Todd Tiahrt

on rollcall No. 350 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment Offered by Ms. DeLauro The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the…

today America has the number one economy in the world. It is the envy of the world. But there are dark clouds in the West, and an economic storm is brewing. Last year our trade deficit was over $670 billion, our Federal deficit was over…

in this legislation, the Military Quality of Life and VA appropriations, much of the work, especially for construction and maintenance, are governed by rules and regulations. A good example of the problem this can create occurred in…

in a recent Washington Times technology section, Fred Reed gives us good evidence while America is on the path towards a third-rate economy. First, in 2001 through the end of the last school year, New York City 8th graders' failure rate in…

58 to zero. Today we are asked to sear our conscience and harden our heart towards human life so we can experiment on fertilized human embryos because we are told it holds such great promise. The results from testing are far from…

last year our trade deficit was $670 billion, our Federal budget deficit was about $300 billion, and our government made it more and more difficult last year to keep and create jobs here in America. Barriers have been created and erected…

last year's trade deficit reached $670 billion. Our Federal deficit was over $300 billion. Top-rate jobs have gone overseas. How did we get in this situation? How did we get in this position? Mr. Speaker, over the last generation Congress…

I believe that the content of this amendment should be a part of the debate that we are having on every agency that we are going to fund this year through the Federal budget. Over the last generation, this government has made this country…

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…

Yogi Berra said that predictions are hard to make, especially when they are about the future. But that does not mean we should not look ahead. In fact, if you do sit down and think about what America is going to be like 5, 10, 20 years…

in July, the 9/11 Commission released its report. This report detailed the terrorist mindset, the hatred, the religious fanaticism, the unimaginable degree of commitment to harm us and destroy our culture. Today we are considering…

while the Nation has been watching the Presidential campaign and the events in Iraq, the Republicans in the House have been moving forward with an agenda to bring jobs back into America. Now, we have seen a lot of economic success over the…

My amendment would restrict travel funds for USDA employees who are working in Washington, D.C., until the Secretary of Agriculture implements a voluntary program for beef slaughtering establishments to screen for BSE, bovine spongiform…

I wanted to first remind the Members here that there is some convenient memory loss for the Democrats when they want to blame President Bush on the current economy, especially when they want to target the tax relief. So let us just go back…

I rise in support of H.R. 2121--the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Trust Fund Enhancement Act. The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship honors former President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his character, courage and patriotism in both times of war…

Mr. Chairman, the problem that we are facing tonight is the control of spending, how do we control spending and reduce the Federal deficit. The easy target is the appropriations process because that is where we spend most of our time. We…

I just think we ought to remember how we got in the situation we are in today, because we have seen charts and heard rhetoric that said the reason Federal revenues are down is because of Republican economic policy, but they have overlooked…

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…

No, I will not yield. I think you referred to me as cowardly, so I do not think I am going to give you any time. Cowardly Americans. I cannot believe it, Mr. Speaker. I think it was something that should not be tolerated on the floor. And…

I am a little amazed by the comments made by the gentleman from Mississippi. He said that we were cowardly Americans. Now, I know that words have been taken down for a lot less than that, and I think that that kind of language does not…

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…

we have lost a giant in American politics and world history. Ronald Wilson Reagan was not only a great President, he was a good man. He will be remembered fondly for his character and with great appreciation for his tremendous triumphs in…

I want to point out this placard I have about a statement that was made by Alan Greenspan before the Committee on Education and the Workforce. It says, we need to increase our efforts to ensure that as many of our citizens as possible have…

Now, a lot of the Democrats and liberals want to ignore what happened on September 11, 2001. They want to ignore that terrorists brought the war on terrorism right down home to America. It was an attack on America, just like Pearl Harbor…

lately, in a rare turn of events, House Democrats have adopted the old adage of Republican leaders and, in floor communications, they have posed the famous question from Reagan, Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? Well, when the…