do really is not in the best interests of protecting our environment.

let me join the chorus of Chicagoans, Illinoisans, and fans everywhere in saluting our world champion Chicago Bulls. The Seattle Supersonics were a worthy team, but 1996 was the year of the Bulls: a regular season record of 72 victories, a…

Mr. Chairman, let me thank my colleagues, particularly the gentleman from New Mexico, for his patience. I think this has been an important debate. It has gone on longer than any other debate on this bill, but, frankly, I think the issue at…

I would note one fact that was brought up early in the debate, there are 1,500 legal crops in the United States, only 60 of the 1,500 are covered by crop insurance. There are many things the gentleman and I could grow that would not even…

I would defy all my friends on the side of tobacco today to stand up and say that was the wrong decision. It was the right decision. No one, no one would consider turning back the hands of the clock to the day when people could smoke on an…

behind me on this podium, you may not be able to see it, carved into the wood, are nothing short of tobacco leaves. The people who designed this Chamber 100 years ago thought that this was such an important part of the American political…

I do not want Congress to put itself in a role of making scientific decisions, but I do believe that we want the very best and we want an objective decision which will, frankly, help all wheat growers. Finally, let me say this should…

some 1,500 different crops are grown in the United States of America. The Department of Agriculture gives 60 of those 1,500 crops special treatment. For those crops, those 60 crops, we have many programs, including the Crop Insurance…

let me say to my friend, the farmer from Flatbush, that he really should get out into the real world of agricultural competition. I know he stays close at home in Brooklyn and in New York. But had he joined me in a visit to Asia, he might…

Today is the day of the ``great escape.'' The presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, Robert Dole, is leaving the U.S. Senate after 35 years of service on Capitol Hill. As a loyal Democrat, let me first salute Mr. Dole. His service to…

I rise in support of assistance to Israel in the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1997. The legislation before us today includes the President's full request for assistance to Israel, including economic support funds…

Most people, when they hear the budget for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, think in terms of farmers and ranchers and do not think about the other major responsibilities of the department. The gentleman from New Mexico [Mr. Skeen]…

I do not want to see a single penny wasted. I do not want to see a single taxpayer's dollar misused for political purposes or otherwise. But does the gentleman realize in titles I and II we have over $1 billion being spent by this country…

Let me reclaim my time. I think the gentleman has made his point. I think the gentleman needs to take the time to read what is done with the title III money. The gentleman will understand that when you spread $29 million over the poorest…

This amendment is about a matter of fundamental principle that any nation that asks for aid from the American people must not, in turn, deny aid to its neighbors. This fundamental principle was enacted into law last year when Congress…

Mr. Chairman, I hope this amendment will receive bipartisan support. What we are trying to address in this amendment is a very serious life- and-death problem in public housing across America. Several weeks ago I was taken on a tour of the…

We are trying to establish a national uniform standard that illegal firearms in public housing and the illegal discharge of those firearms is against the law.

I offer an amendment which prohibits the possession of illegal firearms, illegal firearms, in public housing, and it is being resisted by the Republican majority. Illegal firearms. Do we want to end crime in this country with sensible gun…