I oppose this tax cut at this time. Yes, there are some good provisions in the tax cut proposal that help American families. I support some capital gains relief and AMT relief, but there are some very bad things in this bill as well…

I do. Mr. Speaker, this is a very important ruling. It is the first one that the Chair has had to make on the new rule XXI that requires an extraordinary vote on a tax rate increase. The language, as I understand it, is when the Federal…

I support the Brewster amendment, but I want to make it clear it does not correct the irresponsibility in the provisions of the Contract With America on deficit reduction, because of the way that the proposal for the tax cut will be coming…

although I shall support the amendment to H.R. 1075, offered by Mr. Cox, which will add a noneconomic cap in medical malpractice awards, I do so with major reservations. The $250,000 cap is too low. My State of Maryland which originally…

I am concerned that attorneys representing the Federal Government or any of its entities or instrumentalities in Federal courts not be held to a different standard under rule XI(c) than other attorneys. Is it the intention of the…

Clearly we are here to make choices, and this is a very minor cut as far as prisons are concerned, cannot even build part of a prison of any significant size.

And the same thing with a medium security prison. We cannot build a prison for the amount of money that is in the amendment that I have brought forward, but yet in the absence of this amendment being made available, 11 communities will go…

I rise in support of the Taylor amendment. One issue that has been particularly important to the people of this region has been the work that we have done in trying to reclaim the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay has been the work of…

let me express my disappointment with section 201 of the bill that is before us, where a partisan Chief Administrative Officer will replace a nonpartisan Chief Administrative Officer will replace a nonpartisan Director of Financial and…

The progress of medicine in the social and economic field has been slow, halting, and uncertain in direction, and constantly thwarted by special interests. All people, doctors and patients alike, agree that medical care should be of the…

I rise today and join my distinguished colleagues in commemorating the tragedy of the Armenian genocide. Today, we pay tribute to those who lost their lives during and after the first world war due to such terrible massacres. The basic…

Based on these meetings, I rise in support of H.R. 3527, the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons. Although this amendment sparked much discussion, I am convinced that the majority of my constituents support this ban. In 1986, of the guns…

I am honored tonight to rise in support of the resolution that the Clinton plan best represents the elements that should be included in health care reform. It is the only plan before the Congress that assures that everyone is covered by…

tonight, instead of special orders, this House of Representatives will be holding its first Oxford-style debate. Oxford-style debates give the American people an opportunity to hear details, fundamental discussions of important issues…

To me this sounds like big government and, if you will, government at its worst, a real invasion of privacy that I don't see how any person can tolerate. But I believe, and I just ask you, isn't it really the logical extension of a…

First, let me congratulate the eight participants who were willing to subject themselves to this debate. This is an experiment. It is the first of its kind on the floor of the House. Obviously, we are feeling our way in certain respects. I…

as a member of the Ethics Committee, I rise here disappointed and troubled by the resolutions that are before us, for I fear that they could jeopardize two longstanding traditions of this House that have served this House well and have…

Mr. Speaker, the truth is that the plea agreement entered into by Mr. Rota indicates that he will provide such information whenever and in whatever form the U.S. attorney's office shall reasonably request. The U.S. attorney's office is not…

in the last several days my office has received nearly 1,000 phone calls from constituents who are opposed to the establishment of Federal standards for teacher certification. They are especially concerned over the potential application of…

there are those who tell us that we do not have a health care crisis. Well, you tell that to the State employees in Maryland who have been asked to pay a 100-percent increase in their insurance premiums this year, who have been given less…

the recent comments of Khalid Abdul Muhammad, an aide to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, filled all decent people with revulsion and disgust. These statements, expressed in the language of hatred and violence, cannot be explained…