Willie Hefner: “Let me just say this to you, I was here when the Indiana situation came about. It might have been wrong. During the last…”

Serving in this body has been something that I could never have dreamed about when I was a kid growing up in rural Alabama. I had never been to the capital of Alabama, Montgomery, let alone to think someday I would be able to come to the…

Unfortunately, we have got an excellent defense bill. Our chairman, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha), has done a tremendous job. But the chairman of the Committee on Rules made a…

The Federal Government pays Federal employees' salaries, as well as provides the opportunity for a benefit package. They pay our salary, they pay benefit packages. That is all taxpayer dollars. We often get into that in debate, about…

I have an awful lot of respect for the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Meehan) and the folks that have worked so hard for campaign reform. We are awfully selective around here. I have been…