as the chairman of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, it gives me great pleasure to rise in strong support of H.R. 1727, the Arson Prevention Act, and its Senate amendments. This has been a top priority of the fire caucus in the 103d…

Mr. Speaker NATO has finally stepped in with an ultimatum to the Serbs regarding the eastern Bosnian enclave of Gorazde--stop shelling and withdraw or face NATO air power. It is shameful that Gorazde almost had to fall to aggression before…

First of all, the gentleman makes a good point, and I understand that point. I am not going to ask for a vote on this, because the objective, I think, is broadly shared, and I do not want any implication by asking for a vote that folks…

let me first say that the veterans of America have no better friend in America than the gentleman from Mississippi, Sonny Montgomery. General Montgomery, who has served in this body long and with great distinction, is my very close friend…

I want to thank my friend from Massachusetts [Mr. Olver] who himself has been a voice strongly raised to stop the killing, strongly raised to enforce international law, and to say how pleased I am to join him and the gentleman from Indiana…

The gentleman is correct. Arms are clearly going there. In fact, we all know the reason for that, Serbia became the successor state, in effect, and it has the Yugoslav arms, the Yugoslav armed forces under its control. So we have an arms…

Let me, if I can, intervene. We are of one mind essentially. History has shown us that nationalist tyrants do not stop, that if they are fed one geographic area, that want another.

It is an insatiable hunger for expansionism and aggrandizement, and it is a political compulsion to say to one's electorate that we are going to expand even further until all of Yugoslavia will be called Serbia, and then, perhaps, a…

I rise today to call attention to the National Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. I want to thank and commend my colleague, the gentleman from California, Mr. Lehman, for organizing this special order and for his…

I want to congratulate Chairman Brooks and Chairman Schumer for crafting a bill which takes a balanced approach toward combating and preventing crime. I also want to thank them for ensuring that the three-time loser provision was included…

I rise today to urge my fellow colleagues to adopt these two amendments as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. My first amendment would provide the Treasury Department with a $210 million annual authorization for the…

on Sunday and again yesterday, selective airstrikes were launched by NATO, responding to a request by the United Nations to act against those besieging Gorazde and endangering the lives of U.N. personnel, in addition to tens of thousands…

I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for yielding me the time and I congratulate the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bryant] and the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Gekas] for an extraordinary difficult job to be performed in this bill. Why…

I thank the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Brooks], chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, for his statement. I think it was a critically important statement that this issue, the chairman says, will be considered, and he fully expects this…

I appreciate, on behalf of the Federal employees whom I represent, and those all over this country, the efforts that the gentleman from Missouri has made to try to do the reduction which this House voted on and the other body voted on on a…

How sweet it is! This past weekend Exree Hipp hopped, Johnny Rhodes romped, Duane Simpkins soared, Keith Booth bolted, Joe Smith slam-dunked, and coach Gary Williams and the mighty Maryland Terrapins roared into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA…

I rise in very strong support of this legislation, congratulate the chairman and the ranking members for their work on this. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3841, the Interstate Banking Efficiency Act. The bill before us today is…

I do not believe that it is cluttering up the Constitution of the United States to say that we will rely upon the resources we have available to us in our own generation, except to the extent that we either make a determination there is an…

I rise today to support an amendment to the Constitution to require a balanced budget. Quite simply, I believe that our obligation to future generations--to our children and grandchildren--requires this action of us today. Year after year…

I do not want to misrepresent to the American people that the U.S. Government is currently paying its debt, period. We have always paid our debt. The problem is it is growing very rapidly, and we continue to charge. But it would be…

I rise in strong support of this legislation. It is critical that we pass it today, move it on and, hopefully, have the Senate pass it so we can avoid, if it all possible, involuntary separations which are costly for the Government and…

I want to say that I had an amendment, as the gentleman knows, very similar to his which I have discussed with the committee, and which I have discussed with the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] as well. Like the gentleman from…

I want to thank the committee for accepting my amendment on corrective action and including it in the chairman's en bloc amendment. My amendment to title 1 is simple and straightforward, enhancing accountability for performance. It adds…

I want to thank the committee for accepting my amendment on corrective action and including it in the chairman's en bloc amendment. My amendment to title 1 is simple and straightforward, enhancing accountability for performance. It adds…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 6, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization. This important piece of legislation, along with the Goals 2000 bill, links Federal education aid to high standards for achievement, to…