It has been said, and I do not want to be redundant, but it is difficult to not want to pay homage to the soldiers, the foot soldiers in the battle against crime. We honor our veterans on Memorial Day. We have monuments and we have parades…

No, sir, not at all. My position is sometimes it is appropriate and sometimes it is not. This is inappropriate. So I simply suggest that we trust our committee. And, by the way, when we talk about cutting defense, I heard the other day…

I think the thing to remember is that we have a Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House and in the Senate. It is peopled by sensitive, patriotic, intelligent, budget-minded people. They have done their job. They have looked…

Mr. Chairman, there are not many of us, a narrow band of Members, but there are some on both sides of the aisle who feel that we mistreat in terms of cost-of-living allowances our Federal judiciary. Now, that is a poisonous subject in some…

But I would like to suggest that I think he proves too much when he refers to this bill as somehow hostile to the vibrancy, the vitality, the importance, the significance of the Federal judiciary. Just the opposite; it is an effort to make…

I yield to the gentleman's superior knowledge on marijuana. I simply would like to say that the rest of this bill deals with improvements in the Federal court system, abuses that can occur in class-action certifications, questions of…

But, nonetheless, the purpose of the three-judge court is a recognition of the significance of an entire State voting on a referendum, and giving it the added dignity of a three-judge court to set aside the expressed wish of perhaps…

I will restrain myself from quoting the well-known line about a foolish consistency, because I tend to agree with the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank). I think consistency is a virtue, and I do not have the time to point out…

First of all, we have a lot of conservatives who do not like foreign aid. And anything that reeks of the U.N. is tainted and that involves us overseas, and we ought not to get into those sort of entanglements. So we have a mountain to…

I do not intend to take the full 5 minutes, but I do want to say that I support the McCollum amendment. I have great respect and admiration for Mr. Sensenbrenner who has worked long and hard on this issue, and admirably so. It is…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 118, the Traffic Stops Statistics Act of 1997, was introduced by the ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers). This bill has bipartisan support and the support…

I think the War Powers Act is unconstitutional. I think it is a bad law. I thought so when Ronald Reagan was President... So, as far as I am concerned, there has been a double standard on this issue, just as there is on the independent…

the gentleman had an opportunity not to take the Washington name off of the Washington National Airport, but simply to add to it Ronald Reagan, and the gentleman did not like to do that. Also, just let me say, the gentleman is quite right…

I hate to prolong this debate, it has been prolonged too long, but there are some things that need to be said about the situation we find ourselves in. Mr. Chairman, I really feel badly about the fact that this bill is going to be voted on…

Mr. Speaker, contemplating the untimely death of our colleague and really our brother, Sonny Bono, forces us to confront the mystery of life and death. It makes us ask the question to which there is no answer in this lifetime: Why me…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the Record.

I believe is right, what is fair, what is appropriate, and what is demanded to address the consequences of the actions of President Clinton.

I submit that it will be extremely difficult to impeach and convict a President unless there is some consensus throughout the country and bipartisan support in Congress to do so.

s rights, rights which the President is sworn to protect. It is about a private citizen

I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Mr.

I ask you, how many of us have read this report that came to my office last night after the close of business?

I yield 2 minutes and 15 seconds to the gentleman from New York (Mr.

I think rather than an annual one-year listing of some 16,000, I think the more accurate statement would be that over the last 5 years some 16,000 people have been prosecuted for perjury in the State of California on a rising trend…

I think would be helpful to this body so that you will understand the dynamics that take place in the Senate.

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr.