hypocrisy. According to the dictionary, hypocrisy is defined as a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not. Mr. Speaker, I think hypocrisy is a good description of the recent statement of the Texas Speaker of the…

I would like to review after this hour-long debate we have just finished why virtually every major newspaper in Texas is editorialized in saying that "what Mr. DeLay is trying to do in forcing a partisan redistricting plan down the throats…

I am deeply offended, and I think Texans and Americans should be deeply offended, that Texas House Republicans have compared these Texas legislators who are standing up for the important American principle that citizens should have a voice…

The same Tom DeLay, the majority leader of the House, who says what is good for Tom DeLay in redistricting is good for Texas is the same person who said just a year ago to Texas parents, do not send your sons and daughters to Texas A&M…

in the last 2 days, many Americans have been intrigued by the story of 51 Texas legislators breaking a quorum in the Texas legislature by traveling to Ardmore, Oklahoma. Many may wonder why those legislators, whom I consider profiles in…

I have not been to Hale Center, Texas, lately. I think I recall they have a small cotton gin there. I know they have got maybe a drug store, a health center, perhaps known as a center for an al Qaeda cell, perhaps?

As I understand the article from the Fort Worth Star- Telegram, the homeland security agency, the responsibility of defending American citizens from terrorists here and abroad, they actually took taxpayer resources to follow a twin-engine…

because of the courage of conviction of 53 Texas legislators who broke a Texas House quorum on Monday morning, 20 million Texas citizens will have the right to have their voices heard in shaping the future of their hometown communities, to…

we have heard it before, we can afford tax cuts, large increases in national defense and still balance the budget. This is not a new idea. We heard it 22 years ago from President Reagan and Congress. The result, America's national debt…

I rise in strong support of NATO's expansion and the ratification of the Treaty before us. For more than 50 years, the alliance has been the cornerstone of the U.S.-European relationship, and I believe that NATO remains our most important…

if there is any issue in Congress that should rise above partisanship, it should be the principle of religious freedom. I hope every Republican and Democrat in the House before voting on this rule asks his or herself this question: Is it…

it is a fundamental American principle that no citizen should have to pass someone else's religious test to qualify for a tax-funded job. The vast majority of American citizens agree with that principle, and yet this bill would violate…

Today is a new beginning for the people of free Iraq. The central authority in Baghdad has collapsed. Saddam Hussein's regime has lost control. But we know that there will be hard days ahead, days that will test our leadership, and test…

if anyone has a right to be upset at the Turks, it is me. I represent Fort Hood, where the 4th Infantry Division is located, the division that was supposed to come down through Turkey. I had met with 50 of the spouses several weeks ago…

the vote we just cast dealt with how America should treat nations who do not support us in our war against Iraq. This amendment deals with the issue of how we treat American companies who have turned their back on the families of our…

There are some problems that we should not wait to address, and I can think of few more important than the potential threat of nuclear terrorism exercised against major American cities. It is frightening when one realizes the reality that…

I salute the gentleman from Florida (Chairman Young), the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and others who put this package together. It funds the war in Iraq, and I strongly support that. And it funds some important homeland defense…

I do not know what the intention is of Delta and Continental who have made these recent announcements to cut off air service to so many military families which are sacrificing so much for us. I will say to them, if they are willing to…

my Republican colleagues may not like the truth, but they cannot run from it. The truth is that by defeating the Green amendment, what they are saying to some of the thousands of soldiers from my district in the Iraqi theater today, that…

This bill requires what is called hazard reduction. It says to chemical plants: If you can use a safer chemical, you have to use a safer chemical. This should not be a controversial idea. We all try to practice hazard reduction every…

we have brave men and women in harms way in Iraq. They are risking their lives for the cause of freedom and security for our Nation. We have lost soldiers in this war, and now we know that Iraq has taken prisoners. Two of those brave…

Unconscionable, that is what four veterans organizations called the Republican budget. Callous, that is how the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars describe the Republican budget. Perhaps Edward Heath…

12 years ago I helped welcome home 235,000 Army soldiers from my district who had fought in Desert Storm. I saw firsthand how much it meant to them, to those brave Americans, that our Nation respected their service to country; and that is…

I am saddened and deeply disappointed that this divisive, partisan budget bill is being brought up on a day when we Americans should be coming together to show support for our soldiers and troops, servicemen and women in Iraq. Young…

I will be brief because no words can adequately express the debt of gratitude we owe our servicemen and women and their families for the sacrifices they make on behalf of our country. But I do want to commend the gentleman from California…