Gilbert Gutknecht

I happen to believe that PAYGO rules ought to apply to tax cuts, too. But this is all about the politics of the possible, and we cannot get that done this year. So we can take this step this year, this day to begin to constrain Federal…

I am proud of what we did through most of the 1990s. When we came here, when I was elected in 1994 and came here in the spring of 1995, I remember we had some meetings with some of the economists and people from the Congressional Budget…

Even if we had a balanced budget last year and this year, we would have to raise the debt ceiling. That is something I think it is hard for many Members and frankly I think most Americans. They wonder how in the world can that be. It is…

one of my favorite Rodney Dangerfield routines is when he comes home one night and his wife is packing, and he asked her, ``Are you leaving?'' She said, ``Yes.'' He looked at her and said, ``Is there another man?'' She said, ``There must…

For the first time now in 20 years, all paper food stamps are being replaced with electronic benefits. Mr. Speaker, today, I joined Secretary Veneman at a ceremony to announce the completion of a decades-old project. Thanks to the…

Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise tonight to talk about our budget, the Federal budget and enforcing that budget. Now, I came here with Mr. Jones and others with a fairly large class back in 1995 we were elected to Congress. And I will never…

I am going to talk about prescription drugs. And for those of us who believe that Americans ought to have access to world-class drugs at world-market prices, last week was a very good week. In fact, let me just review some of the things…

I think this chart tells a rather shocking story; and I do say this and I am sincere when I say this, unfortunately I think as we looked at the problem of prescription drugs, particularly for the elderly, in my opinion, we misdefined the…

Some people say, well, I do not want my mother-in-law buying her prescription drugs on line. You know what? Neither do we. What we want is parallel trading. What we want is our local pharmacists to be able to buy these drugs at 30 to 300…

I think a lot of folks here in Washington and some of the folks who represent the pharmaceutical industry thought, now that we have passed the prescription drug benefit, this issue about affordability and competition and open markets will…

I rise and I hope to be joined by some of my colleagues tonight to talk about an issue that I have been coming down to the floor of this House for more than 5 years to talk about. That is the price that Americans pay for prescription drugs…

I do not think this is the silver bullet that will solve all of our problems with seniors being able to afford their medications. Clearly, there will still be seniors that fall through the cracks, and I think there legitimately is a role…

Nearly half of the 190 million acres managed by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior are at extreme risk to wildfire. Millions of acres across the South, the East, and in my home State of Minnesota are facing disease and insect…

I think veterinarians in some respects are like tourniquets: we do not need one often; but when we do need one, we need one rapidly; and in underserved areas, it could become a very serious problem. So I think this is an important piece of…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3157, a bill to designate and deploy U.S. Department of Agriculture liaison teams to areas of the country declared disaster areas, was approved by the Committee on Agriculture on October 29 of this year. The bill seeks to…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3217 allows the Forest Service to convey without consideration 10.2 acres of the Apalachicola National Forest to the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County, Florida. This parcel of land was purchased by the…

We have talked to the gentleman from Virginia (Chairman Goodlatte), and it is our understanding and intent that nothing in this language would preclude any veterinarian, no matter when they graduated from vet school, from applying or to…

I do want to let Members know that in first hour there will be a special order, and I invite Members from the Republican and Democrat and Independent parties to join us tonight and talk about the issue of market access because I think that…

One of my favorite quotes from Will Rogers was: All I know is what I read in the newspapers. Sometimes I feel like Will Rogers because all I know is what I read in the newspapers. Let me read some things that were in a recent column in the…

this afternoon and earlier in the Special Orders, our colleague, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), talked about a meeting that we had, a forum that we conducted today in Boston, Massachusetts. We had about seven or eight Members of…

I have come to the well of this House many times in the evening and in the day to talk about the high cost of prescription drugs and how much Americans pay for drugs relative to the rest of the industrialized world. I believe it is a…

I rise again to speak tonight on the issue of prescription drugs and what Americans pay relative to the rest of the industrialized world. I want to call all Members' attention, if you have not seen this yet, get a copy of today's USA Today…

The drug Lipitor, for example, every single tablet is imported into the United States, because it is only made in Ireland in an FDA-approved facility. When they ship into the United States, they do not bring it in in armored cars, they…

Once again, the facts do not support that. We know, for example, how many people have died from taking legal FDA approved drugs from other countries. It is a nice, round number, easy to remember: It is zero. We know that more people become…

Tonight I rise in recognition of the Rochester A's who won the American Legion World Series Championship in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, just a few weeks ago. Utilizing imagination, skill, and a whole lot of moxie, these kids made an improbable…