Rob Andrews

among those who know the difference between a Cadillac and a lemon are the insurance commissioners of our States who oppose this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Pomeroy), one of their former…

as we consider the FY06 Transportation, Treasury, HOD, Judiciary, and District of Columbia Appropriations Act today, I would like to take this opportunity to express my opposition to the proposed Runway 17-35 expansion at the Philadelphia…

this Nation and the great State of New Jersey has lost one of its foremost public servants. Congressman Peter Rodino was a man who truly honored the law, and when the country called on him in time of crisis, Mr. Rodino rose to greatness. I…

gasoline is the Achilles' heel of the Iranian autocrats. They have presided over such a dysfunctional country that they are in a situation where they sell crude oil in huge amounts to the rest of the world but import gasoline. Think about…

I again thank my friend. It is important to note that we have nearly a quarter century of active deception from the Iranian regime on this point. As recently as 4 years ago, 3 years ago, in international forums, the representatives of this…

I want to explicate the nature of the regime of which he speaks. This Congress and our Presidents of both parties did not choose the terrorists label lightly. This is a regime which has its antecedent roots in the holding of American…

I thank my friend. It is characteristic of the gentleman from Illinois that he is a creative thinker and someone who wants to problem-solve rather than score political points. Working with him has been a terrific experience and one that I…

Of course I did. And lost people I knew personally. I think virtually everyone in New Jersey did in some way. The second point of consensus is that America should always first use its economic and diplomatic and spiritual creativity to…

I regret that I missed two votes on June 7, 2005. Had I been present I would have voted yea on rollcall 228 and 229. ____________________

although I do not intend to oppose the amendment, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I would urge that the point of order be rejected on grounds that the language my friend cites explicates and explains a limitation. This is a limitation amendment, and the language in the amendment simply establishes the scope of the…

I ask that the Record show that although I was recorded as having voted ``nay'' on the May 4, 2005 recorded vote regarding the motion to recommit H.R. 366 (rollcall 153), I intended to vote ``yea.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Feeney)…

Mr. Speaker, if you had a leaky faucet and your plumber told you it was going to cost $150 to fix the leak, you would not go out and put a $100,000 second mortgage on your house. That is what this bill does. We had a $4 billion problem, a…

The underlying bill represents a squandered opportunity to advance a consensus of the 9/11 Commission's report. The Menendez substitute represents that consensus, and it ought to be adopted. The 9/11 Commission said that one of the flaws…

I also want the Record to reflect this choice: As our constituents sit in traffic tonight, as they cannot get home because of suburban sprawl and the lack of mass transit, as they cannot deal with the many, many problems they have, the…

Reclaiming my time, it is also my understanding that to the extent that we have talked about restoring the tax rates that were in effect in 2001, a tax code which by the way created 22 million new jobs in the last decade, that the…

6 million Americans are about to lose their right to overtime protection, police officers, firefighters, preschool teachers; and I believe that a majority of this House is ready to vote against that proposal and is ready to restrain that…

Mr. Chairman, the story of boys and girls living on the street and starving to death in our culture is a matter of fiction. It is the story of Oliver Twist. But for huge numbers of people in the world today, it is not a matter of fiction…

One of the most frustrating failures of local government is when there is a traffic fatality at an intersection and the residents of the community say, for years we have been warning that there was going to be a fatality at this…

I believe this project is the wrong thing to do for the taxpayers. The GAO has told us that for every dollar that we invest as federal taxpayers, we would only get back 43 cents. I think the project is wrong for the environment. It will…

I want to add my voice to personally thank the gentleman from Kentucky (Chairman Rogers) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo), ranking member, for their leadership and hard work on this. I know that the chairman has many competing…

I urge a bipartisan vote in favor of this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I know that it is a hotly debated topic as to whether there should be logging in this forest, and irrespective of how someone feels about this question, I think they should…

this Member of the House believes, and shares this belief with many people in both parties across the country, that it is reckless and irresponsible at a time of war to be borrowing money to pay to reduce anybody's taxes. There used to be…

Mr. Speaker, these are very troubling days in the Congress of the United States of America, because we are engaging virtually every day in the easy part of government. It is really easy to come to this floor and spend more money on things…

Mr. Speaker, this budget does not just deepen the fiscal deficit, it deepens the moral deficit of cynicism that Americans feel increasingly towards this government, because this budget is built upon a misrepresentation. It is built upon…