Mr. Speaker, I am here to support not only the minimum wage bill, but also the work opportunity tax credit. This is a plain sense bill. It is part of the tax package. I would like to focus just the few seconds I have on the work…

I would like to talk on the portability issue. I think it is an important one. I know that a lot of people have talked on it. It will not be the last discussion about this. However, I think it is important. I know a little bit about it…

this clearly has not been a happy day here. We have talked about issues that divide rather than bring us together. But I would like to talk about something that does bring us together. It is something that happened several weeks ago when a…

I am really at a loss of words because so much of what I wanted to say has already been stated. Maybe I can approach this from somebody who has been in business for a long time and understands what this Congress is trying to do is to…

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.

I was down here in 1982 with the Grace Commission. We had a deficit of $200 billion. We had great plans, we had suggestions to close that gap, cut the spending. Nothing happened. I came here as a Congressman in 1987. Our deficit was still…

George Romney used to describe friends of his as "a great human." Ed was a great human. He had an impact on all of us here; whether it was, as the gentleman from Illinois mentioned, consensus building or whatever, he recognized and…

I agree with the Hamilton amendment. I think it hits the issue head-on and it does not put us all out there by ourselves. That is very, very important. There is a tremendous amount of frustration here. As my colleagues know, we see the…

I think 4277, this bill, makes a lot of sense. I think it is going to pass and it is right. I say so for two reasons. First of all, it is entirely appropriate that this be a separate agency. Its time has come. There are a lot of questions…

I associate myself with the comments of Mr. Stenholm and speak in support of his resolution to balance the budget. I want to comment on an issue, which I believe has become a red herring. Some are saying that if the Stenholm amendment were…