Mark Souder

this is a truly historic debate on the difference of philosophy of government. We agree on much of what's in this bill. In fact, my friend from Texas, Congressman Ron Paul, is a purist, capitalist, libertarian, but in fact, we've always…

I want to make just two brief points. One is Vancouver, when they were first looking at it because of their at that time rising AIDS rates, which were not nearly as high at D.C., had a similar plan, or met with similar people from the…

The point is, we have debated this in multiple ways, we had faith-based debates. We had the debate the other day on international family planning. Money is fungible, and it's very difficult to sort out which is which when it's this big…

as my friend from Wisconsin knows my issue on this commitment goes far beyond the District of Columbia. This doesn't have anything to do with the goal of being a city council member in the District of Columbia. I believe any type of…

First off, we have quoted study after study on this House floor, indirect studies contracted out by different people at different times have, in fact, proven different things depending on what you want to try to prove. The net impact of it…

this debate has been crystal clear. You know, at times we've kind of passed over each other, but it isn't about abortion. I also want to thank the gentlelady for putting clauses on abortion in the bill. And it's not about family planning…

Mr. Chairman, I believe that what the chairman was referring to was a general account of the things that I referred to which were inside the general account. I am not trying to cut funding for personnel. There is $8 million in the bill for…

I agree with that. My question then would be, given what we've been hearing and we have been suggested and it is all over that this amount just happens to be the amount that was proposed for the lease and that it's intended for a lease…

Mr. Chairman, H.R. 2638, as currently written, prohibits the use of funds for additional unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, until the Customs and Border Patrol informs the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that their use is…

Ever since we created the Department of Homeland Security, we have had a problem of what to do with our air assets. This amendment would hold $100 million from the Customs and Border Protection, CBP, Air and Marine interdiction…

I would like them to be accountable to Congress because they have not resolved how they are going to move and deal with Air and Marine assets related to ICE and investigations. They sometimes have even sent helicopters where we needed a…

I want to point out a tremendous irony that is happening here in the Capitol Building today. In the other body, the President of the United States has come over to lobby for an immigration bill and the other body is considering this. Yet…

I have been spent much of my congressional career working narcotics, immigration and terrorism issues on the border, particularly as narcotics coordinator in Congress. I worked this even before 9/11. In the year 2002, we issued the most…

I thank Mr. Smith for his leadership on this motion to recommit and his long-standing leadership in the Judiciary Committee, and for including the Personal Protection Act in our motion to recommit. This has been passed by the House in two…

it is now March 1, the third month since the Democrat Party took over Congress. For the first 2 months, after campaigning on a platform of reform, after years of complaining about alleged unfair process abuse by Republicans, Americans have…

well, renaming things does not change the facts. A few minutes ago we just heard that somehow the Pledge of Allegiance has something to do with banning secret ballots, and that somehow those of us who favor private elections and secret…

as much as I appreciate my friend from New Jersey's comments, in the committee we had a different amendment which said that nobody hired in the last 30 days before an election could vote, and then we wouldn't have had to be discriminatory…

I voted to support this war because I believe Iraq presented a direct threat to the United States. Iraq had, was developing, and was attempting to develop weapons of mass destruction. Iraq was, at a minimum, cooperating with the funding…

Today the House passed H.R. 1245, the Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of which I am a co-sponsor. This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a national campaign to increase the awareness…

I would like to make several points: First off, that committee staff knows there are elections every 2 years, too. I was a staff director in the minority before we became the majority and when the ranking member changed, all staff loses…

H.R. 5697, the Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act, was introduced in June by Representatives Richard Pombo and Jon Porter to ensure that Federal wildland firefighters receive the recognition that they deserve in the Federal…

From the very beginning, the United States has been changed for the better by its citizens of Irish descent. Nineteen Presidents, including George Washington, and at least eight signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Irish…

This is a very comprehensive bill. It includes many programs that Members are familiar with in their districts but they may not have realized was under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. One is the Counterdrug Technology…

I would first like to thank Government Reform Chairman Tom Davis and Ranking Member Henry Waxman for working with us in the Drug Policy Subcommittee and gaining their support and assistance in passing this bipartisan bill. It is tough to…

This bipartisan bill was drafted just to deal with the rules-setting organizations, the rules of play. And the chairman of the committee, whom I thank for bringing this bill up, and the members of the committee were working together to try…