I think that a tipping moment occurred for most Americans when in that spacecraft hurdling toward the Moon they looked back and took a picture of our Earth, how small it was from that vantage point, and we suddenly recognized that the more…

if Thomas Jefferson could be resurrected today, he would be surprised by many things that he found. As my good friend from Texas just indicated, he would be enormously surprised by the size of our Federal Government, because he had…

I believe that this is the 41st time that I have come to the floor since 3 years ago, the 14th day of March, to talk about energy, specifically about oil. Here is a copy of the Washington Times today. The main headline: ``Global Food Riots…

When you say ``budget, ``you have to know which budget we're talking about because we have two budgets in Washington. We have the one we talk about publicly, and then we have the official budget that we have to deal with, and they're…

I need to begin today with an apology first. I need to apologize to my very good friend and chairman of our subcommittee on Armed Services, Gene Taylor, and I need to apologize to Ron O'Rourke and Eric Labbs who are testifying in a very…

in just a few days now will be the third anniversary of the time I came to this floor to talk about this subject. I believe this may be the 39th time that I have come to the floor, and what an auspicious time to come, because when I got up…

our government has paid for four studies looking at the world energy situation, particularly at oil. Two of those studies were reported in 2005, and two of them were reported in 2007. The two in 2005 were the SAIC report known as the…

just a few days ago, Shell Oil Company sent out a press release saying that by no later than 2015 the world would not be able to meet the demands of our economies for oil and natural gas. At just about the same time as that, a group came…

I wonder if one would imagine with me an infant in a nursery in a hospital on life support. There is a terrorist bomb or an arsonist fire, and that infant and several others are killed. Can one imagine an argument that says that those…

President Bush has proposed a package of tax relief that includes across-the-board tax relief for everyone. His plan even takes 6 million Americans off the tax rolls all together. It is a fair and balanced proposal that will certainly…

the surplus means it is time for immediate across-the-board tax relief for all taxpayers to boost our economy, create jobs, and give Americans more confidence by returning some of their surplus taxes to help them get through these…

the President is today out in the heartland of America promoting his tax reduction plan, and it sparked a very interesting debate. Everybody agrees that the money is going to be spent. The only argument is who is going to spend it, the…

if a senior citizen wishes to be a part of the work force, there is a lot to consider: The work environment, the hours, the wages. There are a lot of things for a working senior to look at. But one that should not have to occupy a senior…

it has been said that all work is noble. As much as I believe that, it is a shame that our government does not, because even though we might think all work is noble, our government, unfortunately, views work performed by senior citizens as…

last year this Congress passed legislation to end the unfair marriage tax penalty. Regrettably, President Clinton chose to veto it. If he had signed our legislation into law, 28 million married couples could have had up to $1,400 in…

I have a message for the American people. Let me be perfectly clear: Despite the extraordinary case of amnesia on the part of some about what got us here, amnesia on a scale that is rivaled only by that of Lorena Bobbitt and O.J. Simpson…

as we prepare to finish our work in Washington and return home to our districts, we know we will have to explain our record here in Congress. It looks as though we will return to our seniors with terrible news. We will tell them that while…

deep under the Ural Mountains, under a mountain called Yamantau, the Russians continue to build and expand the world's largest, deepest, most nuclear-secure facility. Started under Brezhnev, they have now spent $4.5 billion on this…

for 30 years Washington big spenders have raided the Social Security trust fund. They have put big government programs ahead of retirement security for hardworking Americans. The Republican Congress has changed that. We put the Social…

I rise today as the original sponsor of H.R. 348, the National Civil Defense/Emergency Management Act of 1999. This is a straightforward, nonpartisan piece of legislation which will authorize the placement of a monument to honor those…

I think we should all be pleased that President Clinton has finally come around to the Republican view that we should not spend a penny of Social Security on other programs. Since the President had initially wanted to spend billions of…

I am going to depart from my prepared remarks to try and set the record straight. We had a number of representatives from the other side of the aisle who have gotten up to say that our Republican spending plan would spend Social Security…

why is it the Democrats want to bust the budget caps that they themselves agreed to while at the same time they are opposed to giving tax relief to the taxpayers? On the one hand, they argue that we must relax our fiscal discipline and…

the President and House Democrats want to continue their 30-year raid on the Social Security trust fund but Republicans have drawn a line in the sand. First, we forced the President to agree to our lockbox provision, which walls off the…

I would like to recognize a very special professional organization of which I was a member for a number of years, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Friday, September 17: The Frederick County Builders Association. For 40 years…