this week Greek Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides, and Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, have agreed to meet in upstate New York to start serious bilateral peace negotiations. It has been 23 years since the Turkish invasion of…

This is, I believe, the single most important thing we can do to see the American dream a reality be continued, to have family-owned businesses, family-owned farms to be passed from one generation to the next. The American dream for many…

most people on Main Street in my district in central New Jersey understand who the real job creators are. They know that the little shops just starting out, small businesses struggling to get by, and people who have decided to work out of…

I thank my friend for continuing this debate or this discussion about tax relief, which I believe is what the American people are crying out for. Most of the relief in this bill that we are speaking of is in the form of tax cuts directed…

I want to make a brief comment. We have here with us tonight a couple of the pages, they do a great job, and many others who are working here with them over the summer. I think of them and the future that they have. And if we are able to…

I talk to my constituents about balancing the budget, cutting taxes, plain language that they use every day and that I think we should use more around here. I am very fortunate, as my friends are here, to be part of this Congress, which I…

we are talking about common sense things here. Just a few months ago, many of my friends here know, in fact, everyone here, save for two, are cosponsors of the bill that I introduced dealing with the home office deduction. And they know…

Mr. Speaker, ``Juneteenth'' has long been recognized as the date to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. I congratulate my friend and the distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Watts], for introducing this resolution to…

I rise this morning to acknowledge Monmouth County, NJ, one of the five counties that make up my congressional district. Monmouth County has been recognized by Money magazine as the third best place to live in America. According to the…

as I stand here today, almost three-quarters of a million of my fellow New Jersey citizens are unable to hear what I am saying. It is not that they are not listening, but rather they are physically unable to hear. Although closed…

The difficulty in finding adequate day care sometimes can be even more of a challenge with the many lengthy waiting lists that people encounter trying to place their children in a safe environment. But having the ability to work out of…

By putting in perspective again what it would mean, what a home office deduction could mean, using the scenario I mentioned, having the ability to take that home office deduction and saving the expense of child care, we are literally…

I am very encouraged by my colleagues' discussion here tonight about what 1145 would do if enacted into law. Most of us that are here are members of the Committee on Small Business, and even those that may not be, I know, are very…

just a few weeks ago, several of my colleagues and I came to the floor to discuss the increasingly growing problem of juvenile crime in our Nation. All too many of the stories and statistics that I heard my colleagues discuss stemmed from…

Mr. Chairman, New Jersey has been witness to the tragic results of a judicial system that failed to adequately protect its citizens. The tragedies of Megan Kanka and Amanda Weingart are daily reminders that no community is safe from the…

if I could just mention, 240 miles, that is a little bit longer distance from my home in New Jersey to Washington, D.C. And every time I travel back and forth I will have to think about that and recognize that, when we look at the vast…

for many of us, what we are doing today and the person that we are today can be traced back, at least in part, to the influence that a particular teacher had on us. In so many ways, teachers, whether in grade school or high school, have…

I want to thank him once again for organizing this special order that we are doing each week that we are in session, to highlight an area of public policy that is of concern to you and to many of us here, and to talk about some of the…

In conclusion, if the gentleman will continue to yield, I think what I spoke about, what we have done in New Jersey and what we did in my county, is to illustrate how one-size-fits-all approaches that too often Washington, DC, folks have…

Today, I say to the gentleman, is an important day for all Americans, and it is an important day for a good friend of mine, Jim Flannery, an accountant, who is also celebrating his birthday today. It is particularly unique to have someone…

I have heard of a statistic that there are over 14 million home-based businesses in our country today. Of those that are starting, those people that are starting businesses, new businesses, over 70 percent of them are women. There are many…

Just one concluding point because I know there are other Members here who want to participate in this discussion. There hopefully are many people around the country that are watching this debate as we take part in it. I would encourage…

I rise today to support our veterans by calling for the passage of the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act, introduced by the distinguished gentleman from Florida [Mr. Mica]. For too long many of our Nation's veterans have been neglected…

today I join with the people of West Windsor Township, NJ, in celebrating the township's bicentennial. It was on this day 200 years ago the New Jersey State legislature divided the township of Windsor, which was once a part of the William…

when something is wrong, we as a Congress are compelled to address the situation. The last Congress moved the ball forward and raised awareness that it is time for us to finish the job. I urge this debate to remain focused on the truth…