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This morning as we sang the ``Battle Hymn of the Republic,'' one line has indelibly burned into my mind as I contemplate this vote: ``As he died to make men holy, let us die to make them free.'' We have had unprecedented death and grief in…
our American revolutionary soldiers traipsed through the snow 225 years ago, and it was noted that their tracks could be found by the blood in the snow. Thomas Paine said, ``These are the times that try men's souls.'' September 11, 2001…
Mr. Chairman, it is written in the Bible that without vision the people shall perish. Certainly vision in our great society means technology and science. It means that bright, shining star in space that is our Space Station. But vision…
I simply say they have $42 billion, $42 billion, to decide what to do to build a safe and scientifically worthwhile space station.
Every time we have engaged these other countries in trying to help us, like the Russians, we end up paying for everything they were supposed to pay for. It is yet another cost overrun for us.
Mr. Chairman, I would start off by explaining to this prestigious body what this amendment does do and what it does not do. First of all, what it does not do: it does not eliminate funding for the Space Station. This is not a killer Space…
The amendment states they shall not exceed an authorized bill for a cap; they cannot go over what we have already approved and passed as a Congress and been signed into law for a cap. And then it says do not jeopardize the lives of the…
The first part of the amendment, as the gentleman knows, simply states what the United States Senate has passed as a cap for what can be spent according to the authorization levels for both launch and construction costs.
In the Microenterprise Loans for the Poor Program, this is an exemplary program that is innovative, that works off a revolving loan basis, that regenerates money, and helps the poorest of the poor people help themselves out of poverty. It…
Mr. Speaker, as a person that strongly believes that our religious and faith-based organizations have an important and vital role in potentially helping us solve problems, particularly for the poor, I rise in opposition to the underlying…
Amendment No. 8 offered by Mr. Roemer: Page 70, after line 7, insert the following: Sec. 305. (a) The Federal building located at 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC, and known as the Department of Justice Building…
first of all, I want to rise to quote John Adams. He said, ``I shall never shine until some animating occasion calls forth all of my powers.'' He shall never shine until some animating occasion shall call forth all of his powers. Well, he…
as a long-time advocate and co-sponsor of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act, I rise in support of this bill today. S. 1029 makes a very important technical correction that effectively prevents the Department of Housing and Urban…
I rise to commend the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. LoBiondo) and the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Brown) for their bipartisan work on this bill. I also rise to express my support for the Coast Guard Authorization Act and commend the…
I want to take us back to yesterday's key vote on maintaining the testing provisions in this bill that really are the guts, the soul of this bill, in terms of accountability, in terms of trying to fairly and objectively measure these…
We on our side of the aisle, Mr. Chairman, support the sense of the Congress amendment to both buy American steel and also conform to the Buy American Act. We wish we would have had the opportunity to have a school construction amendment…
I rise deeply disappointed with this rule, but strongly supportive of this bipartisan bill. There is an old saying about partisanship being left at the water's edge with regard to foreign policy. Well, bipartisanship should not be left in…
Mr. Speaker, I think the death tax is unwise, it is unfair, and really it is un-American. We need to reform it, but we need to do it now, and we need to do it fairly. Under the proposal by the Republicans, the death tax would be phased out…
the famous sports writer Grantland Rice once wrote these words: ``Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the four horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death.'' These famous words…
about 2 weeks ago, our President stood right here and gave a very eloquent and moving address to the country, painting a canvas with a brush of statistics about two Americas, an American with surpluses and promise and hope, an America with…
this issue is not new to any of us who have served in this body. The Secretary of Labor for President George Herbert Walker Bush, a lady I have a great deal of respect for, said we must do our utmost to protect workers from these hazards…
I rise to discuss what the American people need and want and that is fair tax cuts based upon a real surplus. I disagree with the President's proposal that he has laid before us that is based on a Ouija board prediction, a crystal ball and…
I appreciate the very kind words from my good friend and fellow New Democrat from the State of Washington (Mr. Smith). I want to applaud him for his hard work on this bill over the past year and a half. I want to thank the gentleman from…
Julian Dixon was a giant and a gentleman. I, first of all, want to extend my prayers to his family, to Bettye Lee, and to his son, to his staff and the staff in the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and to the people of the 32nd…
It seems to me that we have two questions here: A question of process and a question of bipartisanship. On the question of process, the American people have hired us in the 106th Congress to do a job and to finish a job and to not shirk…
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