if the gentlewoman will yield, let me assure the gentlewoman that this sunset should not have a negative impact on the local hiring preference authorized by her amendment. A sunset is a useful tool to ensure Congress has the opportunity to…

If you saw all the white crosses, at the different American cemeteries, you realize war is really devastating, and if you also realize that those young men buried under those crosses were 18 and 19 years old, young men who really had just…

the gentleman is correct. In awarding contracts at both closing and receiving bases, a preference may be given to entities that plan to hire locally.

The contracting officers at the affected bases are expected to be vigilant in ensuring that an entity's plan to hire locally is a serious, well conceived plan with a reasonable probability of actual implementation.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Dellums amendment to eliminate the peacetime registration in the Selective Service System. President Clinton has sent a strong letter to every Member of the House of Representatives. I would like…

I talked to the director of the Selective Service System, Mr. Banister, on Friday to be sure that I had my facts and statements correct. I talked to the Selective Service director himself. He said if you stopped registration of…

I rise in support of the Economic Development Reauthorization Act. I know firsthand that the Economic Development Administration and the Appalachian Regional Commission are proven programs that work. These programs have been key factors in…

later today I and my colleagues, Jim Slattery of Kansas, J. Roy Rowland of Georgia, Joe Kennedy of Massachusetts, and Bob Clement of Tennessee, will introduce legislation to pay compensation to veterans who served in the Persian Gulf and…

H.R. 4013 is a bill designed to give the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the tools he needs to manage Veterans' Administration's health care system. It would postpone unsound and devastating personnel reductions in Veterans' Administration…

Every day I have Members come up to me and complain about the service that the veterans are receiving in their veterans hospitals... a cut of 25,000 employees would be devastating to the veterans hospitals; 5,000 jobs would be lost in…

I really appreciate this time and would just like to briefly and very regretfully speak against the chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs' legislation here. The simple fact is that the entire Federal work force has to be…

I thought he was an excellent President. He certainly understood foreign policy, and he really understood this Government. Yes, he made some mistakes. We all make mistakes in life. What impressed me, after serving as President, he just did…

I rise in opposition to the motion to instruct the conferees to agree to Senate provisions that would cut discretionary spending over 5 years by an additional $43 billion and outlays by $26 billion below the caps set by last year's deficit…

I am concerned about he veterans' funding under the Kasich amendment. We have examined it very closely. It seems that the bottom line for veterans' health care for 1995 under the Kasich amendment is that health care will lose $475 million…

I rise in support of this budget resolution. Mr. Chairman, I want to commend the gentleman from Minnesota, the chairman of the Budget Committee, and all the members of the Budget Committee, for bringing this resolution to the floor. As my…

today I am introducing a bill, H.R. 3808, that would provide VA flexibility in meeting the workforce needs of its health care system. The bill would also give the Secretary the necessary flexibility to meet his responsibilities in…

I want to commend my friend, the very able chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Mr. Natcher, and the distinguished ranking minority member of the committee, Mr. McDade, for bringing this supplemental before the House. The bill will…