Vernon Ehlers

Mr. Chairman, approximately 12 years ago, I was elected to the Michigan legislature and rapidly became immersed in takings issues, because Michigan is the only State of the Union which has been delegated responsibilities for wetlands by…

There is a very important point here that has not been emphasized in the debate. The example of the gentleman from Texas about the red cockaded woodpecker is a good example of how it should be done. We had a similar situation in Michigan…

last month a very important event occurred. We passed a bill giving the President line-item veto authority. We hope this will also pass the Senate and be signed into law. What is remarkable to me is the pace of what we have been doing in…

this morning we expect to pass a bill dealing with unfunded mandates, and I will be voting for that bill. I do want to make it clear that I do have some reservations in environmental areas, but those can be addressed as we go along. The…

last year the Vice President of the United States, on a national news program, discussed health care reform and why the Democrats were not bothering to speak to the Republicans, and made the statement that ``the Republicans didn't vote for…

12 years ago this month I was elected to the State legislature in Michigan and entered politics full time for the first time in my life. At that time I opposed the Federal balanced budget amendment. Today I will be voting for the balanced…

As I understand it, you are suggesting an investigation of Mr. Murdoch. But that is not what I have heard the discussion about during the past week.

Finally, I am reminded of the comments of Mr. Rodney King, whom I did not think I would ever quote on the floor of Congress, but give his famous statement, ``Can't we all just get along?'' Can't we all just get along for the good of the…

I have given some thought to the events of the past week, the discussions and the debates. Through it all I am reminded of something I learned from my father years ago, and, that is, that great minds debate issues, average minds discuss…

I rise to make two points. First of all, a good reason for doing the audit is that we do not know what we will find. When we did this in Michigan 2 years ago after a large number of years of Democratic rule, we discovered a major scandal…

I want to make it clear that I am a strong supporter of education, a strong supporter of good schools, and a strong supporter of teacher certification. However, I'm an even stronger supporter of not having the Federal Government intrude…

I am very honored to be here, as I am sure you understand. I am also very humbled to be here, because I think this is a great responsibility that has been placed upon me by the voters of my district. I will do my best to discharge that…