Mark Souder

I believe if most Members actually looked at this bill, there is just no defensible rationale to be against it. It is something that is often under the radar. One of the good things about the district of my colleague, the gentleman from…

this President has had few things as defining in his career as the principle of contracting out and not having things be done by the Federal Government that can be done by entrepreneurial, private sector people. He did that his first term…

The extraordinary thing here is that if they can meet these standards, that the Federal procurement officers would like to do this. And they are doing this, as he has so eloquently pointed out, that they do not have OSHA, the Occupational…

I know the gentleman is a little more liberal than I am in some of this. I do not believe they should be competing at all. It is particularly absurd to say that they are going to get a price advantage, and they get the regulations relaxed…

We are about to mark up in the Committee on Government Reform a new defense procurement act, as is Armed Services; and I am trying to understand, again, as the Department of Defense came and talked with those of us on the committee last…

We do not know the way this is going. People in my hometown who have worked all their career building furniture, all of a sudden are put out from somebody from Federal Prison Industries. It shows graphically, if one visualizes it, what if…

on Veterans Day 2000 I was privileged to lead a CODEL to the beaches of Normandy. At that time it was very moving to meet with a number of French mayors, be at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach cemeteries, to visit some of their local cemeteries…

first I think it is important that we review why we are in Colombia. Colombia is in our hemisphere and we cannot let it be overtaken by the narcoterrorists. Violence there in Colombia is primarily because of U.S. and European drug…

it is with a heavy heart I stand before you today. Near An Nasiriyah, Iraq, Marine Lance Corporal David K. Fribley, from Atwood, Indiana, and seven of his fellow Marines were killed in the opening march of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Reports…

Mr. Speaker, last year, northeast Indiana had one of the highest rates of West Nile virus in the country, a total of 157 probable cases. Not being swampland or having the traditional problems of the South and Southeast, we were taken by…

last May, the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on human cloning. The subcommittee was informed that research cloning of humans was unnecessary due to the exciting medical breakthroughs…

I rise completely opposed to this amendment, which is basically a masquerade to go back to the days of old when you could stay in school forever. You could not take a job unless it paid just the amount you wanted, even though many people…

I rise deeply disappointed. I am a strong supporter of bankruptcy reform. I was a former retailer and business person, and many of my supporters are in support of this. I cannot believe that we are here on the floor debating this today and…

first I want to say thanks to the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, who is in the unenviable position of getting battered by everybody all of the time. I appreciate that of the cardinals and our appropriators. On the one hand…

today the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight unanimously approved the report of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources titled ``Federal Law Enforcement at the Borders and Ports of Entry,'' the most…

we have many, many difficult and complex issues that we each face every day. We just heard from the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), my friend and colleague, about war. Most of us spend probably the majority of our time, or at least the…

the question in Alaska overruled what was, in my opinion, at least, what my former employer intended to say, that the Alaska Supreme Court struck down the conscience clauses applied to the hospital, holding that there was no compelling…

I believe the media campaign is one of our only national programs that we have to try to reduce demand for illegal drugs, and I appreciate the efforts of the gentleman from Georgia as well as other members of our subcommittee to try to…

I personally find this a very difficult issue. On one hand, I think it should be abundantly clear that gambling is corroding the fundamental moral fabric of our Nation, as hard work is being disconnected from financial success. We see more…

first, I do not want to be appearing to be joining the minority whining session. I certainly have a legitimate complaint in the bill because mine was actually a technical correction. The technical corrections bill is supposed to be mostly…

I apologize for missing my earlier time slot. We were meeting with President Uribe of Colombia, the President-elect of Colombia, and we were very encouraged with his words on how he plans to address terrorism inside Colombia…

last week the hearings began on the new Department of Homeland Security. Yesterday my Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources held a hearing titled ``Homeland Security Reorganization: What Impact on Federal Law…

I think the first fundamental question here is do we have a compelling national interest. When we look at an issue like this, if we do not have a compelling national interest in Colombia, where would we have a compelling national interest…

the problem with this standard and, of course, somebody can take it to court if they do not think they filed in good faith, but the fact is that the burden of proof at the time of the actual what is going on at the border, the officer has…

The sponsor of this legislation, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Gilchrest), the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans chairman, has been working on this issue for many years. In fact, in 1998 Congress enacted a law…