Rich Neal

There were 22 million jobs created during the Clinton years. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson).

If the gentleman will recall, in committee I offered a substitute fully paid for and the majority rejected it on a party-line vote.

I have been here for 16 years, and I have never been involved in an issue where people congratulated me more for bringing it forward and did less about it than the alternative minimum tax issue.

That may well be. I do not dispute the inception. I do not dispute the philosophy of Alternative Minimum Tax as proposed. What I do dispute is, you have been in charge for 10 years, opportunity to do something about it rather than talk…

I have a question and perhaps an answer might clear it up for those who are still trying to sort through this legislation. H.R. 3108, as introduced, included a provision that would have replaced the 30-year Treasury rate with a flat rate…

I think a concern that we have tried repeatedly to express, and I in particular have tried to express, is that this issue demands action in this institution. I would suggest today, based upon the headlines that we have all seen for weeks…

50 years without having lost an election, a terrific wife in Mary and four wonderful children, this institution tonight mourns his passing.

I pledged on that occasion my support for President Bush during this national crisis; and at this grave moment in our history, I think I at that time spoke for all Americans when I said we stood together in support of our commander in…

This has been a good debate, and it has been legitimate. There is a sincere difference of opinion here on how to proceed. I have acknowledged time and again that I believe that the underlying support for this bill is indicative of the fact…

Is the stock market growth that we witnessed in response to the Clinton budget that we passed in this institution without any help from the other side?

Just a quick response to the gentleman from New Jersey. I have a quote here from the Boston Globe on June 19 of this year in which it suggests, `` `and graduate students include future doctors, lawyers and engineers,' he said. `We do not…

That is true. And on the House bill, it simply does not include permanent extension of employer-provided education either. We live in an atmosphere now and at a time when people are going to have to be continually called upon to upgrade…

Their bill, the Republican bill, would treat as taxable income the tuition reduction of these students, and this could be as much as $25,000. It would result in an average tax increase on graduate students of $4,000. It is hard to believe…

Under current law, graduate students, teachers, assistants, or researchers are not taxed on the amount of tuition waivers granted by the institution. The House bill would repeal this exemption and these students would have to pay taxes on…

Yes, they do. The proposals were not available to families with incomes in excess of $100,000, and they began to phase out at incomes over $80,000. Families with incomes over $100,000 paying tuition costs out of dividend and interest…

There have been many changes that appear to have been made to the President's education package. These changes to me appear to be detrimental to low- and moderate-income students and seem to benefit those in the higher income brackets. Do…

We thank the distinguished gentleman from the Third District of Massachusetts for offering those encouraging words. I now would like to acknowledge a familiar face in the Congress on the issue of Northern Ireland, indeed, a united Ireland…