Rick Hill

H.R. 4521 attempts to deal with the serious infrastructure issues that exist in Glacier National Park in northwest Montana, one of the truly heavenly places on earth. The Going-to-the-Sun Road, which runs through the park and is…

I support and urge the passage of S. 624, The Fort Peck Rural Reservation Rural Water System Act. This bill authorizes the construction of a fresh water system for residents on and near the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeast…

Folks, what we need to understand is that the Democratic leadership plan could best be labeled 'Marriage Penalty Tax Relief Light.' The reason for that is that the Democrat leadership plan wants to create new discriminations in the code…

I stand here in support of the bill and support of the rule. We need to pass this rule tonight because it is the only way that we are going to get a chance to vote on this bill. Now, this is surely a controversial issue. Should doctors be…

Mr. Chairman, I want to carry on the debate and discussion about the issue of sugar. I made note when the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Miller) was on the floor. He said when the agreement was reached in 1996, taxpayers were promised that…

before I speak to this amendment, I want to join my colleagues in complimenting the chairman and the ranking member for their hard work on this bill. This is obviously a bill that has been produced from a great deal of bipartisan…

Mr. Chairman, this issue of repetitive stress injury and repetitive motion injury is really a serious matter, and it is a very complex problem, and that is one of the reasons I think it has created as much debate as it has. It does have…

I believe that more trade is more good than bad. I believe that more markets for agricultural products and for manufactured goods is more good than bad. And I believe that our economy, our workers, our farmers, our entrepreneurs can…

First, at the end I will ask the chairman, of course, to do the study. But beyond the study is the emphasis that the secretaries need to have, that any plan has to put the emphasis on consolidation of private lands and eliminating public…

If someone loaded a gun and handed it to somebody and then pointed that person at a target, the person providing the gun could not plead innocent when the other individual pulled the trigger. But that is what the authors of this bill are…

I think I identified that the Federal Government controls or owns about 79 million acres. Actually the BLM has done a study. They identified 75,000 acres that potentially would be available. 75,000 out of 79 million. The reason that they…

I rise to support the rule, and I also support the bill. I want to describe for the House again what this procedure is. A doctor artificially dilates the cervix, creating an opening that is of adequate size for the baby's delivery. Then…

Mr. Speaker, we are living in a time when I think the cynicism about government is probably at an all-time high. It of course is because we have probably an all-time high in the number of scandals here in Washington. The scandal that has…

Mr. Chairman, I have only had the privilege of serving in this House for 4 years. Over these 4 years we have had this annual budget debate. What I have noticed is that my Democratic colleagues have come to the floor every one of those 4…

Today, Congress will pass a bill to eliminate the marriage penalty affecting over 25 million Americans. In Montana alone, 89,169 families suffer from the $1400 penalty where they are required to file a joint return. Repealing the marriage…

Crop insurance is the primary risk management tools that producers have. It helps them and has historically helped them manage the greatest risks they have and that is, of course, the loss of crop, a catastrophic loss of their crop. But as…

the Shays-Meehan bill perpetuates a situation where the parties cannot do that. So what happens around here, and you know that, is incumbents build these huge war chests and that discourages a challenger from ever entering the race because…

I do not feel following the Constitution is an obligation; I think it is a privilege to follow the Constitution. There are some who have the arrogance to say that the Constitution gets in the way of how we would reform campaign finance…

things are tough in rural America these days. Commodity prices, wheat, corn, soybeans, livestock, including cattle and hogs, are at near Depression level prices. The head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has said that…

There is no doubt that the census is not an emergency. If my colleagues believe in the integrity of the budget process and if my colleagues believe in the integrity of the lockbox, if my colleagues believe that we should spend Social…

I first want to join with the chairman to state that I do support the amendment and compliment the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Watt) for bringing it forward. This bill is going to create new financial institutions, allow them to…

Mr. Speaker, I want to draw the attention of my colleagues to this headline. It says they are going to cut 60 non-tenured positions in my hometown, in my hometown paper. The reason for that is that we are going to have to increase…

earlier this week more than 1,200 students from across the United States were here in Washington to compete in the national finals of the ``We, the People, Citizen and Constitution Program.'' I am proud to announce that a high school class…

every day it seems that we get some good economic news: Unemployment is down, incomes are up, the stock market at a new high. But in parts of America that are not doing so well, my colleague from North Dakota often comes to the floor and…