the latest government economic report estimates that the budget surpluses over the next 15 years will be larger than expected, much larger than expected. While the other side is busy celebrating the new opportunities to expand the Federal…

I rise in support of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, better known as WIC, a program that has been providing short-term, low-cost preventive health services to young families who are at risk due…

A more accurate way for the Democrats to look at this resolution is from the perspective of paying what we promised Paul before we begin to give new money and make other promises to Peter. We simply cannot neglect the fact that we promised…

the war in Kosovo has exposed a military readiness and national security vulnerability that must be removed. Evidence of our current military shortage is abundant: We are dangerously close to running out of air-launched cruise missiles, a…

I rise in support of H.R. 1569, a bill that would prohibit the appropriated funds of the Department of Defense from being used to deploy ground troops to Yugoslavia without the consent of Congress. I still have grave concerns about NATO…

It serves as an useful reminder to Republicans for what they stand for as a party. To Republicans, taxes are a freedom issue. We believe that people should be entitled to the fruits of their labor. Slavery was a great evil because slaves…

Thus, to take an extreme example, a program funded by this bill could not require that an applicant be sterilized before she is eligible for microenterprise assistance?

Section 4(b)5 of the bill states that ``Assistance provided under this subsection may only be used to support microenterprise programs and may not be used to support programs not directly related to the purposes described in paragraph…

how soon we forget. President Clinton just 3 years ago proposed a five year budget that would have added $1.2 trillion to the national debt. That is $200 billion deficits every year for as far as the eye could see. The Republicans said no…

one would never know what is actually in the Republican budget proposal by listening to the other side. In fact, I do not even recognize our own budget after listening to what the other side is saying about it. I guess it is Mediscare all…

to make sure that the Social Security and Medicare are there when people need it, the Republican plan locks away 100 percent of the retirement surplus in a safe deposit box. Now I know that the response of many seniors in my district is…

Mike Ward, North Carolina Chief School Official said before the Committee, we wanted Ed Flex as soon as possible. This postpones it. As a former county commissioner, I was able to see the actual effect of federal funding of local education…

the same people who told us again and again and again just 2 years ago that Congress could not cut taxes and balance the budget were wrong. Congress cut taxes, and the budget is actually now in surplus. Well, the same people now are…

I must say that I'm surprised that a President who stresses the importance of strengthening our educational systems has actually proposed through his FY 1999 budget to level fund the only underfunded federal mandate in education--The…

there seems to be a fundamental difference of opinion between the Democrats and the Republicans on the issue of retirement security. Just this past weekend a distinguished Member of the other body mentioned repeatedly that his father would…

Most people do not know how much the tax cuts that have been passed by the Republicans in the last several years have helped the poor. Now this is true: A normal family of four will not pay any Federal income tax until they earn over…

as American taxpayers keep a steady eye on April 15, only 65 days away, many will notice that the $500 per child tax credit passed by the Republican Congress in 1997 will make things a little easier this year. For those with children, the…

it did not take long to find out what the major difference between Democrats and Republicans will be in this Congress: Tax cuts. Republicans propose a 10 percent across-the-board tax cut, which the legislation of the gentleman from Ohio…

for 40 years Washington was on autopilot and heading in one direction and one direction only, toward higher taxes and bigger government. Republicans were elected to a majority in 1994 and things have been different ever since, despite the…

I am willing to accept the President's proposal to hire 100,000 new teachers but the President must then agree to test them for competence and he must also agree to discharge them for incompetence. Uh-oh, I am just guessing, but suddenly…

it seems that our President has his priorities a little bit confused. What are we to make of the fact that we have a part-time President, but a full-time fund-raiser? The Fund-raiser in Chief just completed his 100th fund-raiser this year…

let us compare and contrast what the Democrats want to do with money for education and what Republicans propose to do with the money. Republicans want the money to go to the classroom. They want their local schools and parents to have more…

I would beg all the Members to roll up their pants. It looks like it is getting heavy around here. The party of bigger government and higher taxes disagrees with the party of less government and lower taxes. The party of bigger government…

I think everybody has heard that great and wonderful quotation about ``We are from the Federal Government and we are here to help you.'' I don't know how many are old enough to remember the good old days before the Federal Government got…

already rumors are running wild in Washington that the President wants a government shutdown, a shutdown that he can then blame on the Republicans. This is considered a terrible breach of faith among Republicans because Republican leaders…