David Thomas

No. I think the Senator from Massachusetts has had ample time to discuss this issue. One of the things we need to do is take a real look at this, of course. ANWR was set aside for future exploration, no question about that. ANWR…

Mr. Speaker, we are going to engage in a debate about whether or not the tax bill that was enacted into law last year does not end 10 years from now, but, rather, is open-ended. We are going to hear a series of statements which, frankly…

just so we stay on this planet in terms of our rhetoric, six times between March and May, this House passed tax reduction bills. Every one of them was permanent, including on April 4, H.R. 8, which repealed the death or estate tax. That…

Today is a very proud day for the State of Wyoming and Terrence L. O'Brien. Just a moment ago, the full Senate confirmed Mr. O'Brien for Wyoming's vacant seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by a vote of 98-0. As…

I recommend to all of my friends in the Senate that we approve Judge O'Brien. Certainly, no one has been as qualified, as my colleague pointed out. In the appointment process, we had a committee sort through the judge prospects in our…

There has been a quiet revolution going on in the United States, and it was so quiet that a lot of people did not notice. One of the fundamental tenets of Marxism was that there was a separation between those who own the means of…

I find it ironic that the gentleman closed his statement right along the same class lines that I said have been blurred significantly. I was not talking about communism; I was talking about Marxism. The gentleman's reference that the…

I rise also to talk about this part of our energy bill, which I think is very important. In many ways, the energy portion of it touches more people than any other part. Of course, everybody relies on electricity. That is what we are…

I rise to say I agree with my friend. We do need to move forward. We have someone currently who is in the process. Hopefully, we can do it in a little later time. I observe also there are a whole list of amendments on both sides. This is…

I have a letter from NARUC, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. It came in when the bill was in its initial stage. They point out there is an admirable compromise between Federal and State jurisdictions, including…

Madam Speaker, perhaps the gentleman does not understand the law. The sham issue ads are not involved with the IRS and the reporting structure. If a Federal office holder influences a State and local PAC decision, this says they have to…

Madam Speaker, the Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability Act of 2002 might be called modest, but if one looks at the particular provisions, I think for those individuals engaged with the Internal Revenue Service, I think they might…

we of course are into our energy bill. One of the important components of an energy bill is the electricity section. There are a number of things we have done. Yesterday we did some things on PUHCA and PURPA--had those eliminated. We have…

I cannot think, frankly, of anyone in the whole country who has had more experience in this than the people on the west coast connected to the California project. This bill has come to the Senate without the committee being involved. This…

We are trying to ensure transmission grids and delivery of electricity that will be safe and reliable. Consumers need that. The lights will go on, and they must stay on. The amendment I am offering establishes a nationwide organization…

I rise to address the pending amendment. The Senator from New Mexico cited a number of the people supporting his part of the bill, several of whom were companies, of course. Maybe the fact that the National Association of Regulatory…

I rise to discuss an event that happened last week in which I was very disappointed. It was a hearing we had on the FAIR Act or private contracting of Government activities where it is appropriate under what is called the FAIR Act, which…

reclaiming my time, I tell the gentlewoman that that is my understanding. That is the way we intended to write the legislation, and in conferring with the Department of Labor, they have indicated to us that that is the appropriate…

we had a meeting this morning with the veterans. Over the last several months we have had a number of press conferences and meetings with all kinds of different interests in this country that support us doing something, in a balanced way…

I will now talk a little bit about election reform. Of course, that is the bill that is before us now, but we have not been able to move it forward in the last day and a half or so. Whether we will be able to or not, I do not know. No one…

I, too, am supportive of wind energy and the alternatives, of course, but we have been waiting--talk about waiting, we have been waiting for months to get to an energy bill, which has been objected to and held up by the folks on the other…

I cannot imagine us trying to set up a trade bill and 435 folks trying to deal with that. So I am not in agreement entirely that we ought to take away the trade authority to negotiate and then bring it to the Congress. Presidents have had…

later this week I hope we will move on to our energy bill on which all of us have worked for so long, certainly recognizing that energy policy is one of the most important issues we will consider this year. Although we have the pressure of…

I know the gentleman has his speaking points that have been passed out, and he is trying to stay on them; but I really wish he would realize that this House, back in December, passed trade adjustment authority, which had a provision for…

I find interesting the fact that we are now reduced to simply saying that 13 weeks of unemployment insurance is the proper response to a Nation in need, not just those who are currently finding themselves, through no fault of their own…