Amory Houghton

I am going to suggest a vote against his amendment. I have been around business many years, and I have been in and out of pension plans in many different corporations, and this is a dangerous amendment. The Cooper ruling threatens to drive…

I have been there. I have done business in Chile. I have manufactured, I have sold, and I have never had a situation where they have abused the trading privilege. There are two issues here: one is to protect the jobs, and we all do that…

The theme of this bill, and I, of course, support it, is to improve the IRS. ... The IRS then later realizes its mistake, but it is unable to restore the IRA balance.

This piece of legislation loses no jobs. As a matter of fact, it does not even gain jobs. But we all know that 96 percent of the world's population live outside of the United States. They are our market in the future. We can take a look in…

This bill, H.R. 2722, gives the administration the authority to ban the import of these diamonds. This would go a long way to help end the international traffic of blood diamonds which are responsible for really three things: first of all…

I have to admit I was against this legislation originally because the whole concept of victory bonds in World War II was to take money out of the economy so it would not be chasing consumer products which were no longer in existence…

Tonight we talk patriotism, and we should. And we talk sacrifice, and we should. And we talk courage. We talk all those things about humanity and we should. But I do think it is important for the American people to realize that this is…

There are many parts of this bill. The part I would like to concentrate on is something which the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) and I have been working on for a long time. The basis is this: there are 31 million Americans, according to a…

I just have a few brief words at the end. I think our side is done. I think we have expressed our feelings. But I would just like to say one more thing. William Archer's example, not what he has done, because what he has done is very…

This is an extraordinary woman who had a great record in saving many, many lives, and the whole thrust of this thing is to be able to study the various institutions and the buildings and the area not only in New York, but also in Maryland…

Every so often somebody comes into our lives that has a tremendous impact on us. And this is the case of the man who just gave the invocation, Bishop Thomas Shaw. He left his diocese, as the largest Episcopal diocese in this country, to…

I really am firmly opposed to this particular amendment. Our policy now is effective. It has worked for 21 years. Why do we change it now, particularly with the very sensitive elections coming up now? It is very easy to sit back here and…

I stand here as a Republican. I am proud of my party. But I am opposed to impeachment, and have proposed my own censure motion, which sadly will die with this session. But this is today. What about tomorrow? Today we deal with the law…

I have not had a single letter from anybody other than Washington or New York who has espoused this. None from overseas.

I feel very uncomfortable supporting this measure. I do not know whether the actions of the German Government in relationship to the Church of Scientology are right or wrong. I have a sense, and this is probably presumptuous for me to say…

I have been there. I understand what the Eximbank can do. It is a little bit like the Olympics. It used to always be amateur, and then all of a sudden it changed, and then people said, gee, maybe we ought to change, too. Commercial banks…

My remarks will be very brief, and they specifically hone in on an extraordinary citizen of this country, Warren Christopher. Warren Christopher has held one of the most important jobs that any administration can offer, the Secretary of…

Periodically, we sort of get off base here. Seriously, this is an opportunity to do something for the country, not just for this Chamber.

I have only asked for 30 seconds because I think this is a very straightforward message. We can wring our hands, analyze, reanalyze, and re-reanalyze why Romania should not get annual MFN status. But the facts are that this is a 23-million…

I would like to talk against this amendment. I have been in the foundation field all my life. I frankly feel this is a smokescreen to curtail their activities. There is not a single shred of evidence from the GAO, the Inspector General…

Ladies and gentlemen, I do not know why we are whipping this horse again. The House voted a few days ago to phase out the NEA in 2 years, period, paragraph, end of story. I do not agree with it. I do not think it was a good idea. But that…

I think we have beaten up on the gentleman from Wisconsin, [Mr. Klug] a little too much. This fellow is doing a great job in trying to cut the expenses. I do not happen to think this is a great idea for a variety of reasons.