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This Government has not balanced its budget since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. It should be easier to balance the Federal budget than to get someone to the moon. When we borrow money for all these lofty enterprises for the Federal…
if you had $25,000, you could have spent last Friday evening with Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Barbra Streisand. Where else but in Hollywood can Bill escape the nagging problems of the average American, like the increasing drug use…
I believe we all have a commitment to balance the budget, even those in the administration.
Mr. Chairman, last year Congress acted to freeze the salaries of Members of Congress by disallowing the automatic pay raise. The Metcalf-Tiahrt amendment would continue this freeze for an additional year. The message of our amendment sends…
Bart Simpson said, ``I didn't do it, nobody saw me, you can't prove anything.'' Mr. Speaker, that is what we are hearing out of the White House when it comes to the files that were requested from the FBI: I did not do it. Bernard Nussbaum…
yesterday Senate majority leader Robert J. Dole became a private citizen. He left us in Congress a legacy of integrity, honesty and character. Character is something that you develop when no one is around, as Senator Dole did in his…
I want to speak in favor of the legislation because I am very concerned about how the United Nations has mismanaged not only classified information but other financial matters that they have gotten, and I am speaking specifically to…
we have been trying to move to verify how these Nunn-Lugar funds are being spent. I had an incident occur in Fort Riley, KS, which is just north of my district, which we checked into the financing of. What happened is we paid for the jet…
this is not about CEO's, but it is about senior citizens. One of the things that happens when we raise the minimum wage, it is a historical fact, inflation follows, and when inflation follows, that hurts the people, people who are seniors…
I rise in opposition to the Young amendment. Now is the time to improve this 1978 law. The children of Native American descent who are harmed by overbroad application of the Indian Child Welfare Act can not lobby, they can not write…
last night on NBC's television program called ``The Fleecing of America,'' it was revealed that Clinton's Department of Agriculture has hired a political pollster for $33,000, our tax dollars, by the way, to go out and poll some political…
today I am introducing the Parental Freedom of Information Act to provide parents in America with the information they need to guide the education of their children. Teachers have told me that involved parents are the most important thing…
We are talking about raising the minimum wage because it is at a 40-year low? Well, we have raised the minimum wage several times, and yet it is still at a 40-year low. I do not think it is working. Common sense is not working, because…
I believe my colleagues will be interested in Dr. Birnbach's testimony related to partial birth abortions. Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, my name is David Birnbach, M.D., and I am presently the director of obstetric…
Steven Covey has the seven habits of highly effective people. Let me propose the seven habits of a highly ineffective Energy Secretary. First, always have Madonna's jet on the runway, ready to go at any time. Second, make sure you have…
Let us go over the facts of the case and then you can make a judgment yourself. Early in the morning on April 21st, I assume this is 1995, Officer Richard Carroll sat in his unmarked car staking out a street on Washington Heights known as…
If we take a practical application of what Clinton's appointee, Judge Baer, would view, his view of America as you have expressed, suppose you are a common citizen and you are driving your automobile, and for some reason a policeman…
in my hometown, if they had found you in a dark alley with 75 pounds of cocaine and 4 pounds of heroin in the trunk of your car, there is a general consensus that you have done something wrong. But a Clinton appointed judge, Judge Herold…
this country and this legislative body and the administration have been struggling to achieve a balanced budget. The people really do not understand this problem, and, frankly, I do not either. The working Americans balance their checking…
our economy is flat. Many experts say that we are bordering on recession. I think the Clinton administration should shoulder the blame. The union workers remember that President Clinton signed both NAFTA and GATT into law and both…
I rise, Mr. Chairman, today to help farmers, union workers, and American jobs and the U.S. economy. We must attempt to level the playing field with the European Union by using the export enhancement program funds to move value-added…
clearly we are having a very difficult time achieving a balanced budget. After taking the brunt of opinion from the liberal media, this Congress has been wondering why the President has vetoed so many reforms. As a freshman, I ran on the…
today the House was opened in prayer by my friend and pastor, Joe Voss. Joe is from a tough neighborhood in St. Louis. As a teenager, he was sent to a correctional school for boys, but thanks to Salvation Army officers, Major Froeberg and…
the President gave a speech Tuesday night filled with great rhetoric about downsizing government, cutting spending, and returning power to the people. However, we know from experience that these policies of higher taxes, more government…
we are back and we have learned a lot. No. 1, you cannot negotiate with a ``say anything, do nothing'' President. It is clear that he is for big government, he is for higher taxes, and he is for more spending. The President condones…
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