Todd Tiahrt

I wanted to talk about one of the provisions in this conference report and why I am such an active supporter of it, and that provision deals with the merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. This merger has created a…

the IRS wants to repent. They know they have been a little hard on Americans, but they are sorry and they will not do it anymore. The IRS is starting to begin to sound like campaign reform. It starts out, ``We did not do it. Nobody saw us…

I have often wondered what would happen if Congress based our decisions on truth and logic. Today we are debating a rule for banning partial-birth abortion. Some will say the procedure is necessary but the gentleman from Oklahoma, Dr…

I want to remind the Speaker that this Congress, through the Department of Labor, actually spent $20 million to oversee this election, and we were spending our taxpayers' dollars to try to ensure that there was a fair election in the…

the House has been drug through knotholes over campaign finance reform lately, and after numerous attempts to shut down the House and prevent us from doing the people's business, those few who are responsible have failed to address true…

well, it is lawyers over lunch buckets once again for EPA and this administration. Secretary Browner and the EPA have proposed new clean air standards so complicated and so cumbersome that they will employ many more lawyers and lay off…

somewhere in the education debate, we have lost the reason we send our children to school. If we ask parents, they want their kids to capture the ability to learn, something their children can take with them into higher education or into…

I think he is an American hero, that he is still today living the American dream. He is a personal friend, and I still seek his sage counsel. In 1992 when I was first involved in the political process, he helped because he thought Kansas…

the President wants the Federal Government to set national standards for education. How well will it work? I think it will work at least as well as our campaign laws. Last year campaign laws, which are a form of national standards, were…

it is interesting that they want to change all the campaign laws, when the Democrat Party has had trouble keeping the laws we have on the books today. But here is an issue that you will not hear many of the liberal colleagues discuss when…

when parents express their unhappiness about the quality of schools where they live, it is very rare that they point to insufficient money as a source of their unhappiness. In fact, it is almost never a question of money. They are much…

today I want to recognize another in a long line of outstanding Kansans, Miss America, 1997, Tara Dawn Holland. Tara's 1-year reign as Miss America officially ends this Saturday. Tara has worked extensively in the past year as an advocate…

what I think it will do, Mr. Chairman, is it will force the parents to deal with the issue, and the children too, and that is not a thing that is occurring now. It is my hope the parents will do the right thing. They will talk to the kids…

I think that the real underlying issue here is who do we trust? Do we trust people or are we going to put our faith in government?

I was saddened several months ago when I heard the President abandon the teachers in America. He called for 1 million volunteers to teach our children to read. In Kansas, the teachers have not abandoned our children. They are teaching…

it has been 16 years since Americans have had tax relief. Since that time they have talked about and dreamed about keeping a little more of their hard-earned money. In those past 16 years, not once but twice has this Government raised…

It is not perfect but tax relief is necessary and it is long overdue. The Republican tax relief plan puts some of the money back where it belongs, in the pockets of working Americans. This money belongs to the workers of Missouri and they…

I am very proud of my fellow Republicans. Last night we met for 3 hours and openly and honestly discussed our faults and our hopes for the future. We have heard and read the rumors about the nonexistent or alleged coup attempt, and we all…

I ask the committee pay close attention to the Surface Transportation Board and its environmental mitigation study for Wichita. The report language specifies that the committee is concerned with Surface Transportation Finance Docket Number…

There is justifiable fear, I believe, in my district that the Union Pacific will significantly increase the number of trains traveling through Wichita after the Surface Transportation's 5-year review period. The board has taken the Union…

I feel like our quest for tax relief is like a few lines from the song by the Lord of La Mancha: To dream the impossible dream, to right the unrightable wrong, to bear with unbearable sorrow. It has been 16 years since we have had tax…

if compromise of our national security and corruption of the electoral process itself were not involved, I would find great humor in the attempts to change the subject by the other side. Everyone knows how absolutely brilliant children can…

I have gotten a few calls over the past weeks about the Treasury Department's use of imputed income. Imputed income means if you own your own home, you could move out and rent it to another family, and therefore you could be making some…

I think this amendment meets the criteria that he is establishing here. It allows AmeriCorps to move on. I would like to remind the gentleman from Indiana that AmeriCorps spends about 11 percent of their budget authority. They have been…

there was a fascinating article on the front page of the Washington Post last week. The article is entitled ``Voters Feeling Remote From Issues In Capital.'' One person is quoted as saying, ``Politics in Washington doesn't seem to affect…