Timothy Roemer

this is a pro-American amendment, it is a pro-worker amendment, and it is a pro-business amendment.

we cast a lot of votes in this body that are oftentimes quickly forgotten, but tomorrow we will cast one that will be indelibly etched in the history books, whether or not this Congress supports the current status quo of too many human…

I rise in strong bipartisan support of the fiscal year 2001 intelligence authorization. I believe this bill sets about the right level of overall funding for intelligence activities next year. The President requested 6.6 percent more in…

there are books out there that you can pick up on the best seller list. I am not confirming, I am not denying what they say and what accuracy they have in a book written by Tom Clancy, or a book written called Blind Man's Bluff on…

I rise in strong support and bipartisan support of this bill overall. I do, however, bring up one consideration as amendment on this bill, and that is we do not want to reveal agency operations, we do not want to reveal any individual…

However, as she started out the debate on this issue, she said, we as members of the committee have access, the 16 of us, and all 435 members, have access if they want. This amendment is not about that access of Members of Congress…

I rise today, not as a free trader, but as a fair trader in support of this agreement for the United States, for Africa, and for the Caribbean nations. I did so for three simple reasons. First of all, because, with the 48 Nations of…

I also want to extend my personal thanks to the gentleman from New York (Mr. LaFalce) and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank), who have shown real sensitivity in trying to increase the amount of people in America who will own…

I join with Democrats, Republicans, Independents, I join with liberals or conservatives that support this legislation to ban partial-birth abortions. I do not think this is a question of Roe v. Wade. It is a question of life v. death for…

in my judgment the intelligence activity which I have reservations on fails on both these counts, on both achieving its goals and supporting the national interest. I have advised senior officials in the administration of my concerns. I…

Today one of the great events in sports in America begins, March Madness, the NCAA tournament. While our student athletes are going to be giving it all on the court, the coaches are going to be trying to out-think and out-strategize one…

first of all, as a Catholic, as a product of Catholic schools, including the University of Notre Dame in my district, someone educated by some of the Diocesan, some of the Holy Cross and Jesuits orders, I am very proud as an original…

one of our preeminent Supreme Court justices wrote that, and I will paraphrase him, that if one does not have access to millionaires or if one is not a millionaire, they might as well not run for political office. Alexander Hamilton…

I just want to encourage my 2 colleagues, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) who is a strong supporter of the AmeriCorps program, and I know the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan) is a strong supporter, to make sure that…

I do not support tax increases, as my colleague does not. We voted together against tax increases. So the only way that we can try to in some kind of fair and principled way resolve our differences is for me to go after a program that has…

on August 3 in 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail on a new journey across the Atlantic, and he set sail with new maritime instruments, a quadrant, an astrolabe, a cross staff, that helped him find the shores of the Bahamas. Today the new…

Mr. Chairman, I read a book in college a long time ago called the Dance of Legislation, and it was written by an intern that was up here getting experience on Capitol Hill as the pages that were just in the House well, and he tracked a…

Will Rogers once said, you can be moving on the right track, but if you are not moving fast enough, you are going to get run over. The budget process right now is such that we have a badly biased budget process that is headed for a train…

As long as the gentleman says the best standards are in the private sector and everybody agrees on that, that we do not then have this jumping back and forth between established best standards for one and their administering 50 or 60…

I rise not in opposition at all to the author of the amendment but to commend him especially for two areas that he has covered in this amendment. First of all, those individuals covered and also how often this is administered and to what…

Mr. Chairman, I have been a member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence since the beginning of this Congress. I have been especially interested in the issues surrounding the compromise of nuclear weapons design information and…

I think there are two key issues as we debate this bankruptcy reform bill. One is personal responsibilities. We have seen a 94-percent increase in the filings of bankruptcy since 1990. We need to address this, and I believe this bill does…

Mr. Speaker, I would start off by pointing out that the purpose of this resolution... is to thank the many teachers that contributed to my education, that contribute to the children's education throughout Indiana, and contribute to all our…

I rise to support the intent of the legislation, not particularly the accomplishment of the legislation. Certainly, the "whereas" clauses in this Pell Grant concurrent resolution are very, very strong and language that I agree with…

we have sons and we have daughters of America in Apaches, in F-16s, in submarines, fighting for principle and fighting against ethnic cleansing. Now, we can do nothing; we can ignore the horrific holocaust. That is not acceptable. We can…