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Today is tax day. As I speak, literally millions of Americans are preparing their tax forms to meet today's deadline. What many of them will discover is that they get to keep less while the Government gets to keep more. Since Bill Clinton…
the Chinese civilization is the world's oldest continuous one. The Chinese are rightfully proud of their civilization and culture. This weekend the Chinese people on Taiwan will undertake a historic event that has never occurred in 4,000…
H.R. 2202 provides comprehensive reform of our immigration laws but ignores an irrefutably broken H-2A program. This H-2A program has failed to provide temporary migrant farm workers when domestic workers are unavailable. The…
after years of Congress failing to address out-of-control immigration, the 104th Congress is set to pass much needed immigration reform. We all want to crack down on illegal immigration. There are two amendments to be offered today, which…
the actions of NBA basketball player, Chris Jackson, now Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, are despicable. This superrich, NBA star should be thankful for the opportunity American free enterprise bestowed on him. Instead he refused to stand and show…
the Bureau of the Census, in its infinite wisdom, has recently proposed to change the definition of a farm. This is a bad idea for America. America's most basic industry is agriculture and the family farm. In North Carolina, under the…
the absence of effective American leadership in East Asia is a major contributing factor to the current heightened crisis in the Taiwan Strait. For the past 25 years our relationship with the Communist People's Republic of China has been…
there can be no compromise in dealing with Fidel Castro. We must make sure that the Helms-Burton Cuban liberty bill passes as soon as possible so we can tighten the embargo on Cuba. We can have no sympathy for those who would be…
last year, on the floor of the House, I referred to Fidel Castro as a cold-blooded killer. The Cuban military shootdown of two unarmed American planes is not only a contemptible act of depravity but also reaffirms Castro's title of…
I was prepared for almost anything when I came to Washington 1 year ago today, but I never thought that I would spend my time defending my constituents in an all out war being waged against them by President Clinton. First, Bill Clinton…
on Sunday I was in Martinsville, VA, enjoying the Goody's 500 stock car race with 60,000 hard-working, law-abiding fans, drivers, and promoters. They sent a loud and clear message to the White House and the FDA: ``Bill Clinton, keep your…
on Wednesday I introduced H.R. 2265, the Motor Sports Protection Act to meet the threat to professional auto racing posed by Bill Clinton's assault on tobacco. If tobacco companies are forced to remove their sponsorship of racing the very…
as you know, North Carolina is the home of professional auto racing and it is on behalf of thousands of North Carolinians and millions of NASCAR, NHRA, and INDY racing fans across America that I introduce the Motor Sports Protection Act…
wherever I go in my district I hear the same thing over and over: Uncle Sam is out of control. Regulations are choking the life out of our farmers, bankers, and small businessmen. Agents, regulators, and bureaucrats are crawling all over…
today President Clinton will formally recognize Communist Vietnam. While American diplomats toast the brutal Hanoi regime, this White House ignores the wishes of hundreds of POW/ MIA families and thousands of Vietnamese-Americans who fled…
while the Romanian Government has sometimes gotten bad press in the United States for its slow transition to democratic government and privatization, and its part-free elections and media--the Romanian people deserve recognition for their…
as we speak the President is laying the groundwork for military action in Bosnia. Our troops are about to be put in harm's way by an administration with no Bosnia policy, no public support, and no idea how and when to stop our involvement…
last year when American soldiers were killed over Iraq, the Vice President of the United States had the temerity to tell the widows and orphans of those men that ``they died in the service of the United Nations.'' Mr. Speaker, I can't…
the first 100 days of the 104th Congress are over. We passed 9 of the 10 items in the Contract With America. The new majority set our country on a new course. But we did not go far enough. While we are at home for Easter, the Mexican…
tax day is fast approaching. As a result of Bill Clinton's tax hike the people in my district have to work from January 1 to May 5 just to pay Uncle Sam's taxes and then they work until July to pay off State and local government. Mr…
the debate on the contract's tax cuts proves one thing: The Democrat Party believes that taxpayers exist to serve the Government monster and they believe that the privilege of making and keeping your own money is a favor Washington hands…
the State Department has launched another of its vendettas against the free people of the Republic of China. Not content to ostracize Taiwan from the world community, the Clinton administration has imposed humiliating sanctions on Free…
I am happy to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Indiana. Mr. Speaker, when Bill Clinton campaigned for President as a new Democrat he promised to end welfare as we know it. What happened? The Democrats first so-called…
I have often said that farmers are the backbone of my district. The Second District of North Carolina from Rocky Mount to Dunn is the second largest producer of tobacco in America. We also have hundreds of soybean, peanut, and livestock…
I was Ambassador to Romania in the 1980's. I watched the Communists manipulate the people through calculated half-truths. We call the method the big lie. To make the big lie work, you tell a lie so big it staggers the listener. Then you…
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