Thomas Mott Osborne

as an original cosponsor of similar House legislation, I encourage my colleagues to support S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003. This important legislation would extend for five years the Basic Pilot Verification Program, which…

Yesterday the House passed an energy bill, the first comprehensive energy bill that we have had in more than a decade. It is now being considered by the other body. I would like to talk about just one small part of the energy bill and that…

As far as I am concerned, John Wooden is the greatest coach that I have known in any sport, in any era. And the reason I say this is not based on his wins and losses, but rather it is based on his philosophy of coaching, the way he did it…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1732, offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Carter) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Edwards), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning and construction of facilities to reclaim…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1066 introduced by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison will remove 19 acres of private property that has been mistakenly included within the Coastal Barrier Resources System. An identical bill, H.R. 154, has been proposed by the…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3209 is a bill I introduced to clarify the amount of acreage for which the North Loup Division is authorized under the Missouri River Basin Project. This bill provides for a technical correction by inserting the word…

In 1983, the United States embassy in Beirut was bombed. Sixty-three were killed; 120 were wounded. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks were bombed in Beirut. Three hundred troops, nearly all United States troops, were killed. In 1988, Pan…

I think it is well-written and well-received by everyone concerned, so I would like to express my support for H.R. 3076. H.R. 1, better known as No Child Left Behind, certainly raises the bar regarding teacher qualifications. And so to do…

I was privileged to hear British Prime Minister Tony Blair speak in this Chamber a few months ago, and one comment he made particularly caught my attention. He said, ``As Britain knows, all predominant power seems for a time invincible…

I think everyone that I know in this body agonizes over an additional $87 billion supplemental spending bill. No one is real happy about it. While we may disagree on some of the details, I hope that we can agree on two things. Number one…

I am relatively new to Congress. When I first came here 2 rac{1}{2} years ago, I was surprised and somewhat disappointed by the partisanship that I encountered. I was from a competitive arena, and yet I had really never encountered…

I rise in support of H.R. 2040. As has been mentioned, this extends irrigation contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and the irrigation contractors in Nebraska and Wyoming. A proposed cooperative agreement between Nebraska, Colorado…

I spent roughly 40 years working with young people, and over those 40 years there was a growing concern about drug abuse. Drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, heroin, methamphetamines were unheard of in 1960 and became more and more prevalent…

as I have talked to my colleagues here in the House, I have been really surprised and somewhat dismayed at the amount of misunderstanding and misinformation we have had regarding this particular bill. We have already heard some of those…

I think ultimately each of us has to be responsible to our constituents, and what I hear from Nebraska seniors contacting me is much more concern about high prescription drug prices than safety issues. Many of those Nebraskans are already…

I certainly agree with all those who have spoken tonight that Head Start is an excellent program. It is a necessary program. Yet many people feel that no changes are needed to the program. I guess if you put it in any context, let us say…

Madam Speaker, I rise tonight to speak about Head Start. This week it is scheduled to be reauthorized on the House floor. Currently, there is much confusion about Head Start and its reauthorization. The facts are these: number one, Head…

I rise in support of the King amendment. Actually, there are two conflicting rulings right now that govern flows, and so it is not just one. The idea here is that we want high flows in the river in the spring, which will flood thousands of…

I certainly share many of his sentiments, but I do believe that H.R. 2211 is an important bill because I spent 5 years teaching in a teachers college, 3 years when I was a young man in my twenties, and 2 years more recently at an…

rural health care is struggling. The hospitals are closing and many doctors are leaving. If you are in a small community and the doctor leaves or the hospital closes, the whole community begins to unravel. H.R. 1 addresses the troubles…

I represent a rural area, 64,000 square miles, 68 counties, and it goes without saying it is a long ways between towns. In an area like this, veterans ofttimes have a hard time accessing healthcare. Let me give a real example. Let us say a…

I rise in support of H.R. 2143. Mr. Speaker, I do come from a rural area. We have 52,000 farmers and ranchers in Nebraska. I heard some figures that were unbelievable to me, that maybe only 400 farmers in this country would benefit from…

Carl Curtis served in Congress for 40 years, longer than any other Nebraskan in the history of our State. Carl was the Congressman representing the Fourth Congressional District in Nebraska for 16 years. It is kind of interesting to note…

obviously, biotech is really important to the Midwest. Roughly 55 percent of the corn grown in Nebraska and a high percentage of the beans grown in Nebraska are biotech, and roughly $300 million in corn exports is being blocked by the…

I support H.R. 2143. As the chairman mentioned, I spent most of my life working on a college campus. I can attest to the fact that Internet gambling is really hitting our college campuses very hard, because all you have to do is have a…