We heard similar language throughout some quarters of the Arab world in reaction to September 11, is that this is what happens if you do not have an energy policy we like or a foreign policy or an agricultural policy, we send 15 suicide…

Let me give an example and the gentlemen in their most recent visit, I am sure, visited some victims in the hospital. I had the opportunity to visit a 15-year-old girl who was the victim of a homicide bomber. She was not killed, thank God…

One thing that I would hope we would be able to agree upon is there is no moral underpinning for sending one's child out to go to a pool hall and then have them blown to bits by a suicide bomber. Those 16 young people who were killed in…

in this great House, we have always stood shoulder to shoulder from all parts of this country, Democrat and Republican alike, strongly allied with the democracy in the Middle East, Israel, and with God's good graces, I hope we stand with…

Today is the twenty-third of Adar, 5762 on the Jewish calendar, the Yahrzeit, or anniversary, of the passing of Ari Halberstam. It was 8 years ago today that he died as a result of wounds suffered in a terrorist attack on the Brooklyn…

Lewis Carroll wrote about a language where down is up, black is white as jabberwocky, and some of the opponents of this resolution are engaged in it today. The very distinguished gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell) talks about the…

I rise and I speak to some in this body who share my view that the Senate bill, arguably, does not go far enough. And I speak to some in this body who recognize the great work that the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) and the…

I have to say to my colleagues, I support agriculture programs. I voted for every agriculture bill, and I believe it is very important for coalitions to be formed in this body between urban Members, who probably are only consuming…

First, I offer the thanks of our city to the many Members of the House, particularly the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, who has spoken so eloquently. Many of us just returned this morning and more than a few of my constituents…

I would point out that many housing authorities around the country have a similar situation where drug elimination funds appear not to be spent because a large number of those dollars are used to recruit and hire police officers. As the…

Mr. Chairman, I have the greatest respect for the chairman of the subcommittee, and I believe if we had an allocation that was sufficient this subcommittee would not have chosen to make this cut. In the 1980s, we had a debate in this House…

I agree with the sponsors and advocates of this bill. As we look around our communities, it is undeniable the best homeless facilities, drug treatment, even job training courses are not city and State run. They are run by churches and…

First of all, let me address some of the points that have come up by the very distinguished chairman about the inconsistency in his mind of my supporting a program that is in New York. Well, I also support programs that are in Mississippi…

That should narrow it down. No, anything after 1993 obviously did not come from that study. Anything after 1993 came from the Agricultural Statistical Service, sir.

I can provide the gentleman with the numbers, of the number of sheep and goats being farmed in this country. 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 we lost during every one of those years. But we lost less during the years there…

I will be glad to provide it for the gentleman. But one thing, and I would yield to anyone, since I have a couple of moments left, anyone that can point to a year the subsidy was in place that it did anything to reverse the trend. The…

Unfortunately, the problem with that reasoning is that they hemorrhaged worse during the last wool and mohair subsidy program.

I will be glad, reclaiming my time, to give the gentleman the source for that. That was the 1993 National Performance Review performed by the office of Vice President Gore, which was the rationale for a bill that came to this floor…

If the gentleman would indulge me then in his experience with the last program. We had a subsidy that he supported. He said earlier in his statement that as a result of the victors in eliminating the program, there has been a dramatic…

I would have to answer no, but that is true of most of the food products I eat every day. I have not visited where they were farmed either.

I stand as an urban member, someone who represents Brooklyn and Queens, the garden spot of the five boroughs perhaps, but not exactly a bastion of agriculture. But I am someone who strongly supports farm bills when they are offered. I have…

Mr. Chairman, I do not have a great deal to add on the importance of preserving what I believe will turn out to be on the final vote on this bill a continuation of the very strong urban-rural coalition that exists in this House. I and many…

Tonight as we lay our heads down to sleep, all across this country and in New York City, we will be tucking in our children, telling them good-night stories, knowing that they will be safe until morning. Well, that is not true for the…

Mr. Chairman, the State Department has said in a rather comprehensive fashion that it is unsafe to travel to Israel. It is unsafe to visit there. It is unsafe for our personnel that are stationed there. This has had a broad and draconian…

Actually, it is a bit more complicated than that. See, it says that a bill, a resolution or a legislative measure changing the internal revenue laws shall require for final adoption in each House the concurrence of two-thirds of all…