David Thomas

I am concerned that some amendments adopted by Unanimous Consent may have a negative impact on the President's Competitive Sourcing Initiative, and ultimately adversely impact the President's ability to administer the bureaucracy of the…

the minority leader, in discussing the minority position, talked about the vision of the gentleman from New York, the path that he wished to take. We were just handed 3 minutes ago this particular motion to recommit, so if we are looking…

Perhaps the gentleman is not aware that the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, and the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means have exchanged letters on questions of jurisdiction as is…

I tell the gentlewoman, a Delegate from Guam, and the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands I would be pleased to work with them in conference to try to solve this problem for the Territories.

Mr. Speaker, I believe the gentleman from Texas (Judge Doggett) needs to know that provision has been ruled by the courts not to provide attorney/client privilege and that there was no new power granted under that language. And the…

I want my colleagues and those paying attention to what is going on to appreciate what has occurred on the other side of the aisle. The gentleman who is managing the bill for the rule for the minority took some time to discuss the…

we are faced now with a relatively short period of time to finish our work for this year. We are down to a certain number of weeks--not very many--to do many things. We have a short time to finish the jobs that need to be finished. So I…

I was very pleased to hear about the leader's trip to Iraq. Having been there several months ago, I think things have changed some, certainly. I think they are even stronger there than they were and things are better than we hear about…

Mr. Speaker, I will place in the record a statement of administration policy. It starts, ``The administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 4103.'' I would say to my colleague from Illinois and my colleague from Ohio, that I do…

I rise to join other colleagues in talking about President Ronald Reagan, the Great Communicator, the great humanitarian. I will lie down and bleed awhile, and then I will rise and fight again. Ronald Reagan quoted Sir Andrew Barton's…

I was always amazed at one thing, and that was he was the same person regardless of the context in which you met him, worked with him and was led by him. He was always prepared. He was always on time, whether it was a minor event or if it…

I assume there is some relevancy to this particular debate on this particular measure offered by the gentleman from Washington. But I think we really ought to put this entire debate in perspective. In 1993, with a Democrat President and a…

I just came back from my home in Wyoming. I heard a great deal of conversation about highways and the highway bill and the fact that we have not yet been able to pass a highway bill, both in the House and the Senate, and get together. The…

I am pleased this is uninsured week, that we are focusing on that problem of uninsured folks. I think it is a great thing that we ought to be doing. There are some alternatives that we can pursue. I have been particularly involved in the…

I hope you all enjoyed that ride through very dark woods. Now let me explain what is really going on. Return with me to 1945. We were in the middle of a war and a decision was made which affects us profoundly today. There was a choice of…

we are dealing with an issue that is probably the most important that we have before us, in terms of jobs, in terms of meeting the needs in this country. We are dealing with an issue we have talked about for 2 years or more. We have…

I am pleased we have this resolution before us. I think all of us share the same thoughts about this whole Iraqi prisoner abuse issue. We are all very disappointed and very troubled about the events in the prison. We need to move forward…

we also have issues at home about which we ought to be talking. One of them is health care, of course. We have great health care in this country, the best in the world. We have some limited access, however, because of the costs, and we…

I had come to the Senate floor to talk about an issue that is very important to all of us, particularly Medicare recipients in this country. But first I have to express some disappointment, frankly, and some surprise about the discussion…

Mr. Speaker, if this were a debate on the budget and the decision before the House was to bind every spending measure and every tax measure to a PAYGO rule, the debate might be more appropriate. But to assign to one particular tax cut, and…

I am pleased to share my views about the environment on Earth Day. I know many Members in this body support efforts to clean up our environment. Earth Day 2004 is the ideal time to recognize just how much our environment has improved. Over…

It is surprising, because the economy has grown substantially, that we find some complaining about it over there. It is not a surprise that the person who pays the most taxes gets a tax cut. That should not be a surprise. The idea is that…

in referring to those that I cannot refer to, in examining the legislation offered as a motion to recommit, simply look at page 108. What was legal will not be legal. Someone who took actions by virtue of something that if it were criminal…

I know the gentleman's interest in this issue based upon his State and one of the things his State is famous for. We are working with a number of individuals on Joint Tax, in industry, to gather the information needed to craft an equitable…

Mr. Speaker, we really do have to decide whether we want to try to make law or score political points. The first motion that was offered was obviously a ruse because it would have killed the bill. You then say changing ``forthwith'' to…