Charles Skelton

Yes, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Missouri is recognized for 5 minutes.

I need to share with the Members of this body the testimony we received at our Armed Services Committee hearing just yesterday. David Walker, the Comptroller General of the United States, told us we face a large and growing structural…

thousands of Americans have lost their lives and billions of U.S. dollars have been spent in the war in Iraq. This war has dangerously overstretched our military and preoccupied our country for almost 3 years now, and it still has no end…

I am indeed flattered, and I do thank the gentleman from Georgia for this unexpected tribute, and a special thanks to Senator Isakson, the fellow Georgian, for his efforts in this. I am indeed flattered, and I will do my best to merit the…

I first wanted to ask the chairman a question, because I am not sure I heard him a moment ago. Does the chairman confirm that this conference report is the report of the conferees as signed and intended to come to the floor as it was on 3…

the chairman, Chairman Hunter, flatters me. It is rather interesting, and it is important for me to point out that my late wife, Susie Skelton, went to All Saints High School, which is in the middle of the Vicksburg, Mississippi…

I yield 3 minutes to the to the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie). (Mr. ABERCROMBIE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

the PATRIOT Act has been an important law enforcement tool in the years following the dastardly terrorist attacks on our country, and taken as a whole, the bill has enhanced our national security. The United States and our allies are…

let me take this means to share my support for H.R. 452, a bill introduced by my good friend and Missouri colleague, Congressman Lacy Clay. I was pleased to cosponsor this legislation, which would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to…

budgets illustrate the values of our nation. This year's budget reconciliation bill fails to live up to the values of the people I am privileged to represent in West Central Missouri. The Republican budget opens the 2002 Farm Bill by…

I rise this morning with mixed emotions for our situation in Iraq. I am certainly pleased for the Iraqi people to see that it looks as if they have passed the constitutional referendum. The upcoming December elections for the national…

the Gasoline for America's Security Act has a nice name, but it does little to help Missouri's farmers and rural commuters who are experiencing record high energy costs. Motorists in Missouri and across the Nation are paying a premium for…

on rollcall No. 499, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed in House Report 109-236. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Cuellar

I thank the gentleman and I compliment my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for this amendment, which is also co-sponsored by the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum) and the gentleman from Kansas…

let me add a thank-you and it is a job well done to Robert Rangel. Your professionalism, your friendship, your integrity, your hard work have served this institution well. You love this institution, we know that, and we are most…

Mr. Speaker, every Sunday morning, I have the pleasure of being with a group of men from my hometown of Lexington, Missouri, most of whom are veterans of wars of yesteryear, heroes in their own right, Marines of Vietnam, Army, Navy, my…

I mentioned earlier that this is a moment in history when someone brings a bill to the floor that does not support the bill. In my years here in the House of Representatives, I have never seen that. I think it is also historic for another…

I have a concern, it is a deep concern, dealing with the conference between the House and the Senate on the defense bill. You see, immediately upon passage of the bill in the Senate, the conferees were appointed. We passed our bill here in…

I have no idea why we are considering this bill, because all the majority had to do was not raise a point of order on the appropriations bill. I do not want to say this is a cynical gesture, but it is. We are considering this bill because…

this is not brain surgery. I for myself will vote against this rule, because to vote otherwise would be to vote against the wonderful troops and their families. I just cannot do that. Let me explain. At the start of fiscal year 2004, the…

I think it is probably where the American people actually are because, in my view, it is past time for America to have a national terrorism policy. The line between countries we call friend and foe is blurred. The distinction between peril…

We are the grandest civilization ever known in the history of mankind. As the gentleman from South Carolina just mentioned, we are the best. We have the finest military, strongest economy, and all of us at this time should realize what we…

Mr. Speaker, as Americans review the facts and decide whether it was prudent and necessary for the President to send American troops to invade Iraq, let me remind my colleagues and the citizens across our country that it is possible to…

June 30 should be a proud day for the Iraqi people, but one for which they are continuing to pay a heavy price. Today's coordinated bloody attacks demonstrate how much of a challenge they still face. We congratulate the interim Iraqi…

This amendment is a dangerous amendment. The State Department of the United States of America is against it. It says that the proposed amendment interferes with the President's constitutional authority to conduct the Nation's foreign…