No, I certainly cannot, except I suppose one might say that those who may be out there now serving this small business community do not want the competition, and I can understand that.

They did not agree with our view of the legislation. Yes, that is quite true. But the time has come where I have tried to point out the 43 million people who have to go out into the regular indemnity insurance market, for instance, which…

I have never found that to be the case with you. I have found that what you see is what you get in Jerry Solomon. You know exactly where you do stand and basically that means that here is a man who is very interested in serving people…

I cannot think of anybody who has as much moral authority to speak on educational matters than the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling) who was a teacher and a principal all of his life. He has stood for quality education, and I hope…

I rise in some reluctant opposition here because I believe that the section 501 codification of the Beck decision in this bill is a poison pill. It simply does not do what it does state that it does. It states that it predicates a…

Again, no, they are not. The legislation's more explicit internal and external review procedures under ERISA are not intended to expand or contract existing provisions of law. Therefore, it is not intended to have any impact on pending…

The more explicit internal and external review provisions under this new legislation do not and are not intended to expand or contract existing ERISA law. Therefore, these new procedures do not and are not intended to affect whether or the…

This is precisely why in all of those instances where exemptions are granted, nothing like this has ever been put into the Fair Labor Standards Act. I want to add also that the gentleman from New York (Mr. Owens) actually is extending the…

Mr. Chairman, it all depends on how we look at legislation like this, whether we see opportunities, as I see, or whether we see a lot of limitations, as I gather the gentleman from New York (Mr. Owens) does see. But this legislation, I do…

I have also heard it said this week that union salting is protected by the United States Supreme Court in its unanimous 1995 Town and Country decision, and that title I seeks to overturn this case which held that union organizers are…

Mr. Chairman, H.R. 3246, the Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act is a pro-employee, pro-employer, pro-labor organization bill that is also good for the economy and good for the American taxpayers. Having introduced last session…

Mr. Speaker, we have four bills here that are included in one termed the Fairness for Small Business Act. From my viewpoint, and I think when we have the debate here we will find that we have relatively benign and very reasonable…

The Supreme Court in Town & Country made it very clear that an employer, in dealing with an applicant, has to treat that applicant, even though the applicant is a member of a labor union and even though he may be a paid employee of a labor…

I hope we can clarify what the issues are. I think I showed up in the wrong room. We are arguing about things that have nothing to do with the legislation that we have before us, and we are being accused of union bashing and all that; and…

The definition of a bona fide applicant, we tried to bend over backwards by saying it is somebody who basically is there who really does not want to work there, he is primarily there in furtherance, primarily, the motivation is in…

I simply want to make it very, very, very clear that we do not in this legislation say that the employer has any right to discriminate against an applicant because the applicant is a member of a union. We make it clear that the Supreme…

So under H.R. 3246, Mr. Chairman, even organizers are not prohibited from getting jobs.

You have mentioned this 50 percent test several times. Who would determine what the level is of a applicant's motivation to work for the employer?

I simply want to take this occasion, along with my colleague from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus), to extend my best wishes to Lithuanian Americans all across this land. And most especially, I would extend those warm regards to the Lithuanian…

I do, indeed, have some troubling thoughts about this bill--H.R. 2746, the HELP Scholarship Act--though obviously well intentioned. The bill is presented as "Parental Choice," but that choice is obviously conditioned upon the right of…

Mr. Speaker I am pleased today to rise to seek passage of Senate 1227, legislation which amends title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, known as ERISA, to permit investment advisors registered with State securities…

I rise in opposition once again to the Markey amendment. This amendment would zero out an appropriation of $20 million for a very important ongoing environmental nuclear waste reduction research program which is being conducted by the…

I rise in support of the Impact Aid Technical Amendments to H.R. 914. I have long been a supporter of the Impact Aid Program, and I believe these amendments add necessary clarifications to ensure the integrity of the section 8002 funding…

I represent several school districts in my district back in Illinois which receive section 8002 funds, and I am very concerned that an amendment, or the amendment that was affixed to this bill in the Senate would essentially provide that a…