What the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood) has done is very, very significant. I say this because I come from the world of business. You can have a patient, you can have a patient's rights, but if you do not have the funding for that…

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 cannot get into the architectural or the engineering problems here. I remember in 1939, I am old enough to remember that, that they had the same arguments as far as the Jefferson Memorial. It would be ruining the tidal basin and…

no bill is perfect; and we always have ways of trying to change legislation. I hate to be an ``aginner,'' and I do not mean to be a nitpicker, but every so often something just does not feel right, so I tend to vote not only against H.R…

I wish this were a little more evenly balanced in terms of a bipartisan approach, but evidently we are dealing with things which have been triggered by the White House, and we have to follow that route. Look, there are certain things about…

I have not been in negotiations in the White House. I am not a Member of the Republican leadership, but I am a concerned citizen, and I also am a Member of a bipartisan group which met with the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer) yesterday…

The issues are serious, and the issues are dealing with numbers that are very high in one area to some members, very low with another group of Members, also with the President, but some of the issues as I mentioned are not even related to…

there are several of us that have remarks about Bill Archer, and I will begin. I hope Bill and Sharon Archer are watching this program, because I do not believe anybody has said so many nice words to him to his face. We always say things…

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…

this is a solid, basic bill--with a great purpose. It is to help honor and remember those Americans who used solid, basic values to perform exceptionally and serve great purposes on behalf of our nation. Now veterans are modest people…

Senator, it is hard for me to stand up here and talk to you, of all people, who are so eloquent and has given so many wonderful and meaningful things to us over the years. Also I think of the words of John Lord O'Brien, who you remember…

Mr. Speaker, the hour is late and it has been a long day, but I frankly thought I would be here tonight talking about another bill, H.R. 4717. It has a long title, the Full and Fair Political Activity Disclosure Act of 2000, but this is…

I just think there are three things: One, do you believe in the arts? Secondly, do you believe in the government being in the arts? And thirdly, how much money is involved? I do not think there is any question about the first issue. I do…

I know there is a lot of emotion on this. But I would like to speak on the other side of this issue. On May 25 of this year, just before we left for the Memorial Day break, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett) offered a 527 amendment to…

I would like to crank this thing down to a little lower level of intensity. I do not know why we are having this discussion, anyway. We all want illumination. We do not want to have people hiding behind 527s or 501(c)3s, or 4s or 5s or 6s…

one of the advantages of old age is not necessarily wisdom but a lot of experience, and I do not pretend to try to convince those who are already convinced of their position. I just want to say how I feel about this particular issue. I am…

I have just two points to make here. First of all, I am from New York, and I guess we have a lot of New Yorkers around here. But this is really important not only economically but in terms of all the relations we have with Canada. So that…

Mr. Speaker, I would, first of all, like to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Coyne). It has been wonderful to work with the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Coyne) and also the Members of the Democratic group. As Peter Druker has…

When you hear those words and the emotions behind them, it does something to you. That is why this extraordinary experience is so important to be shared with everybody. This was an unusual year. It was the 35th anniversary of that march…

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…

It is sort of too bad that certain people on the other side take a partisan view of this thing. It is not partisan; it is bipartisan. It makes sense. The timing is right. There is overwhelming support for this. When I started to work in…

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 applaud the gentleman from Indiana for bringing up this issue. It is an important one, we have to get at it, we have got to do something about it. The issue is not over the hurt. The issue is how to cure the hurt. It seems to me from my…

I am tempted to go through the philosophies and the history and the risks and the costs that are involved here. But to me, and it may be a reflection on my own position, to me, it is a very simple issue that we are in a situation now where…