I have never liked this corrections day procedure. I think it is very much contrary to the spirit of legislating, creating a whole new category of majority, and because my concern at the very outset was that these issues would not likely…

I want to offer a correction of my own. In my statement I said we held 2 years of hearings on ISTEA before bringing the legislation to the House floor. I felt this provision should at least have had hearing, not 2 years of hearings. At…

I join in supporting this legislation, a fitting and appropriate tribute to one of the most decent people ever to serve in the U.S. Senate, Mark Hatfield. A student, practitioner of the legislative art and science, a teacher of public…

I salute our chairman for moving decisively, and bringing this issue to closure in the House and I hope closure in the other body rapidly. Already the commission, headed by Vice President Gore, has taken a central element of this…

this bill has a broad consensus now and should pass. It was not always so. At the outset, when the legislation was first proposed to revitalize the Louisiana offshore oil port and to revitalize the basic underlying law itself, there was…

I agree, Doppler radar is critically important. It has been cited by the NTSB as a factor, or absence of it as a factor in not only the Raleigh crash but in other situations. The unfortunate thing is that the location of the Doppler…

Mr. Speaker, on Christmas Eve 1988, nearly Christmas Eve, the world of aviation as we know it changed. People had felt secure against skyjackings from the time in the late 1960's when we were experiencing one skyjacking every 2 weeks. Then…

I just want to make a clarification for the record about the process that was followed. While certainly our side was not in on the takeoff, we certainly have been in on the flight and on the landing on the development of the aviation…

I do so to address the Civil Aviation Security Review Commission provision of this bill, 13 members, 1 year to report. While I support the idea of a commission, I think this is too many people, too long a time to report. The Pan Am 103…

When all else fails, Mr. Speaker, read the bill. The findings section of the Safe Drinking Water Act says: The Congress finds that the Federal Government commits to maintaining and improving its partnership with the States in the…

Mr. Speaker, this is important legislation for the reasons already explained. Because it is important, I regret that it does not go a step further and include, along with Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, Slovenia. Let me explain…

I strongly support H.R. 3159, to reauthorize the National Transportation Safety Board. I just want to address the issue about the NTSB, about which I have had such very deep and strong admiration for many years. If ever there were a…

I also strongly support the Child Pilot Safety Act, H.R. 3267. It is regrettable that we should even be here discussing such legislation, but out of necessity we are. The bill was drafted in response to a tragic accident that took the life…

on that score, it was the Subcommittee on Aviation and prior to that the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation that uncovered the bogus parts issue in great depth and had…

Another maintenance inspector responsible for overseeing air carriers and repair stations that operate 737s, 757s, 767s, and McDonnell Douglas MD-80s said he had not received a course on maintenance and electronics in 5 years. There are…

I was very interested and pleased to hear that the chairman of the appropriations subcommittee mentioned the Sioux City, IA crash. People walked away from that crash for a couple of reasons: The seat strengthening that was required on all…

this amendment would take $1 million from the $40 million appropriation the bill provides for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Transportation and transfer that $1 million to the Operations account of the Federal…

just by way of observation, the Safe Drinking Water Act amendments were reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on a bipartisan basis. We concur in the language in the bill, and we support the legislation and urge…

10,000 years ago the last glacier retreated from the North American continent, but every fall it stages a comeback and this year it lasted well into May, when we had 36 inches of ice still on the border lakes in my district with…

this payment in lieu of taxes program is about basic fairness. The Federal Government holds large tracts of land in public trust for all Americans, land that is taken out of the local tax base and in return for maintaining this land in the…

I just want to say that for me this is a very touching moment. Judge Prettyman has been an inspiration to generations of young attorneys, aspiring young men and women who sought a career in the service of the law and in service of the…

Mr. Speaker, during the afternoon of June 20, the Olympic torch, which will signal the start of the Summer Olympic Games, will pass through the Capitol Grounds. It will have been in relay across the United States for 84 days, starting…

I, too, want to again compliment the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Gilchrest, for his leadership in bringing forth this legislation and for his sensitivity to its significance for young people of the greater Washington area and for…

Think of all the energy wasted on the learning curve by the parents. But the children certainly learned a great deal. At a time when our full committee is at a point of bringing to the House floor a bill in a week or so that will restrict…

I compliment Chairman Gilchrest and our ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Traficant, on bringing this legislation forward to bring tribute to a former colleague of ours in the House and a former U.S. Senator, Roman Hruska, who had a…