This bill authorizes the establishment of a new radio service for Afghanistan. The new service will be called Radio Free Afghanistan and will broadcast in the Dari and Pashtu languages. The legislation provides the Broadcasting Board of…

I am pleased to call up the resolution to welcome President Musharraf on his most important visit to Washington. Pakistan has been in the forefront of the war on terrorism, and their efforts to assist the United States have been essential…

we did have hearings, I would say to the gentleman from Michigan, on December 4. We had two of the inspectors who were over and were shut out by Saddam Hussein, and a lady expert on arms control from the Clinton administration. So we had…

I have heard the same arguments made, or I have read about them in the twenties and the thirties, that our borders are all we need to worry about, and do not worry what happens in Europe. During the twenties and thirties, that is what we…

once again the United States has an opportunity, and the responsibility, to lead the world in confronting one of the most compelling humanitarian and moral challenges facing us today. I speak of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, a crisis unparalleled…

well, this has been a stimulating debate, and it has been educational. I would like to respond as much as I can to some of the critics of the resolution. My good friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell), describes a resolution…

the Palestinian involvement in the atrocity of last Saturday is mentioned, because this focuses on what happened in Jerusalem, when 26 women and children and men were killed and 1,200 were injured. That is what we are talking about. Mr…

this bill calls upon the NATO alliance to agree to a robust second round of enlargement at its summit meeting in Prague late next year. The bill does not call for the admission of any specific country to NATO, but is broadly supportive of…

it is with a sense of profound sadness and a touch of nostalgia and deep admiration that I take the floor today to speak about a man who served his country and this House with vigor distinction. Jerry Solomon was a man who took the concept…

Madam Speaker, the pending bill permits the President to scrape from the hull of a great ship, the foreign relations law of the United States, some of the barnacles that prevent us from aiding our ally, Pakistan. It is an appropriate…

Madam Speaker, of the United States' many formal relationships around the world, our alliance with Australia is among the most important and enduring. This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of that alliance, one which I am pleased to…

Mr. Speaker, this is a fateful moment in our Nation's history and in the history of this Chamber. Once again, we have been awakened to the reality that we have mortal enemies. They do not desire compromise. They are not interested in…

if adopted, the motion would seek to reimpose on the President the restrictions of the War Powers Resolution with regard to consultation with Congress and will impose new reporting requirements that go well beyond those contained in the…

Six decades ago, Sir Winston Churchill wrote words that are just as salient today as they were then: ``Civilization will not last,'' he wrote, ``freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind…

Mr. Speaker, I think all of us send our condolences and prayers out to every American family that was harmed by this cowardly act to our Nation. We want the victims to know that none of them is alone. Every American grieves with them. We…

I strongly support H.R. 2833, the Viet Nam Human Rights Act. [...] This bill makes clear that progress towards freedom and democracy will continue to be a central theme of U.S. foreign policy toward Vietnam.

Just over 1 year ago, on July 2, 2000, an extraordinary event took place. In a single day the people of Mexico peacefully ended 7 decades of one-party rule with their votes. Tomorrow, the man they elected as their president, Vicente Fox…

Access to the courts is a legal element. Sometimes there is standing, sometimes there is not. I think that there is an issue here to be looked at. There is some law here, law of treaties, but I have no problem with the court adjudicating…

I just think it is inartfully done in the gentleman's amendment. He seeks to inhibit the government from filing any motion. There are lots of other pleadings and litigation besides a motion. There is an answer, there are interrogatories…

I agree with everything my friend said, except he wants them to have a day in court, but he also does not want the Government to be permitted to participate. The gentleman's amendment says no motion denying this or that; an open door to…

I do not intend to ascribe cowardice or lack of patriotism to people who disagree with me, although I listened to the last speaker ask, where are the patriots? I could direct him to some. Try Bob Stump who lied about his age so he could…

It is a great pleasure to take the floor today not only to support the naming of a Post Office Building, but to celebrate the public service of a truly dedicated man. Naming the Post Office Building in Roanoke is the least we can do to…

three weeks ago, I received two conflicting messages regarding the situation in Sudan. One was a May 24 press release from the Sudanese embassy announcing, with great fanfare, that the Government of Sudan had taken ``a unilateral step…

I speak in defense of millions of people who are offended by having their tax dollars coercively spent to facilitate abortions, and that is the state of the bill now with the Lee amendment. My amendment strikes the Lee amendment and makes…

I want to lend my unqualified support for the Tancredo amendment. There are one or two organizations in the world we do not have to join and do not have to subsidize to survive, and one is certainly UNESCO. $65 million a year at least for…