William Martini: “First I have a little background about the field hearing itself. The field hearing that we in the Eighth Congressional…”

most of us know how difficult it is to be a local official. Let us not make it any tougher. The burden of unfunded mandates had not gone away since last week. Local governments are still toiling under their yoke losing money in paperwork…

Americans are a generous, caring people. We also are realistic and result oriented. We want our private and public generosity to raise ladders of opportunity for those who have fallen behind. We intend our efforts to serve as a hand-up…

when my grandfather, Michael, came from Italy to America over 90 years ago, he came because of a promise. It was the promise that sets the United States apart from every other nation in the world. That promise is the American dream: the…

I rise today to throw my support behind this important measure, particularly the Barton amendment. For the last 25 years, this Chamber has accumulated deficits that defy logic. After a quarter century of living on borrowed money, today I…