Gerald Ford

I was the sole person who had to make that decision. But, when you look back at the alternatives that I had, it was the right decision. And I have no question that it was the right thing to do then. And I'm more certain today.

Just for the gentleman from Florida, you are saying that these cuts that are being talked about today are imaginary, or are they real? And I would be happy to yield to the gentleman. Are they imaginary cuts or real cuts? Maybe we have got…

So, Mr. Speaker, so if millionaires took a $65,000 tax cut as opposed to a $103,000 tax cut, we could pay for the student loan program.

Folks who are enjoying part of this tax credit today, in 2005 will see that tax cut decrease or eliminated all together. Which, if I understand the definition of a tax increase, that indeed is a tax increase on people earning $11,000 a…

President Reagan led the nation with resolve and courage. He showed these same qualities in his battle against Alzheimer's disease. President Reagan will be remembered for many things--a great communicator, devoted husband and an…

I hope that as this vote proceeds, Mr. Chairman, I will say to my friends on the other side of the aisle that some of us who are struggling with this, please refrain in your press statements and releases from referring to anybody on this…

What is the problem then if my colleagues believe in removing all these taxes, which I think there is a lot of merit to, I am a big tax cutter like the gentleman is? I support those ideas. How is that consistent with the taking 3 million…

That is a little unfair. I do not think anyone objected to flags being flown and so forth. You make a good point on some of the other things, but that is a little unfair on the flag.

Check 21 is pretty simple in what it does. It just modernizes the Nation's check payment system and tries to keep up with all the new technologies in the 21st century.

These people making less than $25,000 a year get up and go to work just like you and I do every single day. They pay a payroll tax which is the highest tax paid by 82 percent of Americans. So the other side of the aisle can label us not…

I am just curious as a Member of the body and as a voter, when does it become President Bush's economy? You said this started back with Bill Clinton.

So we bear some of the responsibility, but some on the other side of the aisle also bear some of the responsibility.

If my reading is correct, and I have not been a part of any of the meetings, it appeared to me that one of the reasons that the tax cut was reduced from $726 billion to $550 billion to $350 billion was because there was disagreement in the…

Will the gentleman put up the chart that was up earlier showing Clintonomics versus the last chart and agree that perhaps spending grew in those years because revenue for the government grew as well, and perhaps that President and this…

I close on this: the addiction to soft money, all of us will be okay without it. We can find ways to pay for our golf tournaments, to pay for our resort visits. We can find ways to pay for all of those things we pay for with soft money now.

I know the gentleman made the point about the Democratic Party, but was not the gentleman quoted in the front page of one of our local newspapers here on the Hill urging us not to consider a telecom bill because it would hurt campaign…

Under the Ney bill, how much money could Ken Lay have contributed, the former chairman of Enron, to the NRC, the DNC, and all the other parties?

I will add that I am a little disturbed and concerned about three issues...there is an enormous gap between what we said we want to spend and what we actually intend to spend.

Pardon my passion on this issue, Mr. Chairman, and I ask the House's forgiveness for violating our rules, but it is just hard for many of us to comprehend, and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Porter) is a good man as many on the other…

I am an exception to that. I had a summer jobs program, and I graduated from law school and my voters elected me to Congress. I would just submit to the gentleman that there are those of us who never attended the job core program, but had…

Ed Levi, with his outstanding academic and administrative record at the University of Chicago, was a perfect choice.

Most Americans have to go to work every day. I know they appreciate the fact that we were out to enjoy time at home, being with our families.

I do not think anything is wrong with asking these local school districts that want this authority to rise up to the occasion and to be able to live up to these standards today. I would close by merely saying to all my colleagues in the…

I would only hope we would do the right thing in this Congress. We have our differences. I heard someone stand up and say they want to support this bill because the President supports it. There was something the President supported a few…