David Thomas

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2979 is an attempt at the end of this Congress, in working with the Senate, and the Senate has a bill they are attempting to move on the other side which would authorize the Architect of the Capitol to acquire on behalf…

I want to take the time that we have available this morning while we are waiting for these important closing activities--I hope closing activities--to talk a little bit about an issue that I feel very strongly about and that I think most…

I rise in support of H.R. 2513, which would restore and modify the two tax provisions in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 that was subject to a Presidential line-item veto earlier this year. The first provision applies to the income earned…

I would guess then the gentleman would also say that the minority leader was not picked or was not self-chosen to begin the process, and I would end only by saying no one is cut off totally. The leadership is focused. It is the majority's…

I would like to point out just a couple of items within that delivery. He repeated several times that what we are doing is cutting off people in this particular resolution. Mr. Speaker, my understanding of the resolution is that it…

Mr. Speaker, the minority leader suggested the possible alternative of going door to door. He knows and I know and all of us know that going door to door is wrong. It is just as wrong as offering a resolution which will shut down the…

I join my colleagues for just a few moments with respect to the question that we are addressing this morning, that question of global warming, but more particularly the specifics with respect to it. I am sure you already heard, but let me…

I came back this week after our recess very enthusiastic about moving forward on ISTEA. The people in my State are very anxious about it. It is an important issue to us, the funding of Federal highways. Our State, of course, has lots of…

we have spent several days recently and this week talking about campaign finance. I would like to share some of my thoughts. It is one of those issues that have become so complicated and so convoluted that it seems to me it is very…

I tell the gentleman from New York if he wants to know who gave Bob Dornan the right to subpoena, the Congressional Record, October 20th, 1969, on rollcall number 235, the yeas 311, nays 12, the legislation that was passed overwhelmingly…

I personally experienced that in a contested election in the Indiana 8th, because the votes in the Indiana 8th were counted not by any State. I participated in a contested election contest in which the Democrats set the rules. Those rules…

Mr. Speaker, it was contended earlier that this resolution really does not make the Department of Justice do anything. Of course we cannot, but what we can do is express the will of the House in terms of the direction that the Department…

I will try to explain some of the arguments that have been made, because frankly, they have been factually wrong. I do not want anyone who is listening to the debate to believe that the statements that have been made, because they are not…

The Los Angeles Times, May 22, 1997, I quote, ``In an apparent violation of Federal and State tax laws, Hermandad was also found in the audit to have spent $107,184 that it withheld from its employees' wages to satisfy Federal income…

up until the last speaker, I thought we were doing pretty well focusing on the issues in front of us. A lot of people think the census, and I quote from a letter that I got, the census is the only source of reliable, comparable, small-area…

This resolution is to make sure that when those people become citizens and cast a vote, it is a vote that counts. The problem is, there are some people out there preying on these people, misrepresenting the law, and getting them to…

I oppose the development of the New World Mine. I was one of the first elected officials to oppose that. There are some places, in my view, that are inappropriate for mining. I think this is one of them. It is true they were in the middle…

The business of timber and timber harvest is very important to my State. I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the Senator from Nevada. I think the amendment is not about subsidies; it is about the elimination of the timber…

I certainly urge my associates in the Senate to take a look at this opportunity to provide for one of the things that we talk about as much as anything in this Senate, and that is providing local input into the decisions that are made by…

I will talk for just a few minutes on the bill before the Senate. Of course, we are talking about the Labor, HHS, Education bill, one of the largest bills before the Senate. As a matter of fact, a total of about $270 billion of…

I just think it is appropriate, as Jay Eagen comes in as the new CAO, for the House to recognize the extraordinary service of someone who was asked to help and who has never said no, and for, as I said, a longer period than anticipated has…

I believe that we obviously got the pick of the lot, and the professional organization that did the searching brought us a number of people who had been in public administration positions and, as a matter of fact, in the private sector…

I find it almost fascinating that the gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio], the former chairman of the Subcommittee on Legislative of the Committee on Appropriations is offering an amendment to allow no additional staff. The gentleman…

following the statement of the gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. Gejdenson], some of my colleagues might be surprised to find out that I was an original cosponsor of the motor-voter bill, and in fact we think it is a good idea to reach out…

I intend between now and 11 to be joined by several of my colleagues to talk about, I think, two of the issues the Senator from Georgia has talked about. One of them that is most important for us, tax relief--I appreciate his comments. The…