Steve Buyer

Jack C. Montgomery, a Cherokee from Oklahoma, was one of five Native Americans who were awarded the highest military honor in the 20th century, the Medal of Honor, and a first lieutenant with the 45th Infantry Division, the Thunderbirds…

when I rose in March to tell this body of the outrageous acts committed against one grieving family in Indiana, I said that the great virtue of the American character is our compassion. It is our compassion and human decency that…

Mr. Reyes, you probably share the very same sense I do when you see the Patriot Guard Riders. And you know, one thing I want to comment to you, that I am proud about them, not only for taking an individual initiative, but also for their…

I rise today in support of well-considered legislation that will protect the sanctity of military funerals at national cemeteries and will protect the privacy of grieving families as they bury their precious loved ones who died in the…

this budget with regard to the funding of VA is derived from what I call the crucible of hard lessons. I chose to leave the Veterans' Affairs Committee to examine the budget modeling issues for the VA. A budget shortfall was exposed last…

I come to the House to address a national virtue, to address the proper tone and tenor of a Nation. It is outrageous, appalling and indecent for an American citizen to commit crimes and perversions against a family grieving at the loss of…

the completion of the Hoosier Heartland Corridor gets another step closer today with the House passage of the FY 2006 Transportation Appropriations conference report. For over thirteen years, I have worked with many others in a bipartisan…

Mr. Murtha, I apologize to you. I know you have a resolution. That is what I was referring to. I recognize we are debating Hunter, and I apologize to you, Mr. Murtha.

I have great respect for Mr. Murtha and Mr. Hunter. And I am uncomfortable when Mr. Murtha talks about one political party rallying round something. I do not want Republicans or Democrats rallying around anything. You moved me when I was…

We have. We have held three hearings. Part of the reason dealt with their modeling and their forecasting. For the 2005 budget, they used 2002 data, and they also had false assumptions. So we have informed them that they have every…

I would say everyone wants the modeling to be correct and for us to reestablish trust and confidence on our predictability of a budget number. When we do that, we bring purity to the process and OMB also brings trust and confidence. I…

the issue is accountability. The gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) touched on it and so did the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Wamp). The credibility must be rebuilt, and OMB is integral to this process. I have asked Secretary Nicholson…

I would say that my good friend from Texas's 1-minute is very unfortunate because, Chet, you and I are working together. We are working with your colleague, Chairman Walsh, to find the right number. And so to try to say that, gee, there is…

I can address the Chair, but I think we know who we are talking to. I am hopeful, Mr. Speaker, that the gentleman who just spoke will be very careful, because we are trying to work together to get the right number. I think it is an…

in 13 years I have seen a lot of amendments in subcommittee and in full committee and on the House floor. This one is a bit peculiar. I do not even, frankly, know what the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) is trying to say. I think it is…

I thank the chairman for the quality of his work, and I want to thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Edwards). We have had the opportunity to work over the years in the Committee on Armed Services, and we continue to work with them. I came…

this budget reflects our military values to ensure that health care for our service disabled, special needs and indigent veterans remain the highest priority of our Nation. With an increase of nearly $1 billion in discretionary spending…

some in the minority are obsessed with the vanity of power and they will hatchet the ethics process and people. I have taken down some of the words used here tonight by the minority: tarnish, gutted, subverted, destroyed, flawed, violated…

I join my colleagues here tonight because we are all deeply saddened by the loss of our former colleague and dear friend, Tillie Fowler. I first met Tillie in December of 1992. We were both of the newly elected class of the 103rd Congress…

The Miami Herald report, when they did their analysis and actually looked at the Civil Rights Commission, stated that in fact that report was overstated. They also in the Miami Herald's report analyzed and said there was no widespread…

I think this is an area we have to be pretty careful about. This is a very serious question, and, in fact, it raises grave constitutional questions that are unsettled, the principles of separation of power. But with that aside, it also…

Ronald Reagan's belief in the ideals of individual liberty reassured America to believe in itself and inspired people all over the world. Like a flower perfect in its bud and as it is in its bloom, it spreads its seeds before it dies. So…

I stand here an advocate of the military, and there is a tremendous pay gap; and every time we try to close that pay gap for the military, it has been hard because we come here to the floor, in the 12 years I have been here, and he says he…

this is excellent bipartisan legislation, not only between the Members of this body but also between the House and the Senate. This is a good compromise, not only with regard to major facility construction, whether it is to improve…

the measure before the House tonight, the conference agreement on the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, H.R. 1, is not a perfect bill. But, it is also not the bill that I opposed several months ago when the House first…