he who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it. This House has debated time after time the energy crisis which we had in the 1970's and 1980's. To deal with that, one of the principal weapons we achieved was to set aside the…

the amount of the sale is $200-plus million. The amount which is wasted in selling at half the cost the government paid for it is over $100 million. That is the economy we are practicing here tonight.

The gentleman's kindness is extraordinary, but it is not adequate, nor does it do the things that have to be done to make this rule the kind that a responsible legislator may support.

this is particularly true in view of the fact that the Republican Party is also talking about the need to have volunteerism. Here we have a piece of legislation which simply bans volunteerism in a very important area.

I support what the gentleman is doing, but he still has not answered my question. The question really is why is the gentleman just making the use of volunteers by Fish and Wildlife Service available in the case of the migratory bird…

This amendment is necessary to cure the mischief that is included in the appropriations bill which prohibits the use of these kinds of volunteers for this kind of work.

I did not favor the idea that we would create a U.S. Biological Survey. I thought it was a step backward. I thought it created great peril. I thought it set up a target where we could do great hurt to the Fish and Wildlife Service and to…

And having dealt with the gentleman over the years, I know how adept and adroit my good friend is, but I want to make it clear that he has not answered the question as to what blockhead it was that did this on this particular legislation.

It may well be that that is so, but the hard fact of the matter is that the Fish and Wildlife Service uses them for fish surveys in the Pacific Northwest, something that is extremely important. The salmon are now approaching the status of…

I want to reiterate for the benefit not of my friend, because I know he understands what is going on. I understand the politics of this situation. He has been caught in a political situation where some know-nothing somewhere came to the…

the agreement we are voting on today extends the Medicare select demonstration program to all 50 States for a 7\1/2\-year period beginning in 1992. It does so with no appreciation of the consequences of this. Although many support this…

this is a bad rule, it is a bad bill, it is bad legislation, it has been handled poorly, it is going to hurt the American people, it is going to raise the cost of Medicare, and it is going to be generally bad for the economy, the country…

hurry, hurry, hurry. Let us get this bill through. Let us get it through before the facts are in. Let us get it in before it shows that this package for Medicare Select is in fact going to cost Medicare or the taxpayers more. Hurry, hurry…

as this body meets today, the conferees are discussing the rescission bill a number of substantive changes in the Clean Air Act; first, to prevent EPA from imposing sanctions on States that violate the Clean Air Act, no matter how…

I do not care whether it is heartfelt or not, I want to know if it is factual. I gather you are telling me some of the concerns expressed are not factual.

The gentleman says all this talk about how your substitute is going to hurt agriculture; it cannot, because it is the same language they have in the bill?

Mr. Chairman, this is a very important question. It is not something which is arcane. Attained age rating, which this amendment would compel to be not used, permits an insurer to raise his rates on a policy solely on the basis of a…

Mr. Speaker, this is a gag rule pure and simple. It is not needed at this particular time. There is plenty of time to deal with this legislation. If we pass this legislation tomorrow or today, the other body will not be able to move on it…

I understand that my views on this matter have created vast distress on the part of my Republican colleagues. They are very easily distressed, and this pains me. For the help of my colleagues on that side, I would say I do not mind…

Suffice it to say my displeasure with the way the rule has been handled in its substance and the way the rights of the minority have been constrained remain. I observe also that those constraints affect the ability of this House to…

the memories of my Republican colleagues are very convenient. They have forgotten the last time we had a Republican tax cut in this body. That multiplied the national debt by better than 4.5 times, from about $700 billion to $4.5 trillion…

This is a Robin Hood in reverse tax proposal. It is part of a package which is geared to help the rich and to hurt the poor. If we look, we will find that better than 50 percent of the tax reductions are going to go to those who earn more…

the function of this motion to recommit is a very simple one: One, to include what essentially would have been a bipartisan amendment to this legislation, which would have been offered by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Oxley] and the…

It strikes the proper requirement that foreign companies appoint an agent for purposes of receiving service.

the House a little earlier rejected an amendment which would have denied discovery to American firms which were involved in product liability cases where foreigners were taking advantage of them and where they were receiving shelter under…