Gilbert Gutknecht

In fact, let me say it this way: Senator Phil Gramm from Texas said it so well earlier this year when he was accused by some of the administration, I think it may have been the President. He said, you know, if Phil Gramm's budget passes…

This is part of the frustration, the list that the gentleman just went through. I suspect most Americans, particularly American women, do not know how much this Congress has really done. It is so frustrating because it seems to me--and I…

Mr. Speaker, it has been a privilege to be part of this 104th Congress. One of the most frustrating things that I found was how many times what we really have accomplished, what has really happened in this Congress, has been in some…

I was going to say, whether you are talking about tax reform, health care reform, Medicare reform, welfare reform, reforming the way Congress does business, opening up the process, really what this debate is about is whose country is it…

The American people did not give us power. They gave us responsibility. They loaned us power. That is part of the attitude I think reflected in this Congress. The American people have given us responsibility. For as long as we have that…

I think the Taxpayer Bill of Rights is a giant step in the right direction, but ultimately what we need is a much simpler tax system than we have today. The idea that Americans are spending six billion hours, are intimidated by an agency…

Exactly. That takes into account all the new seniors that are coming. One of the things that I found that really began to get people's attention is when I would stop after I had made that presentation, giving the real numbers and our…

a great Democrat who came from my State, perhaps one of the most articulate spokesmen for the Democratic Party over the last 30 or 40 years, Hubert Humphrey, once said that if you love your God, you must love his children. Mr. Speaker, I…

We do cherish our children's future, and we all breathe the same air and we all want a clean environment, but we want results. We do not want 70 percent of the Superfund cleanup money being spent on lawyers and consultants, we want…

It does very little to ultimately guarantee we have clean water. As a matter of fact, one of my first trips to Washington a few years ago, and I had been to Washington maybe one or two times before that, maybe you remember this, there was…

I thank everyone for joining us tonight. As we started with Winston Churchill's quote, ``Truth is incontrovertible. Malice may deride it, ignorance may attack it, but in the end there it is.''

Winston Churchill, who was one of my favorite speakers, said that truth is incontrovertible. Malice may deride it. Ignorance may attack it. But in the end, there it is. John Adams, who I think was a Member of this body at one time, said…

As far as we know, Mr. Chairman, there has never been enforcement under this law. As a matter of fact, in testimony before our subcommittee, we heard of examples of groups receiving as much as 96 percent of their money from the Federal…

While they continue to try and belittle Reaganomics, the facts are stubborn things. The economy grew at an unbelievable rate during the 1980's, in part because there was a commitment to lower taxes, to less regulation, and to smaller…

I think that is the good message. We talked about the incurable optimist President Ronald Reagan was. If you talk about the freshman class, you will see incurable optimists. While we have stubbed our toes and made a few mistakes and have…

I think one of the most frustrating, and there are many frustrating parts about the debate we have been having in Washington about restructuring the way Government works and what functions should be done at the Federal level, downsizing…

after the last hour we would like to talk a little bit about what is happening with the budget. The gentleman from Arizona is going to join me for a while and I believe one of my freshman colleagues from Idaho is going to join us in a…

I am a House Republican freshman. The President calls me an extremist, right-wing, radical Republican freshman. What am I so extremist about? Well, I want the Government to balance its budget, just like my family has to. A balanced budget…

I represent two Federal prison facilities in my district. Last week I was advised that the guards would not be paid, but some of the inmates would. This is the perverse consequence of a Washington-knows-best mentality. It is precisely this…

We have seen inflation rates running 1.1 percent. It does not take a Fulbright scholar or a genius to figure out why can we not steal some of those ideas that are working so well in the private sector to control cost, and still provide…

I want to make certain that my parents get the health care that they need. But I think also, I come at this also not only as a freshman and as someone who has parents who are on the Medicare system, but I come at this also as a parent of…

If I could just join this here, because I really do think the gentlewoman has hit on a very important point, and that is that long-term I believe the facts are our friends. I think the more people get to understand the facts of what we are…

Reclaiming my time, just to sort of review again all the things we accomplished on that first day, we opened the committee process so that staff and the press could come, the public could see what was happening in the committee meetings…

to begin this special order tonight I would like to read a statement and some passages to pay tribute to a young man in my district. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to pay tribute to a truly remarkable youngster. His name is Niles Randolph…

By politicizing the issue, Democrats threaten the viability of the very program they created. Democrats in Congress have not only opposed Republican reform initiatives, they have also refused to embrace the savings identified in President…