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…

the rule coming before this body today is a crime in itself because it denies 46 Democrats on that side of the aisle, 45 Republicans on this side of the aisle the right to carry out their constitutional obligation to represent their people…

Is this Solomon-Hayes bipartisan amendment to restore current minimum sentencing, and listen to this, America, for serious drug offenders, sentences which are stricken by the bill, is that frivolous? I guess it is if Members think recent…

let me say to the previous speaker that yes, two plus two equals four. Fact: Why are liberals for this bill and why are conservatives against it? No question about it, this bill in its present form coddles criminals and makes it tough on…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the balanced budget constitutional amendment. The question whether one generation has the right to bind another by the deficit it imposes is a question of such consequence as to place it among the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule and in support of the balanced budget constitutional amendment. First, we need to be clear about the nature of the problem. The debt we are dumping on our children and grandchildren is increasing…

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…

the previous speaker was a Democrat, and he was bragging about how small these deficits are in the next 5 years under the Clinton program. Let me read them to you, ladies and gentlemen. In 1995, $171 billion; that is small? In 1996, $166…

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…

In just 1 hour from now this Congress is going to have the opportunity to live up to your rhetoric and, for the first time in many years, actually vote for a balanced budget. This country is drowning in a sea of red ink that has literally…

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…

I am just so impressed with the special order that is going on here because I represent an area in northern New York, and we have snow up there, we are at 7 feet it seems like now. I have a chain link fence around my property that is…

Tomorrow this body will begin debate on the Clinton budget which increases our national debt by almost $2 trillion over the next 5 years. But the balanced budget task force has an alternative to that kind of fiscal irresponsibility. Our…

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…

Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, I want to welcome you to our annual rush to budget. You would not know that the congressional budget is one of the most important decisions that we are called upon to make around here, given the haste with…

it is always a rare pleasure--and I do mean rare--to come to this floor in support of a rule out of the Rules Committee. As my colleagues are aware, nearly 80 percent of the rules in this Congress have restricted the amendment process. So…

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…

Because American lives might be at stake here, I think I might just respond briefly to the previous speaker. Mr. Speaker, American foreign policy under Republican and Democrat administrations alike has always been to support and defend…

P.T. Barnum once said, ``There's a sucker born every minute.'' Well, last Thursday could have filled a couple of his circus tents with suckers. This entire House was suckered into believing that it was partially offsetting the disaster…

You know, it is always difficult to raise any concerns over a bill that is so desperately needed to provide emergency aid to the victims of natural disasters. And I certainly support the expedited consideration of this bill and the blanket…

I rise in strong opposition to this modified closed rule on H.R. 3425, the Department of Environmental Protection Act. Mr. Speaker, let me make clear at the outset that this modified closed rule does make in order some nine amendments…