Mr. Speaker, apparently, Members of the Congress now all very simplistically refute James Madison. The gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Hart), the previous speaker, a very important and valuable member of the Committee on the Judiciary…

If he would entertain hearings on my reparations bill, H.R. 40, which has been pending since 1989, I would be delighted with other witnesses to go in to him with a discussion of what the Members of States from the South who were all slave…

Here is a new piece of historic information just in about James Madison that may appeal to my colleagues. Actually, they tried a supermajority, and I think they will all find this very interesting. Because under the Articles of…

I support the bill. It has been described very adequately by the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. I might remind our colleagues that we passed the bill by voice vote twice under suspension of the rules. It is an important…

I rise today in support of federal employees, who after ten years of studies, scientific evidence and millions of injuries, have taken the evidence and acted to protect the public interest. I rise in support of the findings of the studies…

Mr. Chairman, at a time when our electoral system is in tatters, voter reform ignored, our campaign finance laws riddled with loopholes, our seniors in desperate need of prescription drug coverage, our minimum wage laws unadjusted for 6…

Mr. Chairman, the Democratic substitute is an effort to make a number of improvements to the bill and to modify and take the sting out of some of the most onerous provisions on lower income debtors and struggling small businesses. We had…

We are now in this situation that it was subsequently struck after we went to the Committee on Rules. We are under the limitation of the Committee on Rules' determination of what is allowed to be brought to the floor. So what do we do now…

I commend the gentlelady from Ohio, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, for convening this critically important special order today. It is very appropriate that Members of the Congressional Black Caucus take this time to honor Black…

Well, maybe some of them do, but the fact of the matter is that as this measure stands now, we are going to eliminate joint and several liability for non-economic damages, and this is going to have a very harmful effect on the victims. You…

I yield myself 1 minute, because the author of this bill, the gentleman from California (Mr. Rogan), knows what I know, namely, that the 70,000 gun dealers in this country are happy to assume that they would enjoy the protection of H.R…

we are now confronted with a measure that ought to begin with the observation of the necessity for truth in labeling. The sponsors of this bill have had the courage to put small business liability, to put ``small'' in the title. They have…

Of course they would. Criminal sales of guns to felons would be caught by the protective provisions supposedly going to protect small businesses, mom and pop stores. We have heard mom and pop all day. These gun manufacturers are not mom…

I want to start off, Mr. Chairman, by letting everyone know how much I think of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran). He is a good friend of mine. I suppose, in the final analysis, he has added a marginal benefit to the bill. What he…

we all know that monopolies do not serve the public interest; they keep prices high, limit consumer choice, and fail to innovate. In 1996, in an effort to break up the entrenched local phone monopolies, Congress overwhelmingly passed the…

I say that we do not cut off the right of a person to sue under those circumstances. In many other cases, I would be inclined to agree with my colleague from the Committee on the Judiciary about the time that we need to cut off and limit…

Mr. Speaker, religious freedom has been one of the cornerstones of American democracy since the founding of our Nation, and, like most Members in the body, I remain committed to preserving religious freedom. However, there are serious…

Of course we would all like to see passage of an e-commerce bill that would promote commercial transactions over the Internet. But an e-commerce bill should not be a grab bag for insurance, financial, or other special interests to hurt…

I wanted to just thank the gentlewoman for her persistence in trying to connect at a Federal level the relationship between gun safety, the shipment of firearms, and the shipment of alcoholic beverages. There is nothing illogical or…

I was wondering over here on our side, if we strike out the not taking effect for 90 days and make this a straight study, would that meet the objections and then the approval of the leadership on that side?

let me comfort the gentleman by saying that I am sure that the Attorney General has one or two or three people who could conduct a study here that would be negligible in the budget of the Department of Justice. I think cost would be no…

Mr. Chairman, what we are trying to do is suggest that there be a study, an impact study on the legislation if and when it is passed. I do not think that will hurt anybody pro or con. It should be very helpful to us, particularly on the…

we assure the gentleman that there is nothing but fairness exuding from this side of the aisle, no underhanded motives, and the impact study of the legislation, nothing could be more neutral than that.

I want to thank my friends who have introduced this. I had an amendment quite similar to it, and I do not think it will be necessary to offer it now. But the perfecting amendment I am offering will clarify that Internet service providers…

As disappointed as I have been about the senseless delays that have prevented this Congress from sending to the President's desk reasonable and moderate gun safety measures, I am pleased that we are finally ready to appoint conferees. On…