this resolution is extraordinary, not for what it says but for what it deliberately refuses to admit. The President took us to war. An immediate nuclear threat was the bait. This resolution is the switch. In the aftermath of the war, we…

never would I have thought that defending the Constitution would be so lonely a job on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. Do not get me wrong, I believe in decency and Mary Poppins and all things nice; but what is at…

the USDA, which is selectively cited by the gentleman from Texas giving it such great authority, happens to be the authority that says that downed animals are 49 times more likely to have mad cow disease than ambulatory animals. There is…

I think they would be aghast to see that this Congress is looking to protect rather prurient corporate interests at the expense of the health and safety of the American people. It is not about protecting pigs, my colleague. It is about…

the distinguished chairman assured us at the outset of his remarks that private citizens would not be precluded from bringing private actions. It is very clear, to at least some of us who read the language of what is in the actual bill…

Let me suggest to your very sanctimonious self that it was the chairman of this very committee that said my amendment was redundant. The author of the bill, rather, who said that the amendment was redundant, that what I am trying to do is…

I am trying not to be insulted by being accused of having a foolish and ridiculous amendment. I am sure the gentleman is insulting the amendment.

it seems to me the gentleman would have it both ways. First the claim is that my amendment is redundant, the bill already does what it does. Now the gentleman is saying that it guts the bill. How can it be redundant and gut the bill?

I want Mrs. Jones to be able to bring a lawsuit because her 8-year-old son was just made brain damaged and is going to die in 3 months because he ate a hamburger that somebody knowingly sold him that came from a downed animal that had mad…

Under this gentleman's thinking, that beloved animal of that little boy who has shown him all around, if he falls and breaks his leg, that animal should be treated humanely and humanely slaughtered which would prevent it from being sold to…

The acting Secretary of the Army I am afraid has not gotten that particular message because in relation to right in my own district out in Hawaii, the movement of troops out of the 25th up at Schofield Barracks, out into Asia and into…

I rise, reluctantly, in support of this supplemental appropriations bill. I do so not because the President has called us to this task, but in spite of that fact. I do so not because of my sympathy for the people of Baghdad, although I am…

I have a question on behalf of all of those Members who were not in any of those rooms: If it was the gentleman from California (Mr. Stark) in the hearing room with the fruitcake, why did you sic the cops on the Democrats in the library?

We want the animals to be tested. We want to make a determination as to where the animal came from if he does test positive for mad cow disease or any other kind of disease. What we are saying is that we are going to deny funds under this…

I may not be in the cattle business; but I can tell a good steak when I see one. This does not a good steak make, and that is exactly the point. This specific amendment does not touch any of the testing procedures. We want the animals…

I should point out that the gentleman, who is a distinguished leader and authority in this area and someone for whom I have the greatest respect, is absolutely right. However, what we are dealing here with is an amendment that does not…

I love our flag and that for which it stands. It stands for a Nation founded by people fleeing from an oppressive regime. It stands for freedoms, not the least of which is the freedom of opinion and the unimpeded expression thereof…

the President continues to make his case before the Congress, before the American people, and before the United Nations to garner support and legitimacy in the case against Saddam Hussein. There is no question about any of the facts the…

I rise in support of the Lantos amendment. Madam Chairman, I congratulate the gentleman from California for offering his amendment, because it highlights a particularly important aspect of our current efforts in Afghanistan. Everything we…

I am outraged by the statement of one of the previous speakers who has now left the floor who said, with his unique sense of justice, that we should treat everybody equally; that we should treat the terrorists and victims the same; that we…

Mr. Chairman, I come from New York, a city wracked with pain, suffering from an attack of mass destruction against our country and upon our city. We are an American city which makes it even more painful for us to fathom why we should have…

today I rise in support of increasing the FHA Multifamily loan limits. The FHA multifamily loan programs support the new construction and substantial rehabilitation of much needed affordable rental housing. Our Nation faces a growing…

I stand to give you a bulletin from the City of New York, from my home community of Queens, New York. As we speak, Concourse A, Terminal 8 at JFK Airport has just been closed. It has been closed because the screeners at American Airlines…

I ask all Members to join in supporting the Ackerman amendment to help bring an end to the horrific abuse of our Nation's food animals and to protect our Nation's food supply. I ask that all of us vote in favor of the amendment.

along with President, I, too, have just returned from ground zero, the site of the greatest single human tragedy in our Nation's history. The towering pyramid of wreckage upon whose perimeter in New York City I have just walked hours ago…