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Mr. Speaker, this bill, H.R. 4567, is one that is needed for a number of reasons. Most people will probably focus on what they consider to be the major provision, and that is a modification in the home health care payment structure. In the…
Actually, I was off doing other work; but in listening to this debate on the floor, I thought that perhaps someone ought to come to the floor who as an avocation understands something about cars, since this discussion was fairly obvious to…
The one thing that I enjoy almost as much as anything since I came to Congress with Jerry was to indicate that he is leaving with my ability to say Mr. Chairman. When we first came, we were not completely believing that we would ever, ever…
I have been wanting to come to the floor for some time to talk a little bit about the situation that we are in here in the Senate, here in the Congress, the amount of work that we have to do in a relatively short time, and, frankly, to…
Mr. Speaker, I am sure some people are a little bit confused about this debate, and I will try to explain why. It is kind of like in physics, where what we are discovering simply cannot be explained in the language that physicists now…
It does not respond to a yes or no answer. I will tell the gentleman why, because the Congressional Budget Office said this has no budgetary consequence. It is an intergovernmental transfer. The gentleman's argument is they are saving the…
it is always dangerous around here to read legislation that you are looking at, but if you were to look at the substitute that the gentleman from New York is offering, it says on the first page, line 15, ``If the Secretary of the Treasury…
The reason we have a surplus right now is because people are paying more in income taxes, the economy is doing well, and inflation is lower than anticipated. It is always relative to what people said was going to happen. And what is…
I am tempted to begin this by saying that everything I have heard does not sound very familiar because I know Vic Fazio, and Vic Fazio is a friend of mine. I first got to know Vic Fazio before he was in elective office. Then when he was…
I would like to talk just a few minutes on this bill, particularly with respect to rural air service and some of the problems that we face in areas with small towns and small populations. First, let me say that I certainly support what the…
I rise to discuss a project that is extremely important to the city of Casper and the State of Wyoming. The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, located in Casper, is a unique project designed to showcase the importance of Wyoming…
notwithstanding the innuendo, I believe it is completely factual to say that no Member of the House of Representatives has seen the documents. As a matter of fact, we are not going to open them until the House votes on this resolution. My…
I am interested in the fact that our fellow Senators talk about having a discussion. How long are we going to discuss this? It seems like we have been through this every year. We have been through it three times last year; we have been…
it is an interesting time, of course, for us here. Entering into the last month of this Congress, we are faced, of course, with finishing the work that we have begun, and more particularly, in closing up the appropriations process so that…
I guess the real issue and the thing that he and I are both talking about is the basic, fundamental functions of the Federal Government and what priority they should have. Certainly, the defense of this country has to be among the--if not…
I rise to address briefly the McCain amendment on S. 2334. I will talk a little bit about the situation in North Korea and the bill relating to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, KEDO. I have been chairman of the…
I feel as if that is an increasing tendency around the world, and this is one of them, as well as Iraq and some other places. So I think we want to continue to work, we would like to have the KEDO agreement, we would like to go ahead with…
all of us have been various places during the recess. I have been back in Wyoming listening to people and to a number of things that people are concerned about. We are back now, basically, to spend this month, I suppose, almost totally…
no, I do not have time to yield. I do not even have enough time to go through the points that I think absolutely need to be made. If my colleagues will examine what they are asking to do, contrary to current law, is to poll. They use the…
would all of the Members for just a minute return with me to 1770? This is not the District of Columbia, it belongs to the State of Maryland. We operate under the Articles of Confederation, and a ship that moves along the Potomac stops in…
I am opposed to this Shays-Meehan fiasco. It is not reform. This is just another example of big government picking winners and losers, and in my opinion the winners are the Democrats and the losers are the Republicans. It is amazing to me…
I am pleased to say that the House, in an orderly fashion, has discussed a number of issues surrounding campaign reform and that we reach a point tonight in which a major decision will be made by the House, and we reach this point almost…
The gentleman did say there was no limit, and I knew he did not intend to convey that there is no limit under the law.
Madam Chairman, no amount of volume, no amount of vehemence, covers up the fundamental flaws in this bill. It took my breath away when the gentleman from California said that he could tell us exactly what the Supreme Court would do on the…
it is entirely appropriate that at the time that the Chestnut family is, in fact, remembering their father and husband and friend and relative, that we establish this fund. At this time I would also like to thank the gentleman from…
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