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When we look at the energy crisis that we are facing today, the question is, How did we get into this mess? Well, number one, there have been no major oil refineries built in 30 years. There are 36 refineries that have been shut down since…
Speaking of the Kyoto treaty, I was in China a few years ago. I was in Sian, China. The smog, coal, smoke in that city was so bad that the people, the citizens of that city, had to wear like surgical masks. We could not see for the…
in the true spirit of bipartisanship, I want to be as partisan as my colleagues across the aisle. There they go again. They say they want tax relief, but actions speak louder than words. Their history: Big spending, big taxes, big…
I remember 1993. The Democrats had had Congress for 40 years. We had $5 trillion in debt, $200 billion deficits every year. The taxes kept going up. The deficits kept going up. So I do not think they were handling it very well. It seems to…
Where did we get the marriage penalty tax? Where have we had the tax burden placed on our shoulders in this country, where the average family pays 40 percent of their income in local, State and Federal taxes, a big chunk that of the…
the Federal tobacco lawsuit is bad public policy and a waste of taxpayer dollars. The case is not about the law, but about the Federal Government extorting money from an industry that it does not like. Which industry will be the next…
I rise in support of the Linder/ Collins amendment. Despite a ruling last year from the U.S. Court of Appeals, the Environmental Protection Agency continues to press states to enforce its new air regulation standards. The Appeals Court had…
many of those on the other side of this debate that are against this tax relief keep talking about a $50 billion cost to the government. It is going to cost the government. My question is, whose money is this? It is the farmer down in…
there are some issues we discuss in Congress where both sides of the aisle can agree. The importance of marriage, I am convinced, is near the top of that list. That is why I am surprised by this debate today. We have an opportunity to wipe…
we may have heard the recent propaganda coming out of the White House and from the liberal tax-and-spend Democrats here in the House. The word is that a tax cut would take money from Social Security and from paying down the debt. The truth…
my colleagues and I come to this floor everyday to debate a wide range of legislation in anticipation that what we do will indeed help to improve the lives of our fellow citizens and hopefully strengthen this great democracy of ours. While…
over the past year, with all the talk about a global tobacco settlement, tobacco farm families are very worried about their future. Mr. Speaker, I cannot predict at this point whether efforts to craft a settlement will be successful, but…
it is outrageous to me that the talking heads on the liberal news networks with all their expertise and social behavior have not figured out the cause of the Jonesboro, Arkansas, tragedy. To listen to the evening and morning news and their…
it is time for America to weep and mourn. It is time for America to cry out for her children. ``A voice was heard,'' as Jeremiah said in the Old Testament, ``in Ra'mah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children…
in 1993 when I decided to run for Congress, there were many reasons why I felt I should get involved in the political campaign. One of the main reasons was my concern over the national debt and deficit spending. My wife and I did not want…
I believe it was P.T. Barnum that once said, ``There is a sucker born every minute.'' I hope the President and those at the White House spin factory do not believe that is true. We, the American people, are fair-minded people; and we like…
why give OSHA an $11 million raise and take from vo-tech training and adult training? Why do that when I think the statistics that have been given to us from across the aisle indicate that OSHA has not been doing a very good job; if we…
Well, Mr. Chairman, that was not what I saw. Even with that, should we not be trying to help displaced workers with better vocational training, better adult training? That is the key. Look at OSHA, a bureaucracy that is out of, basically…
the liberal Democrats, the ones that gave us the largest tax increase in the history of this Nation in 1993, go through more excuses why they are opposed to tax cuts than Victor Newman on ``The Young and the Restless'' goes through wives…
as I speak, the Committee on Ways and Means continues to debate the details of what would be the first major tax cut enacted in 16 years. This proposal is consistent with the balanced budget agreement. The proposal contains permanent tax…
I realize that the administration is far too busy with all of their lawyers trying to figure out a way to handle all the campaign laws they overlooked to show some leadership on the Medicare issue. I know that would be asking too much. So…
Bill Clinton has stated over and over his commitment to producing a real balanced budget. I do not doubt his commitment. It is his math that I am worried about. The CBO predicts the President's most recent budget will have a $69 billion…
in 1965, our country launched a war on poverty. The intentions were good, but 31 years and $5.4 trillion later, we have nothing to show but poverty, despair, hopelessness, broken families, and a damaged work ethic. Mr. Speaker, 18 months…
220 years of history in this Nation where we have not had to define what marriage is. It has been pretty common knowledge and it has been understood by most people. But now we have reached a period in our history when we are going to have…
last May, Bill Clinton clearly stated that the Wisconsin welfare reform plan was a solid, commonsense plan for moving people from welfare dependence to work. Here is what he said on May 18 during his weekly radio address, ``I pledge that…
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