I hope we will have the opportunity in the very near future to vote on it, and at least it is some small positive step. The frustration, of course, now is that we are dealing with small steps that at this stage of the carnage does not have…

And, you know, I know you would agree with me, because I know of the great work that you have done in this Congress with regard to the Western Hemisphere, with Central America; we do not believe that the United States can or should be the…

Shame on all of us in the West to allow this genocide to continue. Shame on all of us in the West for our inaction. And I think the point was made very clearly by both my colleagues that we have encouraged the Serbian aggression by our…

there is one point that he made, I think it is also very appropriate to say, that the Moslems of Bosnia are secular Moslems, and what this dose is it just proves the point, unfortunately, of madmen like Saddam Hussein and others who say…

Today we had a House-Senate conference on the State Department reauthorization, and the resolution was passed to call upon the President to lift the arms embargo so we finally have hopefully the weight of the House of Representatives and…

the terrorist bombing in Hadera, Israel, which killed six innocent civilians at a bus station, coupled with the suicide bomb attack against innocent Israeli citizens last week in Afula, which killed seven people, showed that extremists are…

I rise in opposition to Representative Boehner's amendment to strike title XII from H.R. 6. Title XII, which authorizes Urban and Rural Education Demonstration Grants, is designed to help our Nation's rural and urban schools in undertaking…

Mental health benefits should not be a second thought; mental health benefits must be on a par with any other benefits that we offer in any final bill that passes this legislature. It ought not to be phased in years from now; it ought not…

I rise in opposition to the amendment to strike provisions in title II of H.R. 6 which would improve local schools' access to library materials, technology hardware, computer software, and planning materials. The Library Media Program…

I rise in opposition to Mr. Boehner's amendment to strike ``Title I--Transition Projects'' which are currently authorized under H.R. 6, the Improving America's Schools Act. The legislation authorizes Federal assistance for comprehensive…

I rise in support of H.R. 6, the Improving America's Schools Act as reported out of the House Education and Labor Committee, and in opposition to any weakening amendments or substitutes. H.R. 6 is the product of over a year's worth of…

I rise today to honor the innumerable achievements and contributions of African-Americans in the history and in the development of our Nation. African-American businesses and organizations, both past and present, have laid the groundwork…

It is about time. As the siege of Sarajevo approaches the end of its second year, the West has finally agreed to respond to the Bosnian tragedy. NATO will use air strikes if the Serbs do not pull their heavy guns 12 miles from the city…