during the Reagan-Bush Presidencies, the Democrats in Congress took the oversight responsibilities very seriously. During those years, Congress conducted hearings or investigations into 25 separate allegations of ethical or legal…

yesterday the people in the Sixth District of Oklahoma elected a Republican to represent them in Congress in a district that has a heavy Democrat registration. I wonder if the Democratic leadership in this House has any idea what the…

tonight we are considering a budget resolution for $1.5 trillion for fiscal year 1995. That plan was finalized only a few hours ago. The majority in this House on this side have waived the House budget rules requiring a 3-day layover so…

the Democrat leadership has decided to fix the Social Security system. The new fix is to raise your Social Security taxes and lower the benefits you receive. Your Government in Washington is on the job. The same one that brought you the…

I want everyone to know that there certainly is a disagreement among the Illinois delegation about the wiseness of the candidate in Illinois who wants to raise taxes. Also, there is a strong disagreement on the balanced budget amendment…

it comes as no surprise to some of us that have not been around here too long that the national debt is a rock around our neck. Now, poor judgment got us into that condition. That national debt has been growing since Harry Truman's time. I…

If we do not address the budgetary problems of this country as a whole, taking Social Security off budget will not do it. We will not have the funds for Social Security in a few years; that is the point. And yet you tell people, senior…

Because I think of our budget as a whole in this country and we have to look at it as a whole. When we start piecemealing it, that is when we get into trouble.

I understand under the budget of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich], the Republican initiative, that he assumes that there is going to be a 50-percent reduction in the special tax preference for ethanol, is that correct?

as we debate the budget today on the House floor, I urge my colleagues to ask the question: Which budget alternative meets the needs of the middle-class family? The Republican alternative has middle-class tax relief. The Democrat budget…

a little common sense in our Federal budget process might really go a long way. I know our constituents back home would approve. For the last 2 days we have been debating the nonbinding budget resolution. It is a blueprint though for our…