David Price

Again reclaiming my time, I would point out that, by contrast, our Democratic alternative makes room for as much or more for special education, that is, education for disabled and handicapped children. It lets us get going on school…

the Democratic alternative does have responsible tax relief, targeted at the marriage penalty, targeted at the need to get school construction moving in this country, targeted at a number of important priorities. But it is balanced and…

recent calls for biennial budgeting have claimed that the budget process around here is broken and needs fixing. Well, I would like to suggest that the problem is less one of process, and more one of a failure on the part of the majority…

I think it is worth mentioning that in 1983, when the Social Security Trust Fund was rescued and put on a path to solvency, we started deliberately running surpluses in Social Security, and we are enjoying those surpluses today. But we…

let me first express gratitude to the administration and to the Congress for the actions already taken to relieve the suffering of the victims of Hurricane Floyd and to help rebuild North Carolina and other affected States. Our people are…

We can look back and say how much better it would have been, how much better off we all would be, had we had a realistic budget resolution 8 months ago, had we agreed not to engage in this budget gimmickry and this budget gamesmanship and…

my question is, how much of that would be available for direct aid to farmers for crop loss?

I would like for the gentleman to tell us how much agricultural aid was in that VA-HUD bill? He is talking about FEMA aid. We are very grateful for that. Of course, we are grateful for that. But in the bill before us, we are talking about…

Mr. Chairman, we have an opportunity today to take a serious step toward cleaning up elections financially and otherwise. The Shays-Meehan bill closes the soft money loophole that has made a mockery of the existing contribution limits. It…

today I am proud to be among the Members signing a discharge petition to bring school modernization tax credits to the House floor. I come from the Triangle district of North Carolina, where quality education is valued and where a trained…

this week the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lost a bold leader when its eighth chancellor, Michael Hooker, died from complications of cancer. Memorial services will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning on the UNC Chapel…

I appreciate the gentlemen's assurances, both the chairman and the ranking member, that it is not the intent of this bill as drafted to compromise these essential consumer protections, many of them administered by State insurance…

there are only 147 days left in this fiscal year. This ought to be a time when we come together with bipartisan resolve to deal with three urgent crises that we could not have anticipated last September: the agricultural collapse in rural…

I stand in favor of this motion to instruct conferees to address the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds before enacting huge and fiscally irresponsible tax cuts that would drain the budget surplus. Virtually all…

the first political figure with whom I seriously identified was Terry Sanford. Indeed, he was a mentor and an inspiration to many of my generation who came of age politically during his governorship in the early 1960s. He taught us what…

We are talking about a stark contrast in these budget proposals. The one makes room for reduced class size and for school construction and also lets us make good on what we promised last year when we passed the higher education act…

Mr. Chairman, we want to talk about education. There is a lot that is wrong with this Republican budget resolution. We need to discuss these issues in depth. The budget resolution is arguably the most important single decision we make…

I appreciate the way my colleagues have chimed in here. There is no question that we are dealing with a stark contrast in many areas of this budget, but certainly in education. In dollar terms, the Democratic alternative next year provides…

Those studies are very convincing, that the students perform better when they are in first-rate facilities. It is not just an abstract issue. We have thousands of kids going to school in these facilities. Often they are going to lunch at…

there is no doubt that this resolution is going to pass overwhelmingly today. No one has argued, after all, that a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state is a helpful idea, especially in light of the precarious state of the peace…

at least 2,000 people have been killed and 400,000 have been displaced over this past year by Slobodan Milosevic's genocidal campaign of violence and human rights abuses against the 2 million ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. The peace process…

I awoke this beautiful Saturday full of hope. By noon today we will be 107 hours away from the finish line I have been running toward, ever since I first came to the Congress. With the end of September, we will have achieved the first…

I am pleased today to join in these tributes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio), a Member I regard as the model of what a Member of this body ought to be and a wonderful human being. Vic Fazio is a man of many facets. He is a…

The report instructs the EPA to review and issue emergency exemption tolerances in a manner which minimizes resource demands. Would the intent of your amendment affect this language?

Finally, I would like to ask, as the report instructs the EPA to ensure the use of reliable data in calculating exposure to pesticide residues and to clearly explain the legal and scientific basis for its policies, would the intent of your…