Bruce F. Vento

I rise today to welcome Rabbi Moshe Feller and to thank him for his thoughtful opening prayer for today's session. Rabbi Feller has been a leader in the Twin Cities Jewish Community for over 30 years. Accompanying the Rabbi today are 20…

House Joint Resolution 360 designates this week, April 25 through May 2, as ``Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week.'' Just last week in this Chamber the House of Representatives passed a comprehensive anticrime bill. In the wake of this…

I rise in support of H.R. 4092, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. The problem of crime is one the greatest concerns of the American people. Some 22 million households are affected by crime each year. Violent crime has…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3498, which establishes the Great Falls Historic District in Paterson, NJ was introduced by congressman Herb Klein on November 10, 1993, and was favorably reported to the House of Representatives by the Committee on…

Mr. Speaker, I refer to the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of this bill of March 25, 1994, which is addressed to the committee and my ranking minority member, so it is in the purview part of the committee report. It points out…

I would further state, I want to make it clear that I do not accept, and I think that we really need to come to a common understanding as to what the backlog figures are for the National Park Service in terms of roads, in terms of land…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3516, introduced by my colleague on the Natural Resources Committee, Representative Nathan Deal, increases the level of funding authorized to assist the State of Georgia in relocating a highway corridor currently crossing…

I have received a list of some 36 organizations supporting the Urban Recreation and At-Risk Youth Act of 1994. It does substantively change the basic law that we wrote, written actually by a mentor of the gentleman from California and…

Mr. Speaker, I think it is clear to most of us that there are severe problems in terms of youth in our Nation today. Probably the statistic that is most appalling is that which indicates 1 in 5 children, nearly 1 in 5 children, or over 1…

the language of this bill refers to urban areas, but I have come to recognize, working on serious social problems, that they know no bounds, and so I have come, when I have worked on homelessness, come to use the term ``troubled…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1574, which passed the Senate on November 20, 1993, is a bill sponsored by Senator Bradley to raise the authorization ceiling for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. An identical bill (H.R. 3377) was introduced on…

Mr. Speaker, S. 375 deals with two segments of the Rio Grande River, in northern New Mexico. it is similar to a companion bill introduced by our colleague, the gentleman from New Mexico [Mr. Richardson]. The Rio Grande is the fifth-longest…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2815 is a bill introduced by Representative Johnson of Connecticut and cosponsored by the entire delegation from that State, including our colleague on the Natural Resources Committee, Mr. Gejdenson. It deals with a…

I, first of all, want to comment on the generous comments made by my colleague. He will certainly be missed as he has announced in the last week his decision not to seek or stand for reelection in the Virgin Islands after his nearly 30 to…

I rise in support of H.R. 2144. As explained by chairman de Lugo, this bill would transfer approximately 3,200 acres of excess Department of Defense land to the government of Guam for such public benefit uses as housing, schools, and…