Steve Pearce

I will tell you, those comments are so demeaning to the people who served in our National Guard that I was offended and asked for an apology.

Again, I want to talk in one sense if possible to say thanks to those people who work in our education establishment, those who are out there on the front lines of the education war, especially those success stories like Roswell High…

I can tell you that every single troop I visited with, both from New Mexico and from outside New Mexico, they all believed in what they were doing, they were highly motivated, well trained and doing great work. Their one comment was, ``Why…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2707, the Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act, provides for the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to carry out a demonstration program assessing potential water savings through control of Salt…

As the assembled body can hear, this bipartisan bill has great importance, and especially throughout the West. I have areas in my district which typically get around 16 inches of rainfall a year. In the last several years, we have gotten…

the most fundamental right that is guaranteed to us by the founders of our country is the right to speak freely. The Founding Fathers knew that public discourse is the backbone of a republic and must be inherent to a free society. As…

I grew up in New Mexico and on our vacations we would drive to Cloudcroft, New Mexico. From the early 1950s, I noticed that there was a place there of thousands of acres where no tree grew. It was in the middle of pine forests in southern…

The idea that you must know what you are trying to achieve from any set of taxes that you take is really obvious here. We were taking somewhat of a chance to go out and do the tax decreases, but it is working out the way that economists…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1113, introduced by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston), and amended by the Committee on Resources, would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 6 acres of land within the boundaries of Fort Frederica…

Mr. Speaker, this is a New Mexico day on the floor of the House, and my colleague and I are here to recommend that Senate 246 be passed. It places 4,484 acres of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Lands Management in trust for two…

H.R. 733, sponsored by the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Hooley), and amended by the Senate, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, currently an area…

Mr. Speaker, S. 763, which is identical to H.R. 1082 introduced by the gentlewoman from Indiana (Ms. Carson), designates the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana as the…

in summary, I just would say that, in perspective, people in this city are saying that the tax cut is just too large, that the original figure of $726 billion over a 10-year period, that compares to $120 trillion. Mr. Speaker, we are…

I would remind this body that when we discuss such things as a budget, we should discuss, first of all, principles, that is, values. We should remember... that economic freedoms, that our constitutionally given private property rights, are…

I recognize the sacrifices of their family. In 1967, I won the lottery. As a result of winning the draft lottery, I went for 3 rac{1}{2} years into Vietnam, from the period of 1971 to 1974. I watched personally as a political discussion…