Todd Tiahrt

It was that the folks who were on TRICARE under the age of 65 and retired would get moved out of TRICARE into the government-determined plan.

I just think that we are seeing a bad trend here in America. The Democrat leadership is allowing this trend to continue where resources are being shifted out of the rural areas, because there are a high number of urban Members of Congress…

So, Mr. Chairman, as I understand this, what the gentleman from Utah is doing is his very best to represent the interests of his State. And what the gentleman from Colorado is doing was try to represent the best interests of his State. So…

I believe, in my estimation, I am waiting for confirmation from the Congressional Budget Office, that it will be out of order.

I was just curious as to which line this amount was coming from and where it is going to because the amendment I have just says it decreases $1 million and it increases $1 million.

We have, I think, a real crisis in the rural areas, and I do not blame the Members for using every means available to them to try to solve the problems in their districts. And I know it's not your responsibility to do it, but we've come…

I want to point out that we did a joint review process of each of these earmarks to make sure that they were within the guidelines of what we have done in past precedence in the House. This particular earmark, like the other earmarks…

There are really two ways to proliferate wolves, one is in the wild, where they respect their distance from humans, and the other is in captivity, where they have no respect for humans. The Mexican wolves have been propagated and…

I agree that the temperature is going up. It's the cause that is a concern for me. The wording here says that we already know what the cause is and we should move forward and try to do something to stop it, and that includes some very…

House Republicans also proposed 95 program terminations for a savings of $4 billion. This year, Members' requests for projects was reduced by 37 percent, and the dollars spent on projects declined in every spending bill. Overall, spending…

I want to go back to energy just a little to talk about the contrast about how the opposition the Democrat Party has made to trying to create jobs here in America. The House has passed the Energy Policy Act, H.R. 6, with 183 Democrats…

That is an interesting concept, because the two things that we need the most in our economy are a good education system and a good health care system, and those are the two things that the Democrats do not want to trust to the free market.

I want to bring to light an issue that several of my colleagues on the subcommittee and the gentleman from California (Mr. Doolittle) feel should be a critical concern of the American taxpayer. I want to ensure that the IRS understands the…

Reclaiming my time, is it the chairman's understanding that the IRS is bound from setting up tax preparation services, and does the chairman agree that it is the intent of the subcommittee that the Treasury and the IRS must abide by the…

Mr. Chairman I offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Tiahrt: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. 536. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to…

But when it comes to concurrent receipts, it has been the Republicans that have done the most to provide for concurrent receipts for veterans by making a progressive step in the right direction. However, the fact is, in spite of my 2…

To wrap up as our time expires, we call our plan to bring jobs back to America ``Careers for the 21st Century.'' This week we have been talking about tonight is the energy self- sufficiency and security. Next week we are going to talk…

I have heard reports from our northern cities like Seattle, Minneapolis, Detroit, Buffalo, that we see an influx of Canadians coming in to get the health care coverage that has been denied them in Canada because their socialized health…

I want to congratulate Eve on a wonderful career. I have always thought that the most beautiful women in America are from Kansas, as Eve is. I want to wish her the best in her retirement and tell you, Eve, through the Speaker, of course…

There were other issues here. This may have been the driving force, but when most of us make up our decision, we try to weigh the good with the bad. The gentleman apparently chose that this was at least one of the straws on the camel's…

We cannot afford to risk irreparable harm to the air transportation industry, and subsequent economic impacts and job loss, by exposing the industry to the spectre of unlimited liability for a terrorist attack.

It is our intent to work with the gentleman to make sure there is no confusion about this. I would also like to remind the gentleman this does not supersede State laws. Those States that have made initiatives in this area to stop child…

I believe that is correct. We have no intent of preventing anyone from trying to stop child abuse. I think that is an awful situation that we currently have in America that we need to stop, so our efforts would be to do the same as the…

I do support advocating for youth, especially disadvantaged youth, and I think we do so through this bill and the priorities that we have established through the job corps and other areas.