Gilbert Gutknecht

But I wanted to talk a little bit tonight about the partial-birth abortion issue, because I think it is one point where the American people can begin to turn the clock back, that they can begin to recover the lost moral ground that we have…

I am not nearly as pessimistic as the gentleman from California, because if we look at history, and it was sort of underscored when we talked about what happened with the Polish Pope who warned the Soviets, or when Ronald Reagan went to…

But, nonetheless, I believe that words have meaning, that actions have consequences, and that ideas matter. In the long light of history, whether or not it was well reported beyond the dome of this Capitol building, I think the American…

If you look at the story of history, it has been extraordinarily brave people who have had the courage to say, this is wrong and it must stop. And I think we have reached a point, particularly on the issue of partial birth abortions, where…

But it took an enormous amount of courage for the Holy Father to say to the Soviet empire that ``If you invade my motherland, I will be there to meet you.'' And I think in some respects, that, and the time that Ronald Reagan went to Berlin…

I will never forget, and I think the American People and the American press did not really pick up on this, but there was a particular pint in history when there was a lot of fear that the Soviets were going to--when Lech Walesa was…

There are only about four or five of some of the most despicable people in the world.

I want to talk about the welfare system and what we are doing to children. Is there anything more cruel to children than consigning them to a lifetime of poverty and dependency? Cannot we do better than the welfare system we have in place…

Mr. Chairman, essentially we are talking about two pennies, two pennies out of every dollar allocated to Federal spending that can keep us from increasing this deficit. Is it too much to expect Washington to live within its means? Is it…

Mr. Chairman, as one of my favorite presidents observed, well, here we go again. This is the 1.9 percent across-the-board reduction. Just to set the stage again so Members understand how this amendment came about, we were rightly…

Mr. Chairman, the hour is late and we have had plenty of debate. This is the ninth time that I have offered this same amendment. This is a 1.9 percent across-the-board reduction. Again, just for the benefit of those who may be keeping…

This debate is simply about 1.9 percent of discretionary spending on this bill. This bill increases spending over last year over $1 billion. We are talking about reducing that increase by $466 million. This debate again is not about 1.9…

today's long-overdue passage of H.R. 1627, the Food Quality Protection Act, is further evidence that this Congress not only talks about regulatory reform, but acts on it. Food processors and farmers in my district want to preserve the…

Mr. Chairman, this is the next installment of the amendments that I have been offering to all of the appropriation bills since the House passed the joint budget conference committee report, and as my colleagues will probably recall, under…

I will end this debate the way I began. I do respect the work that is done on the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of Committee on Appropriations for the District of Columbia. This is a very serious problem. But I would have to…

I think I can clear this up. My amendment is not intended to affect appropriations for fiscal year 1996. That is the reason it has to be moved to the different location. We only want to affect discretionary appropriations for fiscal year…

I feel a little bit like the famous cartoon character Horton, who hatched the egg. Just to remind Members what this is all about, back when we passed the budget resolution the joint conference committee report with the Senate, this…

at several points in this debate we heard about priorities, and I just want to make it clear we are not changing the priorities of this subcommittee, and we are not saying they did the wrong things, but what we are saying is, I think it is…

shock waves reverberated through the sports world on Friday. Kirby Puckett told us what we did not want to hear, that this was the last day that he would wear Twins uniform No. 34. Baseball is a game for optimists. "We will get them…

I am one of those Members of the freshman class in the 104th Congress, and I do believe that 2 years ago the American people sent a very clear message and they sent 73 new Members to this Congress for a very important reason. In fact, I…

it has been 31 days now since President Clinton promised to take action on Wisconsin's welfare waiver request. Thirty-one days--no action. Another welfare promise by Bill Clinton will most likely fall by the wayside. In the meantime…

As the one fellow said, if this was an innocent bureaucratic mistake, why is the bureaucrat most responsible taking the fifth amendment: If it is innocent, I would think they would be eager to get all this information out. They would be…

It is true that the money cannot be replaced. What really cannot be replaced is your reputation. I cannot imagine much worse than having my daughter call me, as I think Billy Dale's daughter did call him when she saw the story on the…

I will tell you what, what really eats at me more than anything else, maybe it is because my dad is getting on and my father-in-law is now gone, but what really bothered me more anything about that story was that two of the seven of those…

That is extreme, but every one of them, I feel better. Certainly we have a few people that disagree with us, and that is part of a democracy as well. But there is so much common sense among the American people, and they understand exactly…