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let me give a few quotes from our President. October 1992, and I quote: I think trust and trustworthiness is an issue in this campaign, and I think I have demonstrated it in my life. In December of 1992 concerning the Iran-Contra pardons…
guess who made the following quotes. In 1974: ``If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people, he should resign.'' Again in 1974: ``I think it's plain that the President should resign and spare the country the agony…
I still remember, because I had joined his organization. He and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm) invented this idea of the Pork Busters. And talk about an individual who does not mind getting bruised and beat up. Anybody in those…
I often have discussions, serious discussions, with Democrats who have a point of view that I do not agree with. It is always a healthy thing to have an honest debate with another person, for there are usually two sides to every story and…
what do liberals, in the bottom of their hearts, think about tax cuts? Well, you do not have to speculate any more because the liberals these days, from the President on down, are saying out loud exactly what they think about tax cuts…
Congress has a little less than 1 month to conduct the people's business. I think Congress should focus on the issue of tax cuts. Republicans believe that Americans are overtaxed. Democrats believe that Americans are not overtaxed, and…
I would like to just speak to the gentleman from New Jersey and remind him that we have authorized money in our budget the last two years to do this very thing, and the Administration has yet to spend them. We should all be aware that our…
yesterday the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee asked questions about a scandal that is even more serious than Filegate, even more outrageous than Travelgate, and even more troubling than Whitewater. This Oversight Committee…
the most amazing thing about the so- called ``vast right-wing conspiracy'' is that it is led by Democrats. In fact, what is even more surprising is that it is led by Democrats who volunteer their time to help the Clinton-Gore White House…
First let me acknowledge and commend the two sponsors of H.R. 4037, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger) and the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer). I appreciate the work that both of them and their staffs have done in making this a…
I support the Patient Protection Act. While the bill is not perfect, it is an important step in ensuring access to health care insurance for many people who are currently without it. As a small business officer of a company which…
The census debate boils down to that difficult question. The Democrats say, why should the Constitution stand in the way of rigging the numbers the way we want? After all, the Democrats are either unaware of Article I, section 2 of the…
H.R. 3152 is intended to address a very narrow issue under the Fair Labor Standards Act but a very important issue for many of our Nation's food banks. H.R. 3152 clarifies that persons who help at food banks on a volunteer basis and…
there are a few issues which separate liberals and conservatives in dramatic fashion. Taxes, of course, is one, and crime is another. But defense and national security issues also illustrate two sharply different visions, different world…
it is not very useful or helpful to debate another man's motives. After all, how can one possibly know the true motives in another man's heart? But how else can we explain the President's opposition to perhaps the best single thing this…
I would like the White House to answer a serious question: Why does the President believe that the Commerce Department, and not the State Department, should have the final say about a matter of national security? Technology transfers to…
you have to look at Missilegate and ask yourself one question: Why? Why would the Chinese Communists give millions of dollars in campaign contributions to the Democrat party and not the Republican Party? What is it that the Chinese…
I am sure my Democrat colleagues will exhibit the same zeal and passion to get to the truth about the allegations of missile technology to Communist China as they are about finding answers to the question of who hired Craig Livingstone, or…
after many years of being a father figure to a couple hundred teenagers, Sandy Ainslie is retiring as the Headmaster at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Much credit should and will be given to Sandy Ainslie for his many years…
what can we say about the Enabler in Chief, who has just announced a policy that will actually put the Federal Government in the business of handing out needles to illegal drug users? The government often does stupid things. The American…
the Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act will be considered by the House today. Title I of this bill makes it clear that an employer does not have to hire someone who is not a bona fide applicant. In other words, a job applicant's…
I often hear from liberals that the labels ``liberal'' and ``conservative'' do not mean much anymore. I think that is total nonsense. One way to distinguish between liberals and conservatives is to look at how a liberal views taxes versus…
as our country becomes increasingly divided between taxpayers and tax takers, the taxpayers are starting to stand up and tell their Representatives in Washington that America will no longer be the land of opportunity if the current trend…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2864 will amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide specific statutory authorization and direction for consultation programs operated by States with the assistance of Federal funding and direction. These…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2877 amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to prohibit the use of enforcement measures, such as numbers of citations and penalties, for evaluating OSHA compliance officers. Mr. Speaker, few other Federal agencies…
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