Jasper Packard

I do share the gentleman's concerns, and I also understand and recall the amendment that was offered, and I believe the amendment was offered in full committee with the best interests of the GAO and the new Comptroller General in mind…

I think I need to correct one misunderstanding that apparently the gentleman has got in this amendment. We are cutting this year 2.2 percent in addition to last year's cuts of 9.5 percent. We are not increasing 1-point-something percent at…

this is not a Republican Internet system. This is a bipartisan, bicameral system. The Members of the CyberCongress roster, the Internet Caucus roster, is made up of 50 Members of the House and Senate on both sides of the aisle, and they…

Section 208 allows the Library of Congress to request that funds from the five-line-item appropriations funding the Library of Congress be shifted to meet its needs. The Books for the Blind Program is one of these five line items, but of…

this amendment was accepted last year and I would certainly be anxious to accept it this year. It expresses the very intent of our bill, and that is to return these funds to the Treasury. It is the intent of the committee bill. It is the…

I think our job as appropriators is to appropriate the funds necessary to run Government, and that is what we are doing in my bill and that is what we are doing in the other bills. Certainly I am not suggesting that we shut the Government…

it would be of interest to the Congress to note that in this bill, we have provided funds for a study that would help to determine whether the GPO would be better off contracting out or privatizing the printing of the daily journal. So we…

My personal observation is that there is bipartisan agreement that shutting down the Government is not a good procedure, and I think we will use every effort to avoid that, and I assume we will avoid that. I think, speaking directly to the…

Mr. Chairman, as an early supporter of efforts to eliminate the Interstate Commerce Commission and to deregulate the motor carrier industry, I am committed to eliminating needless regulatory and paperwork burdens on that industry. As we…

There is nothing magic about the age 60. It is strictly an arbitrary age. We can pick 59, we can pick 50 or 70. It is arbitrary. People are living longer and more productive lives. All common carrier planes have to have at least two…

I am not opposed to the project. I have discussed this at length with San Diego people. I think that it is a good project. The rail line, this San Diego & Arizona Eastern rail corridor at some point in the future, I hope, will be open. I…

Reclaiming my time, it simply would mean that there was no assurance that San Diego would get these funds or have them accessible for a loan guarantee. Second, if it was competitive and thus divided among many projects, it would help no…

there are two things, in response, if I can reclaim my time. First, is we have required offsets for every transfer of funds. This amendment is not accompanied by offsets. Second, I recognize that this is a good way to fund these kinds of…

today we will take up the most pro-victim bill Congress has considered in almost a decade. H.R. 2703 establishes tough new statutes to allow Federal law enforcement officials to combat and punish acts of domestic and international…

few things are scarier than getting into a dispute with the IRS. They truly believe that they are above the law and all too often taxpayers have no recourse. During April, working Americans struggle to fill out complicated U.S. tax forms…

One, it is better that the children of illegals not go to gangs, better to have them in the classroom. The last thing that illegal children want to do is to be picked up and arrested, because they will be sent home and they do not want…

I rise in support of H.R. 2202, the Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1996. This act is one of the most important pieces of legislation this Congress will consider this year. Illegal immigration impacts my State of California…

illegal immigration hits my district harder than just about any other in the country. It is estimated that more than 43 percent of all illegal immigrants reside in California-- and there may be many more. Today we face a major crisis…

the claim that this amendment intrudes on our civil rights is a bogus argument. We see people in the grocery lines, at the cash register, and we never hear them complain about having to have calls made to verify their checks before they…

as a cosponsor of H.R. 497, The National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act, I would like to encourage all of my colleagues, both Democrat and Republican to support the establishment of such a commission. With the recent explosion…

the language, we worked hard to get the appropriate language in this bill. The language simply authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to consummate the sale under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, but it does not…

today we take up economically targeted investments [ETI's]. Those who support ETI's represent they are safe, prudent ways to encourage investments in low-income housing, infrastructure, and business. However, nothing could be further from…

There has been some concern, particularly by the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs, that our bill would change the reduction in force of GAO as it affects, as it might affect, veterans' preference. We have discussed this with Mr. Buyer…

I simply want to take time to clarify two issues that have been mentioned several times. Last year we did pass a gift ban bill. It was not this gift ban that is being proposed. Totally different. This one is 51 pages long. I have not read…

The subcommittee recognizes that the bipartisan Building Commission may need some flexibility in fulfilling its goal of consolidating office space, including eliminating split suites. It is not the intent of the subcommittee to prohibit…