Timothy Roemer

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…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to the Owens-Kildee amendment to the Drug-Free Schools and Community Act and in support of the Barrett-Roemer amendment. While I appreciate the interest of both gentlemen in putting together good…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment, and I do so for two reasons. First of all, I think that in an effort to save us $10 million, this will ultimately cost us more money, both in terms of complementing, first…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment, and I do so for two reasons. First of all, I think that in an effort to save us $10 million, this will ultimately cost us more money, both in terms of complementing, first…

Reclaiming my time, which I do not have a lot of left, I would say this needs to be targeted. This need to be targeted to at- risk children who will drop out if not provided with the Follow Through assurances in this kind of transition…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 6 and would begin my comments by heaping accolades on the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee] and his staff and the entire staff of the Committee on Education and Labor for their hard work and…

I am very concerned about the NASA budget. It is going down this year, and it will be flat for the next 5 years. This year, it represents a $250 million cut. There are no new initiatives in the NASA budget, and we are represented by that…

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…