Joseph Knollenberg

this is an historic day for the workers, business leaders, and reformers in China and the United States. Today Congress has the opportunity to push our relations forward by breaking down the walls surrounding China and supporting its…

The North Koreans simply do not have the equipment, they do not have the capability to handle this method of producing electricity. Now, the companies that are involved here realize this. They know what the dilemma is, and, therefore, do…

Under KEDO and the administration's current policy with North Korea, as everybody knows, the U.S. is leading an effort to finance and build these two nuclear reactors. For whom? For North Korea, perhaps the most regressive regime in the…

later this month, Members of the House will be casting their votes on one of the most important trade issues that we have faced in recent years. I am referring, of course, to extend permanent normal trade relations to China. The United…

with a determination to save the American dream for the next generation, the Republican Congress has turned the tax-and-spend culture of Washington upside down and produced a balanced budget with tax cuts for the American people. Now that…

I rise in support of H.R. 1838 and I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their efforts to bring this bill to the floor today. The United States relationship with the Republic of China is vital to our economic and national…

President Clinton has vetoed the tax relief package passed by Congress. Once again, by vetoing this legislation, he has denied the average middle-class family relief from the marriage tax penalty. He is robbing millions of workers the…

I am a cosponsor of the Doolittle bill and am proud to stand here in front of my colleagues in full support of that bill. I congratulate the gentleman from California (Mr. Doolittle) for bringing forward this bill, and I thank him for…

according to the numbers as we just heard that were released this week, the OMB has decided that there is going to be a surplus of some $1 trillion over the next 15 years. This is good news, and it provides Congress with an historic…

President Clinton has created a national security emergency by spreading our troops all over the world while neglecting the defense budget. From 1960 until 1991, American troops were deployed 10 times. Since the Cold War, our fighting…

I rise this afternoon in remembrance of a dark period in American history, or actually in history, period. That point is the Armenian genocide. When most people hear the word ``genocide'' they immediately think of Hitler. They think of the…

the American people are overtaxed, and it is time for Congress and the President to let them keep more of their hard-earned money. This year, Federal taxes will represent 22 percent of the Gross Domestic Product. This means that the…

we have heard about the surplus. Over the next 15 years, the Federal Government is projected to run a surplus of $4.4 trillion. As the debate over how to use this money heats up, the protectors of big government will scream bloody murder…

In my opinion there is no doubt, however, that the President's conduct rises to the level of impeachable offenses. To protect his political livelihood, this President has subverted the rule of law, lied to the American people, and…

let us examine for a moment the Republican charge that Democrats had 40 years to do something about Social Security, but did not set aside one dime in all of that time. Well, the charge is quite true, the proof being, of course, that if…

with the federal government projected to run a budget surplus that exceeds $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years, Congress has an historic opportunity to save Social Security and provide some much-needed tax relief. I urge my colleagues to…

I respectfully rise to support the amendment by my colleague from California. As we all know too well, the countries of the Caucasus have been crippled by violence and conflict since the collapse of the Soviet Union. If one were to…

The report language simply tries to clarify that EPA has been pushing the envelope with various activities that have been portrayed as being educational in nature but have, in fact, become Kyoto Protocol advocacy activities. We wanted to…

I have ongoing concerns that some of the EPA's education activities at times crossed that line and became advocacy efforts. In my view, much of the EPA's past problems have stemmed from its inability to present information in an objective…

He agreed that the EPA should not use appropriated funds for the purpose of issuing regulations to implement the Kyoto Protocol unless and until such treaty is ratified by the U.S. Senate. Both the House and the Senate strongly concur in…

yes; and when and if the protocol were ratified after full and open discussion by the Senate, these provisions would be void. Mr. McINTOSH. Mr. Chairman, I would ask what this funding restriction would not do. Does it limit funding for…

the Kyoto treaty on climate change would have a crippling effect on the American economy. This fatally flawed agreement would kill millions of American jobs and diminish the standard of living in this country. Confronted by strong…

Yesterday's vote on the Gilman amendment is good news for the opponents of the Kyoto treaty. By a vote of 420 to 0, 420 to 0, the House voted to protect the quality of our national defense by exempting the U.S. military operations from the…

on December 11, 1997, the United States became a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, or so-called global warming treaty. They did this despite the fact that the treaty went against the unanimous advice of the Senate. In Kyoto, the…

we have just gone through an exercise talking about the rule of law. The White House has recently become remarkably solicitous of the privacy rights of convicted felons. While the coddling of criminals is nothing new for liberals, what is…