Jon L. Christensen

over the course of the last week, the American people have seen a great deal of discussion in the Chamber about book deals. They have seen partisan posturing and parliamentary tricks designed to slow down if not halt completely the course…

last week a Member of the President's Cabinet declared that balancing the budget was not the goal of the Clinton administration. So what is the administration's goal, if it is not a balanced budget? Is it to continue mortgaging our…

this Nation is at a historic junction. Either we can follow the same course we have followed for the last 40 years, a course of tax and spend, a course of rocketing deficits, or we can steer this flagship America into a new direction, a…

But, Mr. Speaker, not just any kind of balanced budget amendment, a balanced budget amendment that has taxpayer protection as its centerpiece. The taxpayer protection I am talking about is the three-fifths super majority. But what does…

I am not worried about what the other body is going to do. We have 230 votes on here. We have to find another 60 to make it 290. Once we do that, the ball is in their court. But we have stood and delivered to the American taxpayer. That is…

last week we did an amazing thing. The House voted to live by the same rules and laws that the rest of the American people have to live by. Now, we need to take the next step. We need to pass a balanced budget amendment and put Government…

Many times over this last quarter century the loyal fans of the Cornhuskers felt the ground swell of a pending national championship victory, only to know the disappointment as that victory slipped away. Likewise, Mr. Speaker, since 1935…

Yesterday truly was a historic day in America's history. After 40 years of Democratic control, we finally began to make the process of this institution truly the people's House. Joining this congressional revolution, which began with nine…

I rise in support of item No. 5, the sunshine rule for committees... It's time to open the doors, throw open the windows, and let the glorious light of representative democracy shine in.

as a new Member of the Republican majority, I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Democrat Party to make sure that these reforms come to place, but we have to remember that the American people sent us to do change. They sent…