But if the gentleman will yield, it has got to be balanced. We have got to do education, prevention. We have got to do treatment, interdiction. We have got to do source country eradication programs. If we do not, if we skip 3 or 4 of these…

I would just like to first, Mr. Hastert, thank you for the leadership that you provided to this effort. Our overall leadership asked us to put this thing together. We have worked on this effort now for a year and a half on the drug issue…

We started a congressional breakfast, where we have 40 to 50 Members of Congress working with Charlie Rangel, both sides of the aisle, from New York. He has been a big leader in this effort as well. We have had meetings with Louis Freeh…

the gentleman from Illinois, Denny Hastert, the gentleman from Florida, John Mica, the gentleman from Indiana, Mark Souder, and I just returned from a counternarcotics trip to Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. We met with…

I share the gentleman from West Virginia's view regarding the importance of this amendment. I agree it is important that we do not hamper small businesses or jeopardize effective existing programs as we search for practical solutions to…

first, I would like to state my strong support for H.R. 1670, the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995. I would also like to commend Chairman Clinger for his leadership on this bill. As a member of the Government Reform and Oversight…

Let me just add a couple of things to your very important comments. Our third and fourth drug hearings which were held on June 27 and June 28 had testimony from the head of the DEA, head of U.S. Customs, head of the Coast Guard, President…

I just want to add, again to all of the things you have just said very ably, I was with Dan Golden on Monday with astronaut David Lowe, and I also had Rick Seerfoss, the astronaut on a previous mission that was up in New Hampshire, we went…

I publicly invite, on behalf of the committee, President Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and Bob Dole to join us at the very top as we will support their efforts at the very top across this country as we fan out to every single State in this…

Another interesting thing, we visited on Saturday afternoon down there the folks that served on board the USS Mellon, the Coast Guard cutter that had a successful pickup on the high seas of some 5,000 pounds of marijuana. Each bale is…

I think that the Contract With America and all that we were trying to do in terms of giving back some of the power to the States to make decisions classifying what a wetlands is and a wetland is not makes all the sense in the world, and so…

First I am very proud to have the gentleman as my Vice Chair. I think Thursday's meetings are going to be right on point, and I am hoping that with the people we have assembled there, we can draw enough attention to get back on track. I…

it is my pleasure to offer this special order tonight on a subject which is of major importance to all of us. Remember the drug war? Remember when casual use was condemned, not discussed in the same breath as legalization? When the…

Absolutely. We have got to get to kids early on and stay with them all the way through.

we had a chance to spend the past 10 days at home in our districts. I went from one corner of my district to the other. I tried to reach out to voters in every city and town that I represent. The problem of a $4.5 trillion debt came up at…

It is accountability time here in Washington. The American voters have had their first chance to see whether or not their Congressmen and women would walk the walk on spending cuts. In 1992, the American people voted for change. They…

We must remember that business as usual, has resulted in a $4.5 trillion debt. Our annual interest payments are now over $200 billion, and slated to hit $278 billion by the year 2002. The amount of money that we pay for nonproductive…

the failed budget provisions of the past have given us a $4.5 trillion debt. It is time for change. The A to Z spending cut plan places every program on the table for review. It allows us to cut entitlements, it allows us to make decisions…

I happen to be a small businessman from New Hampshire. We have three small businesses which my son now runs. If I went to the bank with that proposition, they would be telling me that I am heading down the trough of bankruptcy, and if I do…

I think it is going to be a lot of fun. It is going to be a day of accountability. That is what we call tomorrow, it is a day for accountability, a day to stand up and sign up for what you believe in. Again, as we close the debate on this…

I think our problem here is that it doesn't have to be this way. We can take advantage of a narrow window of opportunity to put the train back on track. We can start living within our means. We may have to start living on 95 percent of…

I think that is what people want back home. I think that is what they are demanding. I think our process--and I have done an awful lot of town meetings, when we talk about responsibility to our constituents, coming back home, being…

the A to Z debate is a tale of two ways to set budget policy. The leadership's way is the best of ways, and the worst of ways. The leadership claims that their way, is the best of ways for Members to be fully informed before voting. Sure…

Let me toss out an idea or two, and let us just give folks an opportunity to see what kinds of things we are thinking about in terms of entitlements. Entitlements are something I think we need to address, and are certainly driving our…