what have Members been hearing in their districts? I will tell Members what I have been hearing: There is a constant uproar and anguish about the gas prices across this country. One of the home builders that I met with earlier this week…

Ben Franklin certainly would be proud, because as the father of daylight savings time, we are finally implementing his ideas in this legislation. I want to thank the many Republicans and Democrats that are supporting this legislation in…

let me say at the beginning, I am no fan of MTBE, and my State has banned it. But let me point out a couple of facts. In this bill, the LUST fund, Leaking Underground Storage Tanks fund, has $2.1 billion to clean up these tanks. We have an…

yes, we have an energy crisis, and the sad thing is that it did not start this year, but neither did this bill which started more than 4 years ago. Maybe with gas prices hovering near $2.50 a gallon, we can finally get this bill to the…

It improves communications between parents and appropriate school personnel related to the development of the individual education plan. It reduces the number of reevaluations required for students whose disability does not change as they…

I rise in support of H.R. 3926, the Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act, of which I am a cosponsor. Let me just mention several numbers, that for me, say it all about why we need incentives to increase organ donations across the…

Yes, I do. The testimony was provided by Brent Bozell, President of the Parents Television Council. The FCC claims, however, that they no longer adhere to that policy.

Mr. Chairman, obviously I rise in strong support of the Upton amendment. This amendment ensures that those who are the subject of indecency complaints are provided with a constitutional right to due process. For instance, until a…

today on the heels of our recent efforts to ensure that the do-not-call list was implemented, we are taking yet another major step forward in our efforts to protect consumers from unwanted commercial solicitations. With passage of this…

I would like to focus on one misconception about this plan that we are debating today and set the record straight. I have heard from a lot of retirees who have been led to believe that enacting the conference agreement will cause them to…

As the lead sponsor of the bipartisan House version of the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act Amendments of 2003, it is my pleasure to help manage this bill, S. 686, the Senate version of the legislation on the floor…

I want to again thank the lead authors. They have both been real players on our subcommittee all year long. I have appreciated their active participation on so many issues. We have worked on a bipartisan basis on virtually everything, and…

I want to commend the resolution. I also want to commend the Florida Marlins. They are a terrific team. Their outfield speed, their pitching, their fans, their coach, is really outstanding. I think it is a pretty good deal. I saw in the…

I can remember when Carol Browner, the then administrator of EPA, came and testified before the subcommittee. I was one that supported the Clean Air Act as well as the Clean Water Act. I can remember when we debated the Clean Air Act, the…

I just returned after leading a bipartisan trip to Iraq this last Friday. We had Members from all over the country, Republicans and Democrats, and we had Members on our trip that both had supported the war resolution last year, as well as…

the final proviso under the heading ``Federal Trade Commission salaries and expenses,'' page 84, line 15 through 85, line 3 of the bill violates clause 2 of rule XXI of the rules of the House prohibiting legislation on appropriations…

I have heard a lot of criticism tonight about this drug bill; and I want to remind all of us as we go back to our districts, as we have heard for so many years at our town meetings and so many events, America wants and needs a prescription…

I rise today to recognize a milestone in American ingenuity, to honor the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ford Motor Company. It was June 16, 1903, when 39-year-old Henry Ford and 11 associates, armed with little cash, some tools, a…

I rise for many reasons in support of this amendment. One of the main reasons that I rise in support of this amendment is because of language that I was able to get inserted as part of it, and I thank my chairman, the gentleman from…

I have been tracking the progress of this bill for some time now, and I applaud the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner), the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. My district had a young girl missing for most of this month…

I rise in support of H.R. 399, the Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2003, of which I am a cosponsor. Let me just mention one number, that for me, says it all about why we need incentives to increase organ donations across the nation. In…

I would note that at our very first hearing as chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, we talked about 'I Can' and the various domain names that were out there. All of us jumped on the name of Dot Kids and how…

Let me read the President's signing statement when he signed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act: ``The Nuclear Waste Policy Act which I am signing today provides the long overdue assurance that we now have a safe and effective solution to the…

The Auction Reform Act of 2002 will eliminate the statutory deadlines that have prompted the FCC to schedule auctions in June for spectrum in the 700 megahertz band currently occupied by television broadcasters. This legislation should not…

Second, abstinence is the only 100 percent effective method of prevention. We know that. Three, most teens are not sexually active and most of those who are do not want to be. The Center for Disease Control reports that about 36 percent of…