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I am suggesting, if the gentleman will continue to yield, that we look at, for example, passenger-side airbags as to whether that is well thought out for the safety of our children in automobiles. It has been a disaster, as most observers…
the majority whip was referring to the USA Today article yesterday which was very extensively researched. It was referring to the passenger-side airbags and the regulations that were imposed a number of years ago that were not well thought…
the amendment will mean that an additional 2,000 units of elderly housing will be built which translates into tens of thousands helped over the life of the buildings and will give more of our parents and grandparents the ability to live…
Mr. Chairman, tonight I rise to offer my strong support for this important amendment that is before us here today. The amendment we will vote on recognizes the Armenian genocide by simply reducing the amount of economic aid available to…
If I could just interrupt for a second, Jefferson had a great line. I do not have the exact line, but he said that we should always believe that our opposition is at least, there is a 10-percent chance that they may be right, that we may…
They are patriotic. They believe their philosophy is something that will help people. I think to some extent we have gotten away from that, and we think of our opposition in a debate format as someone who actually is out to hurt the…
But again, you know, we need to have vigorous debate. I mean, again the people who were promoting this civility resolution are some of the hardest, toughest debaters, and I have heard Zach out there. Jay gave a speech earlier on the…
And with some great humor exchanges between them which communicated to the American people that the Government at least could ultimately decide on things, move forward on that key question that we respect each other as Americans first and…
we are going to continue this. We are going to continue to pursue signatories. We have 70 cosponsors. We think, as the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Tauzin] said, every Member should sign it. It is basically fairly basic stuff most people…
I think a great example of this was the political relationship between somebody who I have a great deal of respect for, who brought me into Republican politics. That was our former President, Ronald Reagan, and his relationship with…
I just noticed that we are surrounded by Southerners here. But of course we do not have any accents up there in New England, of course. You know, some of the finest moments that I have experienced here were interparty tributes. For…
Stood up for his people, for their civil rights. That is a tremendous history. And I think from my own area, the Kennedy family and their great history and contributions to America. You have got Patrick Kennedy and Joe Kennedy. I mean…
Tonight we are going to deal with an issue that I think is very important with how we conduct our business here in the House of Representatives, and that is on the civility of the House debate as it has evolved over the course of our…
The gentleman would yield, and I think he is right on target here. It is not just the history. It is the actual individuals who serve here. I have been shocked in my 4 years to see the quality of the individual, but also some of the…
I think does it not begin by ceding to your opponent here in this well or on the clash of ideas over these very divisive issues, it begins by ceding one thing to your opponent up front, that their motivation is, in their view, in the best…
the legislation before us, H.R. 1670, the Federal Acquisition Reform Act, will enable businesses to compete much more effectively in the Federal marketplace. Each year our Government spends approximately $200 billion for goods and services…
Mr. Speaker, today the House is taking action to provide the President an important tool necessary to reduce Government spending. As we move to go to conference on the line-item veto, we take a major step toward eliminating wasteful…
today I rise to honor the millions of Portuguese-Americans across our Nation by calling attention to the day of Portugal. This Saturday the Portuguese-American community will gather to celebrate their heritage and many positive…
Mr. Chairman, the engine of economic growth in this country is under assault from some lawyers who give the term ``gone fishing'' an entirely new meaning. These strike-suit lawyers are trolling for easy money won from vulnerable companies…
at a time when many people are decrying our Tax Code as too complicated, the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California would increase that complexity. How would the President determine if a tax credit provided half its benefit…
Well, Mr. Chairman, I would only say, reclaiming my time from the gentlewoman, that implicit in that argument is that all income belongs to the Federal Government and that the Federal Government should decide how they will share it with…
Mr. Chairman, in closing, I want to commend the Committee on Rules for giving us an open rule in which we had a very, I think, thorough debate on a whole range of issues surrounding the line item veto authority. With regard to the…
I think one point that is glaring here is that throughout this debate on the line-item veto authority, the minority, during the general debate, during the debate on the amendments, made a strong case that they felt that this bill ceded too…
Mr. Chairman, now is the time to give the President of the United States the line-item veto authority. This issue has been kicking around up here on Capitol Hill for decades, and has been discussed and chewed over, committees have heard…
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