Todd Tiahrt

I want to carry on with what we talked about earlier this evening. It is natural for each of us to feel sorry for a person who suffers in an accident or mishap. One of our fundamental freedoms is the ability to bring suit in order to…

America's liability lawsuit system has imposed huge costs on the economy and our society. Even Little League baseball has not been exempt. Its liabilities insurance rates have climbed 1,000 percent in 5 years. So Americans are going to…

Mr. Chairman, the right to own and use private property is a fundamental right to our system of self-governance. H.R. 925 and this amendment on the Private Property Protection Act is a crucial step in restoring the constitutional integrity…

we are on track in keeping the Contract With America. It is good policy, it is good government, and I am excited to be a part of it. On the first day of Congress we required Congress to live under the same laws as everyone else in America…

I rise in support of H.R. 7. The President has charged this bill will unfairly inhibit the country's ability to respond to international crises, that it will hamper his constitutional responsibility. However, I am not aware of any clause…

I am heading up one of four teams of the freshman class which was initiated to carry on the work of many who preceded us here in Congress, in an effort to reduce four Government bureaucracies: Department of Education, Department of…

the administration is calling for $40 billion in loan guarantees for our neighbor to the south. We have been lobbied by the high rollers in the administration and from the Federal Reserve to gain our support for the peso prop up. Once…

it was an honor last night to sit in this Chamber and listen to all three of the President's speeches: The one to the Republicans, the one to the Democrats, and the one to the people. Clearly the President has heard the real State of the…

there is no more clear message from the people of the Fourth District of Kansas than that it is time to give government back to the people. They want to be closer to the decisions that are made, they do not want to be spectators in…

when I read the Federalist Papers, which Speaker Gingrich has recommended to each of us, I am challenged because the Federalist Papers remind each of us who have received the honor of representing the people that we have also received the…

Yesterday was a triumph for the American people and the House of Representatives. We accomplished something that has been rarely accomplished in the past. We kept our promises that we made to the American people. Working with a bipartisan…