I think it is very disingenuous when our friends from the other side of the aisle say they want tax cuts. First of all, I think Republicans are making a mistake because what is happening now is the liberals spend 10 percent effort on…

my vote will be in favor of passage of this bill, and H.R. 2037, the budget enforcement provisions, have been made part of this bill that will help us make sure that we enforce the provisions of our intent to balance the budget and make…

4 years ago when I first came to this Chamber, the debate was whether or not to increase taxes on Americans in this country by $250 billion over that 5-year period? Tomorrow I think we all should celebrate, Republicans and Democrats…

It seems important that we point out, Mr. Speaker, that over the last 40 years of Democrat control of this House, taxes increased much faster than inflation. My first year in Congress, 1993, the Democrat leadership without a single…

Let me give Members my ideas why the President does not like the provision in the disaster relief bill that would continue Government operations at 100 percent of the previous year's level if for some reason an appropriation was not passed…

I wanted to take a moment from our legislative business to recognize and commemorate the end of a tour of duty for our 1996-97 House pages. This year, 61 young men and women from across America took time away from their families and…

you know we are at the starting gate of a new era, I think, in the U.S. Congress of trying to look at what is reasonable and what is practical on the way we pay/spend taxpayers' dollars. We have just finished a debate and both sides have…

Just in response, Mr. Speaker, I would hope we all keep track of some of our goals in this country and what I assume we all want to accomplish, and one thing is more and better jobs. So the question, as we review tax cuts, is how do we get…

Just think for a minute where we were 3 years ago. Three years ago we had half of this Chamber saying that it is reasonable to borrow more money for "investment spending." It is reasonable to increase taxes to assure Government services…

We all should continue to be concerned about the debt of the Federal Government. We continue to increase the debt subject to the debt limit, and I would just remind Members that in 1979, when we started the so-called rule 49, the Gephardt…

this is at the very least a sensitive amendment. I think the question is not whether or not we support pets. The question is: Should we pass a new Federal law that mandates an extension and expansion of existing law that pets be allowed in…

the budget agreement that has been pretty much accomplished is nobody's gift to the conservatives or the liberals. It has good news and bad news. We now have a Federal Government that has become very big, very large, very intrusive--taxing…

Mr. Chairman, I am very concerned about where we go on section 8 project housing. As we have reviewed this issue in the Committee on the Budget over the last several years, it probably presents one of the toughest issues facing Congress…

the language currently does not require the housing authority to perform these functions. However, a lot of my housing authorities feel that the existing language does require them to provide these kinds of services and counseling, so as…

Michigan has been aggressively pursuing better rules and regulations and laws under the guidance of our Lt. Gov. Connie Binsfeld, to work in this area of making adoption laws more practical, more realistic, and more helpful for those…

today the trustees of Medicare issued their report and also the trustees of Social Security issued their report. I think this is another indication that this country, has got to do something, if we are going to keep Social Security…

just frustrated for the last several days, when I have heard Members from the other side of the aisle, the Democrats, suggest to the Republicans, why are you not doing this, why are you not passing campaign finance reform? Why are you not…

I think since tax filing date to pay our income taxes in the United States is next Tuesday, April 15, it is an appropriate time to talk about how big do the American people and the American workers think Government should be and how much…

I want to say some last words on taxes. In 1947, the Federal budget represented 12 percent of the total economy in the United States. In other words, the Federal budget was 12 percent of GDP. We have expanded that. As politicians find that…

I think this is the time of year when every American... should be looking at their payroll check... Government taxes 41 cents out of every dollar you make. Government, in their thinking that they can make decisions of how to spend the…

I was going to spend my 1 minute talking about the dangers of changing the CPI until we come up with provisions to make sure we protect the Social Security trust fund. ... I think it is so vital that we work together in solving very tough…

Let us take the hard course. Let us take the more conservative estimate. Let us start cutting spending. I know it is a tough job. We talk about all these expenditures. Let me give my colleagues one example: Social Security. We are…

it was interesting in the Committee on the Budget this morning that Dr. June O'Neill, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, came with their analysis of the President's budget. One of the conclusions of the CBO was that the…

Social Security is developing into an issue which more and more people are realizing has very serious consequences. We are talking about the question now of should we continue to dip into the Social Security trust fund to use for current…

in the week of February 27, we are expected to take up the issue of the balanced budget amendment. There has been a lot of talk about Social Security. How this amendment is going to affect Social Security and how changes in that amendment…