John Joseph Moakley: “Mr. Speaker, it is deeply disturbing that this Congress would choose to leave town with a dark ethical cloud hanging…”

Mr. Speaker, last week things were looking pretty good around here. Last week the Republican members of the Committee on the Budget showed the world their proposed budget. They gave people plenty of time to read it, and they were not…

Mr. Speaker, this rule really makes a mockery of the legislative process. I strongly urge my colleagues to oppose it, not only for the substance of the bill, but also for the process by which it is being brought to the floor. Just to give…

Mr. Speaker, I urge defeat of the previous question. If the previous question is defeated, I will offer an amendment to the rule to require that Congress first adopt the budget resolution for fiscal year 2002 before the House takes up this…

Mr. Speaker, do my colleagues know where their Committee on Rules was last night around midnight at the witching hour? When everybody else was nestled all snug in bed, the Committee on Rules was at work, under the cover of darkness…