Today I am introducing legislation to amend the budget rules as they apply to trade agreements so that a more accurate accounting of revenue collected by the Federal Government may be used to offset lost revenues resulting from 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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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?

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…

amending the Constitution is no small affair. But then again, neither is our national debt. Eliminating this enormous deficit requires drastic action. Even something as drastic as amending the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, I urge every single…

I believe a little common sense would go a long way in our Nation's Capital if the Congress would just use it. Madam Speaker, the people in the 15th District of Illinois, and, yes, I believe people throughout America overwhelmingly…

what is going on at the White House? After a series of critical errors by the President's staff regarding the Whitewater affair, Mr. Clinton blamed Republicans for fomenting hysteria. This is like blaming the other team when you fumble the…

Mr. Speaker, I do not normally suggest that we amend our Constitution, but it is simply time to adopt a balanced budget amendment. It is time that the Congress kicked the addictive habit of deficit spending and do what every hard-working…

I rise in strong support of the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Armey amendment to exempt all nonpublic school teachers from the certification requirement included in H.R. 6, the reauthorization of the Elementary and…

President Clinton's new health plan will spawn 105 new bureaucracies, expand 40 more existing bureaucracies, crush the American people with scores of new tax burdens, and promote more than 100 new regulations to muddle an already fuzzy…

The GATT Pact provisions set a new and unnecessary standard for industrial policy which is troubling to many Members. The GATT Pact, as approved by the Clinton administration, will increase Government subsidies by the European Common…

the President glossed over the biggest tax increase in history. I do not think we ought to let that happen without reminding the American people that there was a lot more in that tax increase than just an increase on wealthy Americans…