Lee Metcalf

I rise in support of Mr. Kucinich's efforts to secure funding for more study on the allergenic effects of genetically modified foods. I believe that bioengineered foods hold the potential for great benefit to the consumer. However, studies…

I rise today to honor our Nation's teachers. I would like to thank them for their dedication and inspiration. I was a public school teacher for 30 years, so I understand the importance of a good education and the foundation it builds for…

I have opposed U.S. military action in the Balkans without a declaration of war. There are no vital U.S. interests now being threatened anywhere in Europe, certainly not in the Balkans, worthy of a declaration of war. We really have no…

I do not believe any Congress should allow any President to send our troops into any sovereign nation without the authorization of Congress. We in Congress are negligent if we do not insist on this restriction and, if necessary, refuse the…

Very simply, Mr. Chairman, my amendment would repeal section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996. Mr. Chairman, section 110 is a bad provision. This section, if this section was implemented it…

I have been a strong opponent of section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 because of the potential harm that could be inflicted on my district and across the entire northern border.

I want to just add that campaign finance reform is critical to restoring citizen confidence in our election process, and I think this is a part of it.

I simply think it is misleading and it would also assist in the tendency that this bill will promote having national banks convert to a State charter. That is the effect, I think, of the governing structures that we have created in the…

If my amendment goes through, that is correct. Many of them have had the name for a long time and would like to transfer to a State charter without having to change their name.

This year Norway plans to increase the hunting of whales by 30 percent. Yes, my colleagues heard me correctly. The Norwegians plan to kill 671 whales this year. This action will violate the moratorium imposed on commercial whaling in 1982…

As the Chairman has noted, the volume of international trade passing through Washington State's ports has snarled traffic at dozens of at-grade rail-highway crossing in the Puget Sound region. As the Chairman knows, public and private…

This issue is very critical to my district. I have the second largest traffic in the whole country, I believe, from the Blaine border crossing. It is very critical, very important. I believe this is a technical correction, and it is just…

In 1976, the U.S. Mint introduced the Bicentennial quarter. The success of this coin in the coin collecting groups was astounding. Today we have a new opportunity to change a coin for the better. The new quarter, uniquely representing all…

The very best and most simple thing we could do to improve education is to eliminate Federal rules, regulations, and endless bureaucratic redtape and return control of local school districts and school power to school boards.

I am urging every Member of Congress to send that letter and show solid support for keeping their nose out of our business.

I would like to ask, would it not make a lot of sense to have a full congressional study or a hearing to determine the impact that NAFTA has had before we grant this fast track? Do Members suppose a little bit of information or a little…

I launched the struggle for term limits in the Washington State Senate more than a quarter century ago. It was clear then and it is even more clear today that long-term service concentrates power into the hands of a few power brokers and…

That is the point. This is something that we have an opportunity here, we have an opportunity that is given us. And in the past, when we have had these little extra amounts of money, they just got spent. That is absolutely immoral when we…

Snohomish County in my district is a recipient of TRAP funding. This vital program provides essential training for refugees. However, currently Snohomish County receives less than 7 percent of the funding per refugee that some other…

The interest on the debt this year is $235 billion; that is more than the deficit. In other words, Government spending is really less than Government income, if we do not count the deficit. We are paying interest on a debt that Congress…

Mr. Speaker, I respectfully submit that no Member should be paid for a month in which he completely failed to report for work and was sentenced to jail. Under the law, the Speaker has the authority to deduct from Members' salaries for each…

This 500-year old Douglas fir is a blow down in Washington State. Mr. Carlson tried to buy it for his lumber mill for $10,000 to $20,000. He was refused. Later on, as it deteriorated, it was sold for firewood and the taxpayers got just…