Romano Mazzoli

ladies and gentlemen, my former colleagues, how great it is to see everyone and be with you today. The association serves many purposes, and under the excellent leadership of Lou Frey, our friend from Orlando, and the able staff work of…

I would just address two or three things. One is to add my salute to Bob Michel on a life well lived and a career well handled, and to salute the gentlewoman for her leadership, but to also mention two things: She was kind enough to…

on yesterday, Thursday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in Philadelphia reinstated an earlier decision it had reached concerning a child pornography case, the now famous Knox child pornography case. In a 40-page opinion, which I…

I rise on behalf of an amendment which will be offered later today when consideration is resumed of the defense bill. It is an amendment offered by the gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio], the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Hoyer], and…

I say to the gentleman, Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for, first of all, taking out this special order on behalf of our late friend, Sam Hall, Jr., and also for recognizing me. You can learn, as I said the other day when we passed a bill…

I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin. The gentleman brings up some very interesting recollections. One I have is that Bill Natcher, as my friend from Kentucky to whom I will yield in a moment will attest, Bill remembered all of the data in…

I thank the gentleman very much. The gentlewoman from Georgia. Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman so much for organizing this special order, so we could say some nice things about a man who was always so nice to us. I suspect…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado. He and I have talked often about his Kentucky roots, and we are always happy to have our colleagues here who either know our State or, in your case, actually have a contact with it, and I think you are…

I thank the gentleman from California for those recollections, and they again bear out both the humanity of this man, his legislative skills, his devotion to duty, his patriotism, having served his country, his rigid devotion to the…

tonight it is my honor, on behalf of the delegation from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and really on behalf, I am sure, of all the Members of the House, to take this special order to pay tribute, and I can think of no better word than the…

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota for those wonderful words, because Bill is with us in spirit. And he is with us in the embodiment of what public service is about. He appreciates what you have said, because it really does crystallize…

I speak today about the assault weapon ban measure which will come up shortly. I voted for it in subcommittee, again at the full committee level, and I intend to support it today. Many of the arguments are valid on both sides of the issue…

it was my great pleasure to have served in this body with Sam B. Hall, Jr., the former Member from the city of Marshall, TX. Sam, after serving in this body, was elevated to the position of a Federal judge and served in the Eastern…

it is my sad duty to officially report to the House the passing of our dear friend and esteemed former colleague, Congressman William H. Natcher, the chairman of our Committee on Appropriations. Bill died during the recess period, on March…

I have had the honor and rare privilege of serving with him for the past 24 years. It has been from my observation of him as a person and as a professional that when we think of Bill Natcher, we think of the term estimable, we think of the…

I realize the frustration many of us feel as we see a situation in which we do not have control of our borders. There are many people who are in our country illegally who are consuming social welfare programs, educational programs, and…

I rise today to offer a few words in defense of Mr. Clinton concerning today's Herblock cartoon in the Washington Post. The cartoon first states Mr. Clinton's quotes concerning Bosnia, which are to the general effect that until the people…

drug use is one of the most growing and one of the most vexing and agonizing problems facing America today. To properly deal with this, we need a manifold response, everything from stern law enforcement, unflinching sentencing and throwing…

last month, along with a big swathe of Eastern States, Kentucky, my home State, was dealt a very dangerous and almost lethal blow by the plunging temperatures that reached 22 degrees below zero in Louisville, and severe snows. We had 16…

I am proud to note that tomorrow, here in Washington, DC, an organization from my hometown and my congressional district, Job Links, is being honored by the U.S. Department of Labor and its secretary, Secretary Robert Reich, for having…

the President today is receiving kudos, and deservedly so, for the delivery of his State of the Union speech from the platform just behind me. He is receiving those compliments based not just on the solid content of his speech but also on…