John Shaw

I rise in support today of Ms. Molinari's amendment affirming the opposition of this Congress to the pernicious drug commonly known as roofies or the rape drug. In my district, Ft. Lauderdale, already more than 30 women have been raped…

I think we are, and I sense that we are, right here in one of the finest hours of this Congress. We are taking one of the thorniest, most difficult political issues for all of the Members on both sides, and we are opening up the rule to…

I want to join my other colleagues in congratulating the chairman for the way that she has presided over this body today. She has brought us great dignity. I would like to also speak to the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Tanner], my good…

I mean the gentleman has been asking us to work with him in a bipartisan way, we come toward his position, and he says they scared us off of it. Come on. Let us lighten up.

Modification of Adjusted Gross Income Definition for the Earned Income Tax Credit. You take working poor out by a modification of the definition.

I would invite the gentleman from Minnesota to read on page 7, subtitle B, the earned income tax credit of the gentleman's bill. It provides and it has been scored that that is a $6 billion statement. The gentleman stands there and tells…

today I think is a defining day in the history of this Congress. We are going straight at probably one of the biggest problems that we have in this country and something that I can only describe as a national disgrace. I respect every…

I think all of us feel a little richer for having been with him and a little poorer for now missing him from this body. But when we think of his lifespan, starting as a page in this body and ending over the last year with his sitting here…

Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly come to speak in favor of the amendment, not because of the contents, but just recognizing the work that this committee has done in trying to balance the needs of this country. But we have a problem of national…

I have always looked at this with a great deal of skepticism as to why in the world that we are putting these roads to nowhere through our national forests and, in effect, selling off these, in many cases, very precious timber resources at…

I stand up in vigorous support of a commonsense change in the law as it affects the taxpayers' rights in balancing it out with the rights and duties of the Internal Revenue Service. The Internal Revenue Service is a needed agency which…

I had not intended to be in the debate on this particular issue until I heard the questions of what I consider to be tremendous exaggerations as to what is going on in East Timor. I had the privilege of visiting East Timor for several days…

Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise to deliver to my congressional colleagues a message from the 180,000 Medicare beneficiaries who reside in my south Florida district, and that message is simply: Stop the fraudulent and abusive practices against…

Mr. Chairman, this is money that has already been earmarked. South Florida has been pelted with the burden of caring for so many of these people that are coming onto our shores. Even as we speak tonight, more and more people are being…

I think the points have been made here today, but there is one thing that I want the Members to leave here really impressed upon their mind, and that is, why are we in Florida waiting in line. Several reasons. One, there is a national park…

However, the traditional definition of a reconnaissance study is not adequate to describe the focus that is needed by the Corps to study this portion of the Intracoastal Waterway.

The chairman is absolutely correct. It was on March 2, 1945, that the Congress authorized the channel depth in this area of the Intracoastal Waterway to be 12 feet deep; however, over the years it was only dredged to 10 feet.

I rise in support of helping this country's senior citizens continue to live their American dream. And I mean all senior citizens, not just wealthy senior citizens. Since 1993, the Clinton tax hike on Social Security benefits has meant…

I will say to my friends in the Democrat Party you had 40 years to bring welfare reform to the floor and you never brought it; you had 40 years to bring a child support bill to the floor that was tough, and you never did it. Now we are…