Jasper Packard

Mr. Speaker, the gift ban issue is a very serious issue. It certainly demands and deserves a great deal of debate. To put anything of this consequence, which consists of 51 pages of legislation into the confines of a very limited debate…

Mr. Speaker, it is pleasure to present the conference report on the 1996 legislative branch appropriations bill. This is the first 1996 appropriations bill to come out of conference, but there are a number close behind us. The conference…

Mr. Speaker, today, we in Congress, under the leadership of the Republican majority, have the opportunity to end business as usual in Government. We have the opportunity to prove to the American people that the change they voted for last…

I simply want to commend the committee chairman, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Myers] and the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bevill] for a very good bill, and on this issue I strongly urge the Members to resist the amendment and rise in…

Today, as a member of the Appropriations Committee, I am proud to offer our first down payment to balance the budget by 2002. Republicans made a promise to the American people; now, we are putting out money where our mouth is. As chairman…

Government imposed regulations chip away at the very cornerstone of our society--private property. It is time to stop Government's encroachment on our fifth amendment rights. Overzealous Federal regulations intrude on property owner rights…

for the past 40 years big government has ridden roughshod over our private property rights. The American people suffer the consequences as overzealous Federal bureaucrats administer costly, outdated regulations. Our Republican Contract…

Republicans are working hard to keep our Contract With America on track. We continue to keep our promises. We passed our crime package to take back our streets. Now we will work to restore our military. The best defense is a strong…

Republicans are keeping their promises and working to pass the Republican crime fighting agenda. Our message is clear. Criminal behavior will no longer be tolerated. Punishment must be certain, swift, and severe. Criminals are not victims…

Today we celebrate President Ronald Reagan's birthday. During his administration, President Reagan rekindled our Founding Fathers' guiding principles of limited government. In his inaugural speech President Reagan reminded Americans that…

after hearing the last remarks, the most scary scenario of all would be for us to continue to run this country into bankruptcy and then there are no programs that are going to get the benefit. Mr. Chairman, last November the American…

just like old wild west outlaws dodging the law, the Federal Government uses unfunded mandates to dodge responsibility for their expensive regulatory schemes. But the American taxpayer voted in a new sheriff, and we have a new weapon to…