Walter B. Jones

The Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge is a case study in responsible environmental policy. Created in 1980, the refuge now includes some 64,000 acres in Madison and Tensas parishes in northeastern Louisiana and represents a commitment…

on April 25, 1996, the Charles Gray Morgan Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, in Greenville, NC, will celebrate their 50th anniversary by recognizing their charter members. They, like all of our veterans, have made great sacrifices to protect…

I was disappointed and appalled when President Clinton vetoed the partial birth abortion bill. The President's veto is in direct opposition to the will of the House and the Senate. Even more important, the President's veto is in direct…

My opinion is that the schedule of allowances known as fees paid by United Concordia is too low to be profitable. My income is solely derived from my fees. I get no subsidy from the government. These United Concordia fees are 20 to 33…

I like those four or five points the gentleman from Georgia made because as you said in your comments a few minutes ago, there is no oversight. Once the bid process is finished and a company gets the contract, then this has become very…

That is why I sincerely appreciate your joining me in this effort to find out what we can do to help correct a very bad situation. I am like you. I do not know why we do not have oversight over situations like this, because we are talking…

These are taxpayers. Yet they have a company that comes down and threatens their livelihood and says, ``If you don't join our group, we're going to take your money, because you're a taxpayer, we're going to spend your money and put you out…

Let me tell you. Mr. Norwood, I know we are closing down in another 5 or 6 minutes and will be ready to yield back the balance of our time, but I could not agree more. We have gotten to a point in this country where too many times those…

Well, I really appreciate having this opportunity, knowing of your background and your interest in providing for adequate medical, both health and dental, plans for our military and retirees. You and I share this same commitment to our…

Dr. Jim Congleton has not signed with United Concordia. He said that he wished the company had been more honest and open in developing the dental plan which they are offering to military dependents. In addition to that, let me share a…

Let me ask the gentleman, before he became a Member, since he was a dentist, is it not true that the dentists, and you explained this 30 cents out of a dollar, I believe you said, they work on a very tight margin, so many times these…

I rise this afternoon along with my colleague from the State of Georgia, Mr. Norwood, to talk about our military health care system, specifically to discuss TriCare and its implementation. I believe there are a number of important issues…

we live in a world where crime rates are rising daily, and where acts of violence against innocent people are escalating, at an alarming rate. It is rare when we hear of citizens who go above and beyond the call of duty to help their…

Mr. Chairman, my district consists of approximately 18,000 farms. Most of these farms engage in the production of cucumbers, sweet potatoes, tobacco, and peanuts, very labor-intensive work. Roughly 80 percent of the produce in my district…

the 1996 Presidential campaign games are in full swing. While the Republicans continue to work toward a balanced budget to fulfill last year's promise, the President wants Congress to spend an additional $8 billion on a host of Federal…

the President has again issued an ultimatum that we, as Republicans, must allow an additional $8 billion to be spent on a host of Federal programs which many of these programs are nothing but pork barrel type projects. This spending is to…

wages are down and taxes are up. The middle class is slowly being squeezed by liberal economic policies put in place by the Clinton administration. Now we hear that the White House has requested an additional $8 billion for corporate…

despite large increases in Federal spending, test scores for students in the United States continue to fall. In fact, according to a recent study, United States students scored far below Japanese and British students in all subjects for…

I am a freshman, and I campaigned with a promise to the people of my district and the people of America that I would work with my colleagues to balance the budget. I had to come to the floor when I hear some of these scare tactics of not…

I have listened with amazement as the President calls upon Republicans to pass a clean increase in the debt ceiling. Well, let me just say right now, there is nothing clean about stealing another trillion dollars from our children. Mr…

as a supporter of the original conference report, I would like to express my strong support for this new and improved version of the 1996 Department of Defense conference report. This legislation, as my colleagues well know, is critical…

investment of pension funds into economically targeted investments, or ETI's, is another questionable plan advocated by the Clinton administration to get its hands on more of the citizens' hard-earned money. This policy would divert…

What I was pleased with, I have been saying this and many of you here tonight, that this whole Congress is about the next generation, not the next election. I can honestly tell you that the people in my district, the Third District of…

Is it not true, and please correct me if I am wrong, obviously we are working toward balancing the budget for the year 2002. But to get to a zero debt, a zero debt, we must balance the budget every year for the next 25 years from the year…

I found the majority of people are relatively positive about what the new Congress is doing because, as my colleague said, we are following through on our promise to the American people during the campaign, and it is a promise that we kept…