William R. Richardson

H.R. 440 is identical to legislation considered by the Resources Committee and passed by the House on a voice vote in the last Congress. The measure that would resolve title problems for 16 private landowners in Butte County, CA. These…

H.R. 400 is identical to legislation considered by the Committee on Resources and passed by the House on a voice vote in the last Congress. It is noncontroversial legislation and deserves support. It is based on a proposal submitted by the…

after all of the smoke and hot air clears from the debate on the balanced budget amendment, what is the difference between the two parties on this issue? First, we Democrats support a balanced budget, many of us a constitutional amendment…

last night something happened that has never happened in my 12 years as a Member of this body: The Republican majority totally shut out the minority for debate on a bill, unprecedented and incredible. Mr. Speaker, speaking out against this…

Mr. Chairman, as somebody who was involved with the Clean Air Act, I rise in strong support of the Skaggs clean air amendment. I think what the gentleman from California [Mr. Waxman] has done is pointed out the tremendous potential for us…

this morning I read a letter from Delilah Gonzales, a seventh-grader from New Mexico, asking me to protect her from water contamination. Can we assure Delilah that this legislation we are passing on unfunded mandates will protect her and…

the issue of guaranteeing loans for Mexico is not the S&L bailout. It is not NAFTA once again. It is not bailing out big businesses and corporations. Let us not politicize an issue where we have no choice but to act in a responsible and…

Are we moving too fast without taking proper precautions that will be costly in the future? The Speaker did the right thing to fire Christina Jeffrey, but what is shocking is that a person with these views could have been hired in the…

Yesterday belonged to the Republican majority, and there were moments of grace and class, and we did pass some needed reforms. But there was an absence of bipartisanship and an absence of openness in the process. The Republicans were two…

the American people sent us a message in November. They want less government, less bureaucracy, more ethics, and more accountability. They did not vote for arrogant government, and they did not vote for coronations of any one party or…

over the Memorial Day recess, I joined members of the House Intelligence Committee on an official factfinding mission to Haiti. I had the opportunity to view first hand the destruction that has been wrought on that country by a belligerent…

along with two members of the Committee on Intelligence, I just got back from Haiti, where we saw how House vote sent terrible signals to the Haitian military rulers; basically, the signal being that the United States had no policy, that…

Americans are sick and tired of hearing about crimes that are being committed in their neighborhoods. It is our duty as U.S. Representatives to prevent criminals from controlling the lives of law-abiding citizens. The strong punishment and…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1654 makes certain technical amendments to various Federal statutes affecting Native Americans. The bill has technical amendments to five Federal statutes. The first provision would amend the Northern Cheyenne Indian…

Let us not play politics with the crime issue. Let us remember that violent crime is a national issue and not a political issue. Victims of crime do not care whether they are helped by Democrats or Republicans, they just want to be helped…

teenagers throughout the United States are dropping out of school. At a crime forum I held in New Mexico, parents expressed their fear that more and more teenagers are joining gangs and are not interested in getting a good education. The…

I rise today to express my strong support for extending the College Loan Default Exemption Act. I am pleased this legislation includes extending the college loan default exemption to tribally controlled Indian community colleges. Default…

last night a great Mexican leader, Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, was assassinated by a coward. Even though violence has not been a part of Mexican politics in the past, this incident shows that all of us in public life are…

Mr. Chairman, all across the Nation, each and every American has been telling their Representative to be strong and to make their schools, neighborhoods, and homes safe again. Mr. Chairman, the time has now come. Today, we are prepared to…

this amendment is counterproductive, shortsighted, and an unconstitutional attempt to build upon anti- immigrant sentiment. Not only does the amendment deprive children of receiving an education, but it is also an unfunded Federal mandate…

one out of every seven children in America, living in almost every district in this Nation, starts school speaking a language other than English. Through the bilingual education act, these children including Hispanics, Asians, Armenians…

reducing the Federal deficit is unquestionably one of the most important issues facing Congress today. House Joint Resolution 103 proposes to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced Federal budget unless a three-fifths majority…

I, too, rise to address the issue of Whitewater, dealing with facts and reality instead of the hype that currently surrounds the issue. I think it is clear the reason the Republicans want to talk about Whitewater is that they do not want…

I rise today to ask 81 Republicans to apologize to Mrs. Clinton. Some have charged that Mrs. Clinton unethically sought to profit from her investment in Value Partners, a limited partnership investment fund. The charge is absurd. In fact…

Mr. Speaker, a year ago our friends on the other side were predicting economic disaster if we passed the budget resolution. Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, recently commented that we are seeing the best economic…