Peter Blute

Mr. Chairman, I think those of us in the majority have a great deal of respect and admiration for the gentleman from Virginia. He is an able member of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee and adds a lot to the debate on that…

Mr. Chairman, this bill does not affect the Budget and Accounting Act. The budget would still flow through the executive untouched. But once the legislative branch was involved then, rightly so, the executive branch should be involved also…

I would simply respond that we wanted to narrow the scope of this capability of the President's, to limit it and to target it at the most egregious examples of tax pork. I think we have done that. We adopted a Democrat amendment.

the time has come to pass a real line-item veto for the President. Proposals for a line-item veto have been kicking around Capitol Hill for decades. Two years ago, the line-item veto lost by only 21 votes, last year by only 13 votes. This…

Well, if it related to specifically 26 companies, then the President would be able to veto that particular benefit. It it goes beyond 100, then he would not.

I rise today to support this open rule which will provide for extended debate in this House on the line item veto, longer than it has ever been debated before. In the 102d Congress, the total time the House devoted to debate was 40…

Mr. Speaker, tonight this is a very important issue that we deal with. It is true that the Shays act is about accountability and the arguments about the particulars of the bill have been made ably by Members of the both parties. It is a…

I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding achievements of the Economic Development Administration [EDA] and to reaffirm the importance of EDA in helping communities throughout the country overcome severe economic…

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…

In 1980 the biotechnology industry was basically nonexistent. In the year 2000 revenues could potentially reach $60 billion. Unfortunately, this growth is in jeopardy, certain health care reform proposals and other Government regulations…

I am pleased to join my colleagues for this commemoration, and I thank Mr. Lehman for arranging it. Recent history has seen the Armenian people subjected to a number of very difficult, troubling and tragic circumstances. From being forced…

I am pleased to join my colleagues for this commemoration, and I thank Mr. Lehman for arranging it. Recent history has been the Armenian people subjected to a number of very difficult, troubling, and tragic circumstances. From being forced…

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…

Senior citizens in America are now living in fear. Not just because of crime on the streets, but because of crime in their own homes--public senior housing. When this House changed Federal law to allow young drug and alcohol abusers into…

Tonight we are speaking about Ireland. Unfortunately, as we have heard tonight, Ireland today stands divided. It stands divided at a time when the rest of the world seems to be moving together. The Iron Curtain has fallen, as has the…

how very far over the years the reputation of the Congress of the United States has fallen in the eyes of the American people. How sad that an institution that once the people trusted to do the right thing has allowed itself, through its…

we all know there have been some troubling statements recently, emanating from the group known as Nation of Islam. They are words that are as divisive as they are ugly. Their statements--in the form of an outrageous speech by the Reverend…

I rise today to pay tribute to an outstanding American who made the supreme sacrifice for his country during World War II. Fifty years ago today, as a platoon leader attached to the Fourth Marine Division during the landing and Battle of…

I want to thank my friend from Massachusetts for giving me this time to pay tribute to Tip O'Neill. I want to join all the members of the delegation to pay tribute to a man the likes of which we may not see again in our lifetime, former…