David Thomas

I am not the original guarantor, but I will renew that guarantee from the original guarantor, the Majority Leader, that we will finish campaign reform debate prior to the August recess.

The gentleman once again does make a meal of a term which I used in an attempt to determine whether or not someone wanted to be included in a unanimous consent or a motion. In using the term ``serious'' it seems to me that someone who may…

I just raise the question again and urge the leadership to give some consideration to a biennial budget, where we would make a budget for two years and then have a chance for oversight, have a chance for the agencies to know what they are…

If we would listen to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Kennelly), who just spoke, what we would have to believe is that the business world did not exist prior to the invention of the Internal Revenue Tax Code; that corporations offer…

Reclaiming my time, frankly, as a Member of this side of the aisle, to say that the President said we should take this money away from veterans certainly is no reason to do so as far as I am concerned.

Reclaiming my time, if it does not make any difference, why not call it by its proper name, Shays/Meehan?

Reclaiming my time, when I feel strongly about an issue and I believe that folks are not being treated fairly, I do get impassioned.

Mr. Chairman, what is the provision that protects those military retirees who choose to give up their Medigap program to go into this 3-year test that they can go back to their original Medigap program without risk? Where is that guarantee…

It does seem as if we are increasingly moving governance into more of show business and into more of political spin, more of promotion, more of advertising than really dealing with issues based on the facts and how they impact us.

Mr. Speaker, the bill of the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter) is a very simple bill. It says if someone is a citizen, they can contribute. If they are not a citizen, they cannot. [...] I believe if it is supported by the gentleman…

Mr. Speaker, let us remember the rules we have for voting is only people who are citizens are supposed to vote as well. My assumption is there may be some moral outrage somewhere about the fact that only citizens are allowed to vote.

It is not my bill, it is the bill of the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter), and if in fact they are a citizen, they can contribute.

I tell the gentlewoman that in a bill she has an opportunity to vote on, H.R. 3581, we ban all soft money.

I will tell the gentlewoman one more time, and I do not know how to explain it to her any other way but to say that there is no corporate money that is legally allowed under the so-called hard money definition. It is not allowed, either…

I tell the gentlewoman that I still do not fully appreciate or understand her question, since it is the individual in that structure and not the association or the corporation that makes the contribution. Corporate contributions are…

I am actually having a little difficulty understanding the last exchange, since under Federal law all corporate money, whether it is foreign or domestic, is not allowed to be in campaigns. This bill deals with individual contributions…

This is a bill by our colleague from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter). It was introduced on January 7, 1997, and in yielding myself such time as I may consume, let me read what the bill does in sum and substance: It is to amend the Federal Election…

Mr. Speaker, this is a very modest attempt, based on what we now know from the contested election in California's 46th District that there will be people who go to the polls and who will not be voting legally. Any Member who does not want…

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 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…

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…

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…

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 am delighted that we are talking about tax relief for the first time really seriously in 10 years. We have not had tax relief since the early 1980's. It is time we do that. I certainly want to congratulate the chairman of the Finance…