Bob Franks

It seems to me, after talking to a large number of these parties in interest concerning this amendment, that all of them would like to see further guidance from the Attorney General in terms of being more specific about establishing…

E-mail is what we anticipated as being the principal vehicle to communicate this information. The vagueness we have talked about is the question of learning of the existence, exactly what that means, of child pornography; what it looks…

25 years ago Joanne Chesimard gunned down two State Troopers on the New Jersey Turnpike. After hitting Trooper Werner Foerster with two shots in the chest, Chesimard grabbed his gun and fired two more bullets execution-style into his head…

this afternoon, Congress will vote on DayCare Fairness for Stay-at-Home Parents, a resolution recognizing the importance of stay-at-home parents and the care they give their kids. I plan to support H. Con. Res. 202, because I believe that…

today I am introducing the Joan's Law Act of 1997. This legislation will reflect the recently enacted New Jersey Joan's Law. I introduced this bill on behalf of the family and friends of Joan D'Alesandro, a 7-year-old Hillsdale, NJ, girl…

let me begin by observing that in my opinion both sides in this discussion are fundamentally committed to balancing the budget. Nobody ever said that that goal would be easy to attain. If it were easy, I suspect it would have been done…

yesterday I was joined by Congressman Floyd Flake in introducing legislation entitled the Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coin Act. Our bill authorizes the minting of one-dollar coins to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the breaking of…

the TVA is an enormously valuable program. It may well be. But the problem is that it promotes an egregious regional inequity. The program is great, but only for that handful of States that benefit from its activities. The fact of the…

last year we passed the first balanced budget in a generation. While the President vetoed that plan, this Congress has changed Washington forever. The debate today and from now on is not whether we need a balanced budget, it is about the…

I reflected on the fact that budget proposals are indeed a reflection of our values and our priorities, and in one important respect there is something fundamentally dangerous about the budget resolution that is before us today. It seeks…

Mr. Chairman, the measure before us is not simply about thousands of individual numbers. It is not about economic assumptions. It is not about green eyeshades and sharp leaded pencils. Budgets are about people. Budgets are about ideas. Mr…

today, along with Representatives Jack Quinn, Paul McHale, and Marty Meehan, I will introduce legislation aimed at revitalizing America's industrial sector. Our bill encourages businesses to reclaim old, abandoned industrial sites known as…

I look forward to working with him to make certain that the application of this amendment is such that it allows the ``good-time'' system to maintain itself. I know it plays a vitally important role in our system. But I think this…

Under current law, Federal inmates are eligible to receive 54 days of credit toward early release for good behavior. This practice is called good time. Under the present system, all inmates who do not have a high school diploma are…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this amendment, very strongly, and I urge my colleagues to vote for it. This is a very straightforward amendment that the gentleman from New Jersey has offered, which says, in essence, that when…

I rise today to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Beginning on April 24, 1915, hundreds of Armenian religious, political and intellectual leaders were rounded up, exiled and murdered. The genocide of the Armenian…

today I rise in strong support of the Stenholm balanced budget constitutional amendment. I also intend to support the Kyl and Barton amendments. These are all serious proposals that would help Congress do what it refuses to do now--spend…

today the House is once again presented with a clear choice: between yet another, business-as-usual budget from the White House or a budget from this House that cuts taxes, makes real spending cuts, and proposes major new reforms in…

I represent the district where Khalid Abdul Muhammad's speech was delivered. As soon as I learned of his vicious remarks, I felt that it was incumbent upon me to speak out about his acrid and violent message of hate and bigotry. Acts of…

two employees of the Social Security Administration in my home State of New Jersey were recently convicted of selling Social Security cards to more than 20 illegal aliens. For their crimes, one defendant was sentenced to just 7 months in…

did you know that it is a crime to use Federal Express or UPS to send most of your mail. That is right, a regulation adopted by the U.S. Postal Service makes it unlawful to send anything but what they deem urgent material via Federal…