I want to stand here today to congratulate the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) on the committee; the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Davis), who has put this bill before us and brought it to our attention; and all of those in this…

I was privileged to join the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss), the gentleman from New York (Mr. Charles Rangel), and we went to Haiti quite recently. We met with Pierre Denize, the national…

my motion to recommit is simple. It excludes Social Security and Medicare benefits from the definition of ``income'' for purposes of the bill's means test. As the law currently stands, any senior is eligible for bankruptcy relief. The…

I am appalled with the thought of using IRS expense standards. First, the IRS standards do not protect a debtor's ability to pay for health care, for elderly, care for the elderly, taxes, accounting or legal fees. Now, an IRS standard like…

Mr. Chairman, first I would point out to the gentleman that the court would merely disallow those claims that the gentleman rattled off from the newspaper. Just because someone files them does not mean they are going to get them. I cannot…

Mr. Chairman, as usual, there is a good deal of talk about preserving jobs and creating jobs in the House of Representatives. Accordingly, if we really want to protect jobs, there should be little problem in supporting my amendment which…

I wish to say to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Chairman, that apparently the Congressional Budget Office did not see the savings that the gentleman envisions in this, and the gentleman has been here long enough to remember the…

I want to address the gentlewoman from New Jersey, whose concern about bankruptcy is well-known and remembered from the last Congress. I read to her the first paragraph of the National Women's Law Center letter sent to me only 2 weeks ago…

I am delighted to begin immediately by talking about the means test and other consumer provisions that will harm middle-income and low-income people. Because contrary to the assertion of my friend, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr…

the decision to go to war is one of the most important decisions that our country can make. As elected representatives, we have to consider our international and domestic obligations, as well as our individual and collective moral beliefs…

as with all Americans I am greatly distressed by the brutality and loss of freedom the Kosovars are suffering at the hands of military forces of the Serbian regime in Belgrade. However, NATO military policy, while inflicting heavy…

I am pleased that the way things have worked out. We are revising the satellite compulsory license law to allow companies to retransmit local news, weather, sports, safety announcements. In other words, local-to-local service can now be…

First is that she developed this theory that applies to every human being that struggles for justice: "I am only one person, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something." For her to sit down on the bus that day was an…

it needs to be pointed out from the very beginning that the Committee on the Judiciary has not ordered reported H.J. Res. 37 proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations. This has not…

First, the 1993 vote was far more than a tax increase. It had tax increases and deductions, and many other changes. Secondly, if one measures State and local revenues, in looking at the States with a supermajority requirement, we find that…

I would like to remind the previous speaker that the AFL-CIO has urged a vote against the proposed constitutional amendment that would require a two-thirds majority in the United States House and Senate to increase Federal revenues. Why…

today I rise to lift up three extraordinary people who have contributed much the Civil Rights Era: Martin Luther King, Jr., John Coltrane and Nelson Mandela. Dr. King was very much aware of the cultural impact of jazz on the civil rights…

I do not enjoy beginning on the divisive note of impeachment that consumed so much of the last Congress. I had hoped that we may have gleaned some lessons from the ordeals of last year, which began with an overzealous prosecutor consumed…

I think, personally, the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here, and I would suggest, in conclusion, Mr.

I believe, that anyone can file a civil lawsuit against any President at any time over a matter which did not occur while he she was in office and has nothing to do with the presidency.

I believe other like-minded Democrats, will join you in voting for a motion to proceed with a formal inquiry as to the matters raised in the Referral.

I think that we have to look at that conduct, in light of the consequences that it has, and the message it sends, just as we would look at the conduct of the chief executive of a major national corporation who was the defendant in a civil…

Under these circumstances, it is my view that a responsible prosecutor would not charge the president with obstruction, because there is no evidence sufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt, that the president was involved

I think it's sickening that the President does this.

I believe that the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Henry Hyde, has been committed to a fair and judicious process, and we will continue to follow his lead.