Steve Pearce

I often criticize the media for the things that I think are inattentive and improper. Tonight, I would like to rise to give tribute to the media where I think good has been done. A long-time friend, Rebecca Allen, an editor from the Orange…

And he did stimulate growth in the economy. At one point, July of last year, New Mexico was number two in job growth. Keep in mind, they were like 43rd or 44th in per capita income. So job growth that high is tremendous. The next thing…

I have found in my district that people come up and say, you know, I know they are not having too good results in the rest of the country, but I am having my best year ever. A window manufacturer in my district told me that exact thing…

I would like to visit today with Members of the body to discuss just one of the aspects of the changes that we have seen in the world. We hear a lot from our friends that the war on terror is not progressing, that there is no significant…

Mr. Speaker, there are two things that our standard of living in America is based upon. Our standard of living is very high in this country because of two basic, essential facts. First, we have affordable food and, second, we have…

as we consider world history, we know that each generation will be faced with its own challenges. And though I am certain that the human race will survive; for a Nation to survive these challenges, each generation must continually produce…

Newsweek magazine this week had a cover story calling Mr. Chalabi of the Iraqi National Congress, the INC, our con man in Iraq. Newsweek claims the INC gave the U.S. poor information about Saddam Hussein's weapons programs despite millions…

From the troops still in the field today in the deserts of Iraq and mountains of Afghanistan, to the scores of veterans who have served in different theaters and eras, Memorial Day is a time to honor these American heroes and celebrate the…

I would like to visit tonight and talk about Iraq and perceptions about Iraq; but before I start, I would like to commend the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne) for bringing to the floor this subject of the human rights violations, the…

as we consider the implications of the debate about the photographs that our news media has been putting on the front pages and on the TV screens, it is important that we begin to calm down and to take a look at what we are doing and to…

first of all, in response, I found a different case from my constituents. The first woman who signed up for one of the drug cards, Mr. Speaker, was 85. She had a monthly cost of $409, and after the card was given and she was able to…

I have seen the Mediscare tactics that are used in my State. In fact, State officials are going around and trying to convince senior groups that in fact this is not a good plan, but they are sledding against heavy opposition because the…

Women are the great beneficiaries, and a tremendous number of the people who will participate in this prescription drug program under Medicare will be women because many of them fall in the lower income strata and many will qualify for the…

America is absolutely a magnificent place. I was one of six children growing up on a small five acre farm just south of Hobbs, New Mexico. My father worked in the oil industry as a roustabout. We were not poor but we definitely did not…

Mr. Speaker, I will tell you that as I talked to my constituents about the prescription drug Medicare bill, there was a deep understanding that we have done significant work here, first of all, in creating the benefit for our seniors that…

when we begin to look at the growth of jobs, we have to understand the importance of education in this country. No Child Left Behind is one of the dramatic things, dramatic policies that have been issued. It is a reform into the education…

Basically, the frivolous lawsuits in America cost each one of us 5 percent off of our wages. That is an approximate cost of $807 per U.S. citizen. That is across the board. Litigation costs increase insurance premiums, create higher…

I think my friend from Colorado (Mr. Beauprez) is like I am, a business owner. He understands that you just do not create jobs out of thin air, and you do not do it without good thoughts and good resources. The gentleman from Illinois…

We will do more on this same subject at another time. In the closing minutes, let me talk about the hostility that we find against business in this country. Behre Dolbear publishes an annual survey entitled ``Ranking Countries For Mineral…

as the gentleman was talking about the soldiers in the streets, there were three young men from New Mexico, and they brought me a picture from their patrol that morning. These young men were in their early 20s. They graduated from New…

I am understanding that it is the same police station that was bombed several weeks ago in Iraq causing great damage. But when we were there the police captain began to address this concept of liberty. He likened it to growing a garden. He…

the images of 9-11 are very vivid in my mind. That unsolicited, unprovoked attack on the American population is one of the most heinous things that this generation will see. Mr. Speaker, we are given two choices when we are struck like…

the gentleman brought up a personality trait of the President. When he inherited a bad problem, the President did not whine about it, did not take it to the American public, did not point fingers. He just set to work to solve the problem…

I would like to discuss even a broader concept in health care costs. One of the most urgent questions that I get when I am in my district, people wonder how are we going to afford health care costs. How can we afford health insurance? What…

I called my mom before we voted on it the first time, I asked her, I said, ``Mom, you are going to fall in the category that they are describing as the gap in coverage or the donut hole.'' She said, ``Why would that be?'' I said, ``Because…