I would like to begin by rising and thanking a number of people who are responsible for maybe one of the wisest and smartest investments that we will make in our Nation's children in this session of Congress. This is smart and wise because…

this bill is vague, broad and an indiscriminate ban on firearms in this country that leaves our Second Amendment rights in the hands of Federal bureaucrats. H.R. 4296 is not the bill we considered in 1991, and I urge my colleagues to vote…

I want to come to a better understanding of exactly the implications of this amendment. It is my understanding that the gentleman's amendment requires educational organizations to disclose certain information to students' parents prior to…

Mr. Speaker, I think it was the poet Shelly that said that children need to believe in belief. And I think what that means is that our children in America need to be able to believe in their dreams. They need to be able to believe in…

this is a tough choice. This is a very difficult vote. This is a $20 billion problem since I was elected in 1991, and if this passes, we will have had $20 billion roughly go for disaster assistance, drought assistance, Midwest flood, L.A…