Todd Tiahrt

over the last generation, Congress has acted with good intentions; but it has resulted in bad consequences. We have developed, through policy here on the floor of the House over the past generation, policies that have driven jobs offshore…

one of the most important domestic issues facing us and our children and grandchildren is America's ability to compete in the world market. Over the last generation, Congress has passed laws and legislation, perhaps with good intentions…

I think that the gentleman would agree that we need to have more transparency in the cost of health care so that consumers can make better decisions; also, so that physicians can make better decisions. One of the gentlemen that I spoke…

There has been a lot of handwringing in Washington, D.C. over what has happened in the Abu Ghraib prison. It was a horrible scandal that was wrong, it was sick, and we must hold those people who are responsible accountable. Court martials…

Flexible savings accounts, correct. Next week we are moving on to bureaucratic red tape termination, because we found out that the cost of complying with bureaucratic red tape in America is about 12 percent of every manufactured product…

We have under our Health Security Act this week three phases. It is a 3-point plan. The first part of the plan is called the Small Business Health Fairness Act. It allows for consolidated risk pools. The House plan allows small businesses…

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…

In summary, Mr. Speaker, we have over the last generation watched Congress continually raise barriers for us to keep and create jobs in America. We have found out by investigating this that we could develop these problems into eight…

the second point of our plan and the way we are going to help reduce health care costs in America is called flexible spending accounts. That allows an employee to have some flexibility in his health care. It allows workers to direct their…

to illustrate the transparency that we have been talking about and what impact it has and the free market on prices, we have some places where you can buy drugs over the Internet and elsewhere and the prices they were on selected…

If you look at all the red ink we have seen on the charts and you look at today's Federal deficit, we are not talking about the same thing as what we have in our outstanding debt. There is a lot of confusion between the deficit, which is…

the book on terrorism has a chapter in it called ``Iraq.'' You cannot close the book on terrorism until you close the chapter on Iraq. It saddens me that the Democrat leaders have now joined the ranks of the French and Spanish in calling…

This defense conference report is good news for our young men and women who serve in the Armed Services and are required to carry out the will of this Nation overseas. We want to give them the tools necessary so they can do their job and…

the ``Book on Terror'' has a chapter in it labeled ``Iraq.'' You cannot close the Book on Terror without closing the chapter on Iraq. We are there to make America safe. On September 11 we were thrust into this war on terrorism. We realized…

3 weeks ago, I had to opportunity to travel to Iraq with Chairman Lewis and several of my fellow members of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. While in Iraq, I had the opportunity to not only talk to our men and women in…

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…

I rise today to honor a former Member of this distinguished body, the late Congressman Garner E. Shriver. Congressman Shriver was born July 6, 1912, in the small Butler County town of Towanda, Kansas. His family later moved to Wichita in…

I humbly stand before you today to honor Martin and Gracia Burnham, who are pictured here in a photograph from over a year ago. Today is the day I had been looking forward to for over a year, a day when I could finally tell you that Martin…

Today marks the 376th day that Martin and Gracia Burnham have been held captive by Muslim terrorists in the Philippines. It has been over a year now. This July 31, the U.S. military 6-month advisory mission in the Philippines expires, yet…

this phrase that includes the term ``full faith and credit of the United States'' was first placed in the rule during the Committee on Rules hearing, and there was a vote taken in the Committee on Rules in the past which brought the rule…

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…

Mr. Chairman, there is a lot of talk about raising the national debt limit here; and I just want to point out, first of all, that I have in my hand the supplemental bill right here. It has nothing to do with raising the national debt. In…

Mr. Chairman, we heard some more about spending all the Social Security surplus. I think it is probably prudent that we find out exactly why we are in the situation we are today. We have a problem with the Democrat leadership in that there…

helping the American people is why many of us ran for Congress. I think life is getting better in America every day, but there are still people who are having a tough time making ends meet. We need to help as many of those people who are…

Today marks the 347th day that Martin and Gracia Burnham have been held captive by Muslim terrorists in the Philippines. This afternoon many members of my family, including my father and mother, will arrive in Washington to visit me and…