impeachment is a profound and complex process. In recent weeks, we have heard constitutional experts and historians testify at length about the standard for an impeachable offense. Debate has ranged from the finest points of law to the…

I am glad we keep coming back to the rule of law question. I think standing for the rule of law includes the following: that the Nation's chief law enforcement officer cannot commit perjury and remain in office. The rule of law means that…

It is one of the tools that is used efficiently in my State, along with all of the other job creating programs that we have talked about, to create jobs in the private sector, and that is what we ought to be doing. That is a good use of…

My amendment simply permits States to require a valid photo identification before receiving a ballot; nothing more, nothing less. This is not a mandate. It grants permission to the States in the true sense of Federalism. Madam Speaker, it…

I urge support of the bill and certainly urge defeat of the Obey motion to recommit with instructions. In the 1970s, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a regulation concerning children's sleepwear, and in this 1970s regulation…

I do not know if Detective John Gibson or Officer Jacob Chestnut ever met anyone from the 1st congressional district of Mississippi in the performances of their duties. But my constituents feel a kinship with these two slain heroes today…

This outstanding group of performers from the University of Mississippi has earned an honor reserved for a select few. They have earned the right to be called the best in the world, and they have made all Americans proud. I salute them…

Mr. Chairman, there is work to be done tonight and we will get to it, but I think it is important that we take the time tonight to honor Lou Stokes. I speak as a junior member of the Committee on Appropriations, and I speak tonight…

Mr. Speaker, there is a provision in this bill not to stop a rule on flammability, but to let scientists decide what the exact effect is, not only on consumers, but also on the people who work around these flame retardants. There can be…

Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, it is amazing how this town works, as the gentlewoman has just said. In this whole fiasco of abusing the White House and other illegal campaign finance issues, no one has ever stood up on that side of the aisle and…

I do not agree with cutting down on free speech, I do not agree that we have too much political expression in this country, and so I disagree with the direction that many of my colleagues are going in, and I think the American people are…

I do not apologize for taking this issue to the American people and pointing out that this goes to the heart of the first amendment. If Members are for Shays-Meehan, and they think every bit of it is constitutional, then they have nothing…

let me talk about the unprecedented limitations on freedom of expression in this proposal before us tonight. It costs $62,000 a page in the New York Times to buy a full-page ad, $62,000. I want to show my colleagues today $82,000. What I…

Mr. Chairman, let me just respond to the gentlewoman from California who complained that we have now passed a rule that is going to take a lot of time here. First of all, the leadership has given its commitment that we will vote on this…

In the brief time that I have remaining, let me tell Members why I think this proposal is unconstitutional. First of all, because the minority leader of the United States House of Representatives really admits that it is unconstitutional…

every so often we notice that the President cannot manage to keep his liberal demons away. In the early days, it was gays in the military and socialized medicine. Now the President has decided it is a good idea to provide free IV needles…

They are over there in the name of the United States of America, and the least we can do as Members and as fellow citizens is to make sure that they and their families realize how much we appreciate them. The gentleman from Minnesota…

I think my colleague will agree that many Americans, and many Members of the Congress, both the House and the Senate, perhaps are not aware of the complexity of the Dayton agreement. But under the Dayton agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina…

I think when Americans remember that instability in this area, instability in Europe and particularly in Central Europe, has drawn our Nation into two world wars in this century, then we need to be very, very cautious about any action that…

A middle-income family, for example the Wilsons in the First District of Mississippi, might have 3 children under the ages of 17. That entitles the Wilsons in 1998 to claim a tax credit of $400 times 3, or $1,200, or a tax credit of $100…

If I could interject, Mr. Speaker, we are there at the request of Europe. We were certainly a reluctant participant, and I know that there are Members in this body, the gentleman from Minnesota and me included, who were very, very…

four weeks ago today I had the opportunity to lead a bipartisan group of Members of Congress on a five-day trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina. This trip was taken at the suggestion of the Secretary of Defense and the Speaker of the House. And…

I do oppose the bill and oppose the rule, Mr. Speaker, because I do not believe the American people have enough facts about this issue. I do not believe the American people are prepared to have their national legislature move on a decision…

I am glad to know there is bipartisan opposition to H.R. 856, the United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act, which we will be asked to vote on tomorrow. Over the past few weeks, I have received a lot of conflicting information…

I rise in support of the Hostettler amendment, which should be relatively noncontroversial. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in favor of this amendment which would update the jurisdictional threshold of the National Labor Relations Board. While…