the recent decision by the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee to raise interest rates in itself raises two very serious questions, one substantive and one procedural. The substantive question is will America be permitted to grow…

Let me say this, if in fact Members were confident of that, then the amendment would be harmless because this bill does not say, I do not like this bill, but I am dealing with the framework you put forward, the bill does not say, if in the…

I want to call attention to an amendment which the majority refused to allow. When Members have come forward... They will not allow that amendment. They will not allow even a vote on that.

it seems very clear to me that we have people who would prefer an issue to a bill that could become law. I offered an amendment in committee that would have provided an exception to the ban in cases where it was necessary to use this…

I think that shows, we are not here talking about not having the abortion or not bringing an end to the potential life. I think that ought to be clear. I think we have heard arguments on the other side that suggested that this is…

even on its own terms I think the variants of this resolution are kind of silly. As I understand it, what they say is we will decertify Mexico but we will immediately then waive the decertification so it will have no tangible effect. This…

I am not going to push this to the point of a vote, but I want to express my disagreement with the resolution. I am sorry to spoil the good cheer, and I admire the people of Okinawa, but I think we should make it very clear that there is…

I know some have wondered why the pace of the House has been so slow this year. Here we are in March and we have not done any serious legislating, and I guess people who have been worried about that can now take heart. We are indeed…

If we follow the requirement of the Colorado proposition, that amendment in Colorado, it requires that we vote on the exact language that the Colorado voters, the people that voted and those who voted in the majority required. That…

my friend from Florida, who has been very responsible here, has one error in his reasoning. He keeps averring to the fact that the public in their referenda rejected this. But the public in their referenda have generally voted for 6 years…

Mr. Chairman, I bring reassurance. As I said before, there was a therological difference in that the first amendment talked about A, B; no C, I correct myself; and this one is 1, 2, and 3. The people of the letters who fear that they had…

Mr. Chairman, I was instructed by the second speaker who said the voice of the people is the voice of God. Well apparently God speaks with a different voice in Colorado, from Nebraska, from Nevada. Apparently we are not just amending the…

Mr. Chairman, this is a new experience for us. I have seen many rules in the 17 years I have, I blush to admit, served in this body, sinking no doubt deeper into the morass of special interestism with each passing year, but I have never…

I do not mean to accuse the gentleman of inconsistency in not leaving, because he has articulated correctly that view of it, that we should not unilaterally disarm. But I would ask him this: He and I came here together 17 years ago. He…

first I was interested to hear my friend say that he was going to vote on this contrary to his philosophy. That is a precedent in his case I would urge him to follow more often. I think that would have a good effect on the body. But beyond…

I just want to point out, if we are going to debate this, let us do it. The provisions we are talking about do not just deal with illegal immigrants but the medical and other benefits that do to legal immigrants. If we are going to ask…

I join my enormous admiration for my colleague from Massachusetts with my disappointment at the bill he has been put, against his will, in the position of supporting. I acknowledge also that the gentleman from Alaska, who has been…

The bill does not say that legal immigrants can get AIDS treatment and illegal cannot. It gives disabilities to both of them for getting it with Federal funds. Anybody who can pay for it on their own the bill does not affect. The bill says…

we have here Congress and American politics at its absolute worse. We have a very important issue, illegal immigration. I worked for a very long time in a bipartisan way with departing Senator Al Simpson, whose departure I regret now even…

it is a good sign that they are uncomfortable when it is described accurately. It does not just say you go after the sponsor. If you are a legal immigrant and you are treated, you can be deported for it. It becomes a deportable offense to…

This bill is controversial for one reason and one reason only. The majority absolutely, in both branches, refused to allow an amendment that would have provided an exception where the health of the mother was at stake. In the other body…

I agree that this is a very important subject. I agree that we should be acting to try to diminish illegal immigration. It is for that reason that I deplore as seriously as I can both the method by which this bill has been considered and…

I just want to say this is an appropriate amendment for the gentlewoman to have come forward with and get unanimously approved as she ends her very distinguished tenure here, because she really, more than anybody else, began to call…

I congratulate all of those who helped bring forward this increase in the minimum wage, a small but important step toward social equity which we very much need. I also want to express my appreciation within this bill to the U.S. Treasury…

First, I want to correct the correction of the gentleman from Virginia. He said we dealt with this in the telecommunications bill. No. What we did in the telecommunications bill was to say that we will deal with this later. Now that it is…