Peter Blute: “the majority whip was referring to the USA Today article yesterday which was very extensively researched. It was…”

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…

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 would like to wish a happy St. Patrick's Day to my constituents in Massachusetts, and say that today, many of us will celebrate our Irish heritage by wearing green, eating some corned beef and cabbage, and may be even having a few Irish…

A plan unveiled recently by the Ways and Means Chairman would cut COLA's and raise taxes, yet again, on Social Security beneficiaries. Wringing more money from the Social Security system and stealing from the pocketbooks of senior citizens…