Steny Hoyer

The Office on Disabilities is cut $14 million in the chairman's bill from the President's request of $21 million or $23 million.

Selma is America, and America can learn lessons from Selma, as Selma needed to learn lessons from America. The lesson of Selma is for all. Indivisible. We cannot segregate rights and expect any of us to long enjoy those rights. That, John…

This bill is an opportunity for us to work together to achieve a type of reform we all agree is both necessary and important.

Let me be clear--this bill is not and does not pretend to be campaign finance reform.

I would tell my good friend, because I know he is for accuracy, that he must know that the Dole-Reagan tax cut of 1982, that tax increase, was higher than the 1993.

This budget spends, in fiscal year 2000, $1.5 billion less than the President of the United States asked for in NIH.

Pearlie Mae's life has been punctuated with zeal and enthusiasm, commitment and servitude, honor and distinction.

This convention, which is held in Prince Frederick every ten years, celebrates women's participation in religious affairs and explores the total man and women--body, spirit, and soul.

It is through the strength of her family that she gains the true inspiration to carry on her mission to serve God and her community.

Pearlie Mae Brown is currently the First Lady of the Greater Bible Way Church in Prince Frederick, Maryland, where she is the most active and most cherished member of its congregation.

We ought to reject this amendment. This is a large issue which we are debating, campaign finance reform. The American public wants campaign finance reform. We ought not to mire ourselves in the petty politics, as the gentlewoman indicated…

Clearly we want to express in the strongest possible terms that the residents of American Samoa are in fact included as U.S. citizens. They are a full part of our country, and although they do not have every right of citizenship extended…

I would like to congratulate Mr. Krawczewicz for his artistry and for his contribution to the commemoration of the state of Maryland.

This is not the first time Mr. Krawczewicz's artwork has been recognized.

Mr. Krawczewicz's winning design features the state Capitol building in Annapolis, Maryland, the only statehouse that also once served as the Nation's Capitol.

I am going to join the gentleman and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) and the chairman of the committee in the effort he speaks of, but I believe we ought to perceive this on a bipartisan basis. I will be speaking about what I…

Today, on behalf of the citizens of the Fifth District of Maryland, I offer our thanks and our deepest gratitude for Dr. Bickford's lifelong work to provide a quality education for so many of our residents.

Dr. Bickford has left an indelible mark of excellence on Prince George's Community College, leading it to its greatest level of achievement and success.

I regard the independent audit, and this legislation which I am introducing today, as that blueprint for bipartisan action and urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support it.

While it is important to look for cost-effective ways to make the FEC more efficient, it is also crucial that the agency be given the funds needed to thoroughly conduct their business.

I do, however, want to spotlight one of the centerpieces of my bill, electronic filing, which was the main audit recommendation and one of the first recommendations that all six FEC commissioners endorsed soon after the audit was released.

I firmly believe that when the underlying statutes are clear to all affected parties, administering and enforcing the law becomes a much more efficient, inexpensive, and straight-forward process.

I am determined to see that the FEC is equipped at the earliest practicable time to enforce both the letter and spirit of this much needed measure.

I am confident that we can give the Federal Election Commission the necessary mandate and direction to better carry out its responsibilities.

This unfortunate detachment by the voting public is the result of many different factors, one of which is the lack of confidence in our election process.