the pollsters and political consultants tell us not to use statistics in our speeches. They tell us that peoples' eyes just glaze over at hearing the numbers. No matter. Honest statistics, facts, do matter. For instance, when Bill Clinton…

what would the Republican tax relief package mean to Americans? It would mean that, for many Americans who cannot obtain health insurance through their employers, obtaining health insurance would become easier. It would mean that more…

this summer will mark the silver anniversary of the Howard County Maryland Summer Theater. This outstanding all-volunteer organization, which annually donates the proceeds from its productions to worthwhile humanitarian causes, was founded…

we all know parents would do anything to protect their children from harm. Congress should honor that commitment and help parents by passing the rule for H.R. 1218, the Child Custody Protection Act. This is a good bill and a fair rule…

the recent release of the Cox report on the Chinese espionage at our nuclear laboratories has put on the public record a number of bombshells. The crown jewel of our nuclear arsenal, design of the W-88 warhead, has been stolen by the…

normally when I hear people talk about March madness, I assume they are talking about the NCAA college basketball tournament. However, this year I am afraid this expression is better applied to Democrat party plans to actually expand an…

let us compare and contrast the Republican budget with the President's budget. The Republican's budget saves more for Social Security and Medicare. The President's budget cuts $9 billion from Medicare. The Republican budget enforces…

millions of Americans are asking this week, Mr. President, what happened to our middle-class tax cut? Twenty-nine million American families could have enjoyed a $500 per child tax credit. Three and a half million lower-income American…

we want to spend a few minutes this afternoon looking at the very special case of Specialist Michael New. His name is out to a number of our people, but some may not be familiar with this case and the issues involved here. Michael New is…

I cannot designate who would be appointed by those who have the responsibility of making the appointment under this.

I rise today to ask my fellow Members of Congress to join me in saluting the contributions of engineers to America. Last week was National Engineers Week celebrated annually since 1951. The timing recognizes the role played by our first…

no one gives an upbeat speech better than our President. Analyst Kevin Phillips described the President as a chameleon because of his extraordinary ability to delivery a conservative message that masks his liberal government agenda. For…

last night our President spoke to all Americans about the challenges facing us. The President challenged Congress to help him produce a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. The President told Americans that the era of big…

as a candidate for President 4 years ago, Bill Clinton said that he would ``end welfare as we know it.'' Earlier this month, President Clinton vetoed a welfare bill that would have done exactly what candidate Clinton had promised. Let us…

I have 10 children, and we now have 10 grandchildren, and will have several more. Ten years from now, as America looks back at this time, almost nobody will remember that we had a partial government shutdown, but everybody in America is…

I entered politics because I thought I could make a difference. As a Republican, as a proponent of a balanced budget, and as a Member of the 104th Congress, I truly feel that I have, in a small way, made a positive difference. I am very…

I think that the spirit of this amendment is supported by many people on both sides of the aisle. That spirit is that we really need to look at these national labs because some of their missions have changed. We are in a post-cold-war era…

That is for part A, and that is the one the trustees are talking about, that is the one that is in trouble, and that is the one that we are talking about that we must do something to strengthen it, and save it, and preserve it so it will…

This is not a Republican program. It was what, April 3, that the President's trustees, the ones he appointed--he appointed four of them. Three of them are Cabinet Members, and they are the ones that in their annual report point out that we…

I am happy to join the discussion of Medicare. I think to put this in perspective that one of the first things that we need to do is to chat for just a moment about how Medicare is related to balancing the budget. I notice a lot of…

Absolutely. I would like to come back to the Medisave for just a moment. I had the privilege of being briefed by Pat Rooney from the Golden Rule Insurance Co., who first came up with this plan. He explained that on the basis of a person…

Those are great editorials, and I think that they are saying what most Americans, when they have had a chance to look at the facts and think about it, what they are saying, too. I think that it is perhaps well to look at what the problem…

Martin, I am happy to chat for a little more with the American people about Medicare. Martin just mentioned a very significant thing, and that is when competition came in, prices came down. He was mentioning the optical and the eyeglasses…

the President's appointed trustees have warned that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2002. If we do nothing, seniors' out-of-pocket costs will rise and Medicare will be bankrupt in just 7 years. Mr. Speaker, if we raise payroll taxes, as we…

yesterday, July 9, was the kind of day when you did not know whether you should laugh or cry. It was a kind of day when you did not know whether you should mourn or celebrate. You see yesterday, July 9, was Government Free Day. Up until…