John Shaw

Eight years ago, you elected me as your Speaker. I said at the time that it was not a job which I sought, but it was one which I would embrace with enthusiasm and determination. Each day since then, I have tried to do my best. The…

I would hope if we cannot conclude a satisfactory agreement, free trade agreement with the countries that we are working with now, most notably Peru and Colombia, that we should have some short-term extension of the Andean preference for…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5602 would grant permanent normal trade relations with Vietnam and permit U.S. businesses to take full advantage of the commitments that Vietnam has made as part of its accession into the World Trade Organization. On…

I think, however, when we look around and see some of the rhetoric that is going on, let's take a look at what is happening. We have probably one of the most dangerous countries in the world run by fanatics that is in the process of…

I am pleased and I am most honored today to welcome Rabbi Amy Rader and her family here to Washington, DC. Rabbi Rader is an excellent leader and role model for the Jewish community, and for people of all beliefs. I proudly nominated her…

we have another speaker who just came to the floor, Mr. Hensarling of Texas, to whom I yield 2 minutes. Following that, I would yield to the minority so they can close, and then we will go to closing.

Yes, I do, Mr. Chairman. I raise a point of order against the amendment on the grounds that this amendment violates clause 5(a) of the House rule XXI because it is a tariff legislation not reported by a committee with jurisdiction over…

I, along with my colleague Ms. Ginny Brown- Waite, have introduced the Homeowners Insurance Protection Act. The bill provides financial protection to all Americans that live in natural catastrophe-prone areas through a three-layered…

the Palestinian elections last month provided the Palestinian Authority an incredible opportunity to take the necessary step in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. However, Hamas continues to incite violence and advocate for the…

I want to add another provision there, that over the last 3 years, hourly wages have increased in the United States by 8 percent. So a lot of this stuff we have heard is absolutely false.

I would like to just tell the gentleman he is misinterpreting my remarks. I did not say just throw it into the deficit, because he knows and I know that doing away with the alternative minimum tax is a big revenue hit on the Federal…

Florida did not receive the devastation that the gulf coast did with Katrina. Katrina's track came across Florida, got into the gulf, and actually affected my district on its way through Florida, but in a very slight manner. When it got…

today I rise to honor Mrs. Mary Dexter Scanlon on the occasion of her 100th birthday. On November 21, 2005, she is celebrating this milestone in this life with over 50 relatives and friends of the family who will come across the country to…

I want to compliment Ms. Watson and Mr. Issa for bringing this most important resolution to the floor in a very fine, but too often rare, bipartisan effort. I urge all Members to vote for it. In the last 25 years, our relationship with…

the Bermuda Triangle Flight 19 is one of the great mysteries of south Florida. There are those that will stand and look out to sea and say there is something strange out there, because it was on December 5, 1945, when 27 families…

reading the resolution, it simply says that there is hereby established a select bipartisan committee to investigate the preparation for and the response to Hurricane Katrina. There is so much we can learn, so many missteps, but so many…

I have heard for so long we keep talking about NAFTA as if it was somewhat of a disaster. But I think there are some statistics that have to be really examined when we are talking about NAFTA. Sure, there have been some jobs lost in this…

I guess that challenge would go in both directions. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Chocola).

this evening I rise in support of the United States-Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement. This important agreement will benefit the businesses and workers not only in my district but also throughout the rest of Florida…

I have never heard so many negative statements as we see coming from the other side of the aisle, with speaker after speaker, most of them scripted, making false accusations as to what the Republicans are doing with Social Security. If…

as the gentleman knows, he and I have discussed on several occasions now my interest in funding the NCI, National Cancer Institute, for more money to expedite finding a cure for cancer or finding that cancer becomes a manageable disease…

this amendment does not just apply to these trade agreements. The amendment would prevent the use of the funds by State, Justice, Commerce and related agencies for any negotiations that would have the effect of increasing immigration. The…

pursuant to House Resolution 304, I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 27) withdrawing the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk…

just one moment, I think, to respond to the gentleman who was just in the well, and that is in the 10 years that we have been members of the World Trade Organization, our environmental laws have never been challenged, have never been…