Gerald B. H. Solomon

The gentleman knows under the rules of the House and under the leadership of our very good and respected chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Natcher, the gentleman always insisted that these…

I hope every Republican, and all Democrats who care about due process, will vote to defeat this previous question; that will allow at least one major amendment cutting ill-conceived Russian aid by $52 million and using those funds to stop…

I yielded myself the remaining 30 seconds just to say one more time: You know, recruiting is where readiness begins. We depend on an all-voluntary military, and recruiting is the key to all our voluntary military has accomplished over the…

I could not help but smile a little at that list of special interest groups that oppose this. You know, every veterans organization--and there are hundreds of them in America in your district and mine--support this down the line. They are…

I do not think, as I read the court decision--because it is based on that executive order--I do not believe that they are going to be penalized. Certainly by the time this bill reaches the conference, I am sure that we can iron that out. I…

If it is modified, and the Governor says his intent is to do so, then certainly he is not going to see that SUNY loses $21 million in jobs and financial aid. I have a lot of faith, and I do not agree with Governor Cuomo on a lot of things…

The fact is that under this rule, no specific budget waiver is included. We are giving a blanket waiver but there is nothing in here that is going to waive the Budget Act specifically. Mr. Speaker, Members are entitled to know that and…

Mr. Chairman, the courts have upheld similar legislation of mine in the past, such as the 1982 amendment that denied Federal education funds to students who failed to register for the draft and also prohibiting draft evaders from…

I can say to both my respected friends I refer to your committee report where you say it, and I refer to the March 17 New York Times article where they said it. Those are two pretty credible organizations.

The gentleman knows we have the greatest respect for him, but this is not an attempt to kill the bill. This is simply an attempt to make one amendment in order that was not made in order under the rule. It is a very, very germane…

Because of that very concern, because there are a lot of things in here that I do not like, one of them, for instance, is privatizing of Amtrak which runs 270 miles right straight through my district, and I have probably more stops than…

The gentleman raises a very, very good concern. As a matter of fact, when I mentioned that we had taken all of the recommendations by the Grace Commission, the Concord Commission, et cetera, we had over a trillion dollars in cuts, and…

All of the tax cutting provisions out of the Republican alternative. And then we have added an additional $300 billion-plus in spending cuts, which we have itemized and have passed out to all Members. That is how we arrived at this…

With one qualification. As most Members know, the Kasich budget, which is the official Republican alternative, which I am supporting, is a part of this Solomon balanced budget task force substitute. What we have simply done, so every…

He sounds just like Gerry Solomon. I will tell you what people up there are alarmed about. They are alarmed that some bureaucrat is going to be dictating to them who is going to deliver the medical delivery care system to them. They are…

The American people want the U.S. Congress, Members of Congress, covered under this Independent Counsel Act. The Gekas amendment does just that. The truth of the matter is the House is not going to have the opportunity to vote for that on…