I speak in support of H.R. 99, a bill to extend the authorization for certain Federal Aviation Administration programs for 6 months, through September 30, 1999. However, I want to stress my support for H.R. 99 extends only to the bill as…

I think we are reluctant to be instructed by the Senate as to how to conduct our trial, but we are at their mercy; and so we have used the speech- and-debate clause to express ourselves to them, and we can only hope.

I believe the Constitution requires a trial, and it is up to the Senate to shape the contours of that, but I am hoping a trial would be a fair opportunity for us to present the evidence.

I do not know if I can make this speech, but I am going to try. Believe it or not, I have been very depressed about this whole proceeding. When I came to work yesterday, it really hit me what we were about to do. But after this morning, it…

And the Korean War. How much time did the gentleman spend in the prison camp in Hanoi or in Vietnam?

my colleagues of the People's House, I wish to talk about the rule of law. After months of argument, hours of debate, there is no need for further complexity. The question before this House is rather simple. It is not a question of sex…

the issues surrounding implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA), now nearly four years after enactment, have been especially vexing to law enforcement, the telecommunications industry, privacy…

I just want the record to be clear. My good friend the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt) talked about 60,000 pages that were released that were not reviewed or looked at. I want him to know, and I want everyone listening to know…

Franklin Roosevelt once said that ``the presidency is preeminently a place of moral leadership.'' I want my strong criticism of President Clinton to be placed in context. I voted for President Clinton in 1992 and 1996. I believed him to be…

I believe that this Nation sits at a crossroad. One direction points to the high road of the rule of law. Sometimes hard, sometimes unpleasant. This path relies on truth, justice, and the rigorous application of the principle that no man…

I am very sorry that the gentleman feels he is shortchanged in the debate. As the gentleman knows, under the rule and under the Rodino format, they were entitled to 1 hour. We doubled that. I did not think that was fair, but we could have…

saying good-bye is one of life's least pleasant tasks, especially when it is people you love, people you have grown to respect and count on. This year, and at the end of every Congress, we say good-bye to so many wonderful people. But…

Mr. Speaker, fundamental fairness is a phrase that has been bandied around here. I did not hear that much when one of the marvelous, articulate spokesmen for the administration declared war on Kenneth Starr; and that war is still going on…

This has been a moveable feast. The situation has changed from hour to hour, as everybody gets their input on how to do this. What we are talking about is reserving from immediate distribution supporting materials which we have been…

I think the Conyers amendment is inappropriate, but I do not disagree with the underlying thought, which is that independent counsels ought to be accountable. I go back to the Iran-Contra days when Elliot Abrams was destroyed by an…

If the version that the gentleman read is accurate, there is a lot of work for the Justice Department to do right down there where that happened.

Better that than to be killed. Give that little baby a chance to enjoy a Christmas sometime, to enjoy the love of somebody who can love that child. Mr. Chairman, let us give that little life the chance we had.

Mr. Chairman, once again the solution to a problem is death, kill somebody. If my colleague saw the movie, recent movie, Saving Private Ryan, there is a line in there where Tom Hanks, playing the captain in the infantry, says: ``Every time…

H.R. 2070, introduced by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon), is designed to give an added measure of protection to those Federal employees who work with or near prison inmates. This bill requires the testing of all inmates in the…

This is a soul-wrenching issue. Your passion, your commitment, is respected on my side, and certainly by me, and all I ask is that you respect our passion and our commitment, because people of goodwill can be on both sides of this issue…

I am certainly no expert in this field and campaign reform is a legitimate subject that needs attention and a lot of it. I would just say to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Houghton), my friend, that all that money spent on that election…

words are very inadequate to encompass the dimensions of this tragic event. Everybody is shocked by it. It is a tragedy of immense proportions. It is right that the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) and her colleagues bring this…

before I talk about the bill in chief, I would like to say parenthetically that I am a little disturbed at the controversy over whether or not I kept my word in asking for an open rule. I did ask for an open rule. It was not formally…

But really why we are here is to address perhaps a philosophical question as to the astonishing statement of the distinguished minority leader, that you cannot have healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy and free speech. That is a…

I appreciate being given this opportunity to talk on this very important issue. Essentially stripped of all the verbiage, this amendment seeks a couple of things: basically to permit and to guarantee a right to pray in schools and…