Ron Lewis

I think they're starting to ask. I talked to a group of citizens this morning, and they're wanting to know what is wrong with the Congress; what is wrong with the Democrat leadership; what is wrong with their presumptive nominee for the…

I want to thank Mr. Andrews for this bill, and I certainly have appreciated working with him on this. And this is a good time. This is good for the American people to see that we can come together when a problem, a serious problem, is…

I must say the gentleman's comments are very, very appropriate. I am taking a group of 16 Members over to Iraq this weekend to begin to try to lay the foundation for a better understanding of what is happening there by Americans; but to…

Enron is being dealt with. No one appreciates what Enron did. It is a disaster for a lot of people, and they are being dealt with. It was really an embarrassment to our country that a corporation and the people that ran Enron acted the way…

The Coast Guard provides a number of vital services to protect and defend our Nation's coastal areas and waterways. H.R. 1699 authorizes funding to conduct search and rescue efforts, vessel safety compliance, as well as wildlife promotion…

I wish that he would have brought along a wine bottle also because on the side of the wine bottle there is a warning label concerning that person's health. Since the gentleman represents a district where there are grape growers and he…

I just wanted to say in closing tonight that I agree with you, Sonny, 100 percent, that if these men and women are going to be willing, and they are always willing, to serve their country, we need to be willing to meet their needs, to make…

I think as the gentleman mentioned, we see these men and women not just willing to sacrifice themselves to go to war, but they are usually the very people that are willing to help out in any area, in their church, in their community. They…

Later this week I will be introducing a resolution to honor the men and women in all our Reserve forces, and it will call upon the American people to honor the families of employers and all those who assist reservists in their valuable…

Since the mid-1960's, the Great Society, billions of dollars thrown at education, and where are our kids today? Where are students today? Has money helped the education in this country coming from the Federal Government? I say no. The SAT…

What is the truth about the Government shutdown? The truth is this. The radical liberal left of the House of Representatives have been obstructionists for many, many years and they are continuing it this year, and in this coming year. Mr…

This is exactly why we cannot have a good, honest debate. This is why it is hard to put trust and faith in our colleagues when there is rhetoric that is so accusatory. As I said, all evening I sat back here and listened to the gentleman…

I think what we have to look at is where those budgets take us into the future, where we are going to be 10 years from now, 7 years from now, 5 years from now. Those deficits start to return and start taking us toward more debt and…

I think that argument could be used in the other direction that the President is holding us hostage to send him appropriation bills that he would sign. It works in the same way. Are we supposed to, in the House and the Senate, pass…

You know, this is the bottom line: 40 years of tax and spend with no offer of a balanced budget, and we are continuing to hear from the other side that we are extremists, that we are mean- spirited, that, as one gentleman said this…

The President not only signed his name to that continuing resolution that the gentleman voted for, I believe, and I voted for to allow Government workers to go back to work, with a promise from the President that he by the end of the year…

We have had the great society in place for 30 years, the welfare system. There has been $5 trillion spent. There are more people in poverty now than when that started. Five trillion dollars down the drain and more people on welfare, more…