I have often asked from the well of this House a pretty basic question. That is, is it right, is it fair under our tax code, that 21 million married working couples with two incomes, a husband and wife who are both in the work force, pay…

I would like to offer a statement in support of the Defense Authorization Conference Report which includes a provision which is very important to a project in my district, the redevelopment of the Joliet Arsenal. First, I would like to…

I have an important question to ask, and that is what is the President going to do about the marriage tax penalty? Over the last 2 years, dozens of us in this House have asked the important question, is it right, is it fair, that under our…

as Ronald Reagan once said ``Here we go again.'' Whenever Republicans want to lower the tax burden on families, my friends on the other side of the aisle always say it is going to somehow hurt people when they lower their taxes. Now, where…

This past year, Mr. Speaker, I introduced H.R. 4190 and H.R. 4191, legislation which temporarily suspends duties on the importation of pharmaceuticals which inhibit cancer and the spread of HIV and AIDS. This is important legislation. It…

back home, when I am back home in the south side of Chicago, in the south suburbs, I get asked some pretty basic questions by the folks back home. I had a really pretty good one asked to me just this past week. They say, it is our…

This gentleman said, you folks in Washington, you have so much extra money right now, that surplus, over $2 trillion over the next 10 years in extra money, why does the President want to increase taxes? Why does the President say we need…

When the President is calling for 120 new government programs, maybe the question we should ask is, who is going to pay for that? Clearly, in his budget he says that we should take $250 billion out of the social security trust fund and we…

the President wants to pay for these 120 new programs by dipping into the Social Security trust fund. We see the young men and women many of us know back home in our home communities, just graduating from high school, they are in college…

So I was in South Holland, Illinois with about 400 senior citizens. We had a discussion before we hooked up with the President. It was almost like the Wizard of Oz. There was this big screen, and there was the President's big smile. But…

I represent a pretty diverse district. I represent the south side of Chicago and the south suburbs in Cook and Will Counties, bedroom communities like the town of Morris, where I live, as well as a lot of corn fields and farm towns…

Do the American people feel that it is right, that it is fair, that married working couples pay higher taxes under our tax code just because they are married? Do the Americans feel that it is right that 21 million average working married…

I represent a very diverse district. I represent part of the City of Chicago in the south suburbs and Cook and Will Counties. And when one represents a diverse district of city and suburbs and country, he listens, he listens for common…

Is it right, is it fair that under our Tax Code that our Tax Code discriminates against married, working couples by forcing married, working couples to pay higher taxes just because they are married? Is it right that under our Tax Code…

I rise to really announce some good news, and that is we are ready to make progress on some unfinished business, and that is the issue of eliminating discrimination against married working couples. My colleagues, let us ask a few…

Mr. Speaker, this trade bill before us I would like to note includes two important provisions from H.R. 4190 and H.R. 4191, legislation I introduced last year, which suspends duties on the importation of pharmaceuticals which inhibit…

As I look back over the last 2 years, I am so proud of the accomplishments of this Congress, proud of what we have achieved in just the last few short years, accomplishments that include balancing the budget for the first time in 28 years…

It is hard to believe after two long, hard-working years that the 105th Congress is now coming to a close. I thought I would just take a few minutes and look back over the 105th Congress and talk about, frankly, some of the accomplishments…

I am pleased to be here in support of what is very, very important legislation, legislation that is intended to protect children from those who would prey on them using the latest technology. The Child Protection and Sexual Predator…

I look back over the last 2 years, and I have listened to a lot of rhetoric on the left side. And coming from the left there are a lot of those who have said, they just cannot do it. Two years ago, they said, Republicans cannot balance the…

Mr. Speaker, it is time for action. Frankly, it is time that we give a wakeup call to the White House. While steelworkers in Illinois and across this country are losing their jobs, the Clinton administration does nothing. Tonight, the…

I have often listened to the debate in these Chambers. Sometimes I feel like I am in a schoolyard where we have fourth-graders taunting each other back and forth, saying my program is better than yours, and you are a bad guy because you…

I think one good point to make, I was of course walking down the street in Joliette the other day and the President had just given a little talk, and, of course, he said we should not "squander" was his term the surplus on anything except…

The gentleman has brought up a really good point. As we have shared many times in our conversations, we have talked about our districts and the good people we have the privilege of representing, I represent a really diverse district, the…

I meet on a regular basis with a group of women entrepreneurs in the south suburbs, and they made a point to me that I took to heart, a lesson. They said when you think about small business issues, small business issues are women's issues…