Joseph Knollenberg

this bill, and by the way my colleague may have just seen it, but it has been there for a year. It was a part of a larger bill that I introduced. But let me just say that I am talking about the individual that writes a check must be a…

when considering the tax burden imposed on the American people today, I am reminded of an observation that was made by Mark Twain: ``What's the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.''…

as a member of the oversight delegation that attended the negotiations over the U.N. treaty on climate change, I am absolutely outraged by U.N. official Raul Estrada's comments about congressional opposition to the overreaching Kyoto…

on a day when we are all trying to be green, I found an article in today's paper that disturbed my festive mood. It seems the UN's Global Climate envoy was in Washington yesterday bad-mouthing the United States Congress because we are…

America needs an across-the-board income tax cut. The average American family still pays more in taxes than it spends on food, clothing and shelter. This Congress, I think, has an obligation to cut taxes again. Last year's tax cut was a…

it is no wonder that the vast majority of Americans feel that nobody in Washington is on their side. Consider the IRS, as some speakers have already. For too long and for too many times, this agency has acted in an arrogant, heavy-handed…

the House is scheduled to vote this week on a matter essential to the economic vitality of this country, a vote to extend fast track trade negotiating authority to the President. Fast track is a crucial partnership between the President…

I rise in support of H.R. 1270. I also want to salute the original drafter of this bill, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Upton], for his work. I want to talk a little bit about safety. I want to also talk about Halloween for a moment…

I am pleased to see that the conferees saw the need and the value to conduct a near-term research program for PM2.5 immediately. Specifically, as an initial phase of the program, the conferees noted the ongoing efforts to conduct research…

there he goes again. President Clinton has stepped up efforts to force compliance with the treaty limiting greenhouse gas emissions. And with a knee-jerk reaction, how does he propose to accomplish this goal? Simply by raising taxes. That…

As the Kyoto negotiations on global warming draw near, millions of Americans' jobs are on the chopping block. The Clinton administration seems to be willing to sign on to an agreement that places the entire burden of reducing carbon…

Mr. Speaker, while the recently enacted tax relief package represents a major step in the right direction, tax cutters cannot stop and rest on their laurels. Taxes are still too high, and many Americans, primarily single adults without…

I am very pleased, and I know others are too, to hear that an agreement has been reached between the Congress and the White House on the tax cut package. I am especially pleased when I recall the last time Congress and the White House…

I believe, finally, there is a balance here in this body that wants to give a tax cut to those people that deserve it. There are those on the other side of the aisle who complain about the tax cut, and I think they are really showing their…

I want to assure my colleague, the gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Barcia, and, obviously, my other colleagues from Michigan Mr. Stupak, and Ms. Stabenow, now that, as a member of the Michigan delegation, I share their concern for the funding…

guess what? My colleagues have heard this before, but if someone makes $54,000, they are now the rich. They just do not know it yet. Or at least that is what the Clinton administration has figured with their calculations on who should get…

It is further my understanding, Mr. Chairman, that the Department of Energy approved grants within the fuel cell program and that these grants have had an impact on the market value of the companies that have been designated as grantees. A…

Although the total amount for the advance automotive technology program received an increased recommendation from the committee over the past 2 years, I have heard from the Department of Energy that the fuel cell program has received a…

I rise today to express my absolute disappointment, frankly disgust with the President's decision endorsing the EPA's stricter regulations on air pollution. The President says that the reason for imposing these new rigorous regulations was…

I rise today to support normal trade relations for China. American workers benefit most from the trading status with China. The facts I think are very clear. If we reject MFN, we do not improve the trade deficit, but we do lower or approve…

Yesterday I introduced H.R. 1955 with the support of many of my colleagues in order to prevent death penalty convicts from receiving military burial honors in our Nation's 114 veterans' cemeteries. Today, the gentleman from Missouri is…

I keep hearing from my liberal friends who are outraged that Congress is trying to cut taxes. They look at Washington and they know that Congress is trying to balance the budget and they simply cannot understand why Republicans are calling…

At this very hour, thousands of Detroiters are lining the streets of Woodward Avenue in Detroit to honor their Detroit Red Wings, the 1997 Stanley Cup champions. After Saturday's 2 to 1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, the Red Wings…

it is safe for our children to go outside and play again. The EPA's PM-2.5 ozone standards are being questioned again by experts. In Newsweek's cover story on asthma, Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills of UVA's Asthma Disease Center says it is…

I think we should stop the presses. It appears that the EPA has their facts wrong again. After weeks of chatter about proposed new clean air standards and their urgent necessity, this week we find out that the EPA has been given some…