The gentleman from Texas is at a disadvantage. He arrived on the floor not hearing the gentleman from California's opening statement, in which the said he was not opposed to this legislation. There is no opposition to this legislation. In…

the items that the gentleman is ticking off on his finger have no relationship to the information to be collected in this data bank, or any other data bank.

Mr. President, the freshman focus has been in here now for a couple of days, talking about the economy and talking about ways that we can strengthen American families, strengthen the economy, strengthen wages, strengthen jobs. The…

I would like to acknowledge today one of my State's--Wyoming's--unsung heroes, Senator Henry Schwartz, who served our great State from 1936 to 1942. Senator Schwartz did much for Wyoming. But today I would like to focus on his efforts…

we had reserved 30 minutes this morning for our freshman focus to talk about some of those things that are of great importance to American families, to talk about the economy, to talk about jobs, to talk about increasing wages and returns…

What about the October 2, 1995, letter Senator Sarbanes made reference to yesterday? Is it the special committee's intention to move forward without regard to the independent counsel's investigation?

I want to talk more specifically about this coming year, and, frankly, some about the past year, this coming year in terms of the agenda that is set for this country, the agenda that is set for this Congress, more specifically for the…

this motion to recommit has 229 pages. What he did not tell you that is in those 229 pages was that we just voted on a measure for $3.5 billion, almost 100 Members of the House said no, it is in there. There are a number of other items…

Mr. Chairman, I imagine people trying to follow this who do not understand the dairy programs or agriculture programs are somewhat thoroughly confused right now. I will try to simplify it. This is about whose ox gets gored, or, more…

I go back to the discussion of this loan versus the other loans. When it was created in the 1980's, not in the 1930's, it was tied to the actual price of the product. All of the other loan programs were tied to artificial…

I would tell Members that most of the amendments we are going to be looking at over the next hour or so are really ill-advised. It is ironic that at a time we have a bill on the floor in which we are finally phasing out Agriculture…

from time to time, in the mail we get a letter, an observation, or a communication from a constituent that we think is particularly on target. I would like to share that a little bit this morning. It has to do with consistency in…

I was glad the leader spoke about optimism and the opportunity to do things. I want to talk just a little bit, if I may, in morning business about this past year and the successes of this past year. It seems to me that we have worked very…

Mr. Speaker, we have had discussions in this area. The gentleman well knows that this problem was brought to our attention when the lobbying bill was moving through the Senate, as a matter of fact, and the cosponsors on the Senate side…

I rise to follow my friend, the Senator from Minnesota, in noting what I thought was useful, and that was the tour of freshman Senators throughout the country, actually, starting here in Washington, on through the Midwest, and ending up in…

I agree thoroughly with Senator Dole and the Members of this body in seeking to have a resolution which would put the Government back in place. It seems to me that that is what we should do. We ought to have a limited CR in which there is…

I rise to reflect a little bit on the past year but, more importantly, to reflect on it as it pertains to what we do in the coming year. I am sorry this year has ended in the conflict over the balanced budget. That has been one of the…

I rise also to talk about the dilemma that we are in. I agree with the Senator from Vermont and the Senator from Maryland that we ought not to be where we are. I believe it is time that we come to an agreement on the balanced budget. If…

Mr. Speaker, the Speaker of the House and the leadership join me in urging all Members to support what is an occasion that I think will allow us to focus on our humanness in a way that we are rarely able to do it. In the resolution talking…

I rise basically to support the Dole amendment. I rise to urge that we pass this bill. There will be changes. There should be changes. There should be great debates. There are differences of view. But those things can, indeed, be resolved…

I am today joined by the distinguished chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Senator Helms, the equally distinguished ranking minority member Senator Pell, and Senators Mack and D'Amato to introduce a resolution welcoming the visit…

First, the human rights situation in Vietnam continues to be of great concern. The weekend of August 12, barely a week after Secretary of State Christopher opened the newly-established U.S. embassy in Hanoi, a Vietnamese court convicted…

I rise to place my full support behind Chairman Helms and the efforts to overhaul and streamline the Department of State. Six weeks ago, with the support of every Republican Member, the Foreign Relations Committee passed S. 908, the…

I rise in support of S. 343, and appreciate the comments of my friend from Oklahoma who talked a lot about the details that are very important here, the reason for this bill. We have talked about it now for a good long time, as almost is…

my understanding is the resolution in front of us is whether or not the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Laughlin] shall be assigned to the Committee on Ways and Means. At the beginning the 104th Congress the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Laughlin]…