Lee Metcalf: “I simply think it is misleading and it would also assist in the tendency that this bill will promote having national…”

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…

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.

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…