Mark Souder

I am not necessarily known as ``Mr. Internationalist.'' In fact, I authored with the gentleman from New Hampshire [Mr. Zeliff] an amendment that said unless Mexico worked harder in this effort, that we were going to cut off funding and…

He is a real hero in our books. I think we are all very impressed when we left, and we told him that. And I think the other thing that we have to look at, an AID program and foreign policy programs need to be geared toward economic…

first I want to agree with the earlier speaker that this amendment is actually not needed. We in the House had already protected life of the mother, but in the new language, "necessary to save the life of the mother whose life is…

I, reluctantly voted for the previous question in spite of my desire to support the Senate gift ban. I personally have implemented the Senate gift ban in my office. While the golf and tennis trips worth thousands of dollars to Members…

I favor tax cuts for the American families. I believe American families can do more for themselves than the Government. Mr. Speaker, the American people devote 5.4 billion hours and $232 billion every year to comply with the United States…

the Cato Institute estimates that spending on welfare programs by all levels of government runs over $35,000 for every family of four below the poverty line. But it is painfully obvious that the average poor family does not even come close…

Today should be a glorious day for America. We hope to pass, in one day, a law that will cut taxes, releasing the engine of economic--dynamic economic growth and giving parents the freedom to make decisions for their own children. It will…

the HHS questionnaire, which I did not get into detail, had similar questions on how many people did you have sexual intercourse with? This is a middle school survey. During your life how many people have you had sexual intercourse with…

I also read, in response to the gentleman from California [Mr. Horn], some questions that were in a Federal HHS survey that asked ``Have you ever had sexual intercourse? How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time…

I am an elected Member of Congress. I do not appreciate that I have been hearing, in 'Dear Colleagues,' in the Rules Committee and on the floor that it was a staff-directed request. I had a survey problem in my district as I will bring…

I stand in support of H.R. 1271, but I believe it must be strengthened to accomplish our objective of protecting family privacy. This amendment is in response to concerns of parents around the country about federally funded questionnaires…

I rise to pay tribute to the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Many have called our new freshman class the children of the Reagan revolution or the real Reagan revolution. Ideologically, this is true. We are committed to…

I am most concerned that most of the agreements that are made wind up with tax increases because the spending cuts are not real. Is it possible to give another possibility of how this could evolve? While I think the tax increases could be…