Let me assure the gentleman there is no attempt in this vote, none of us would support this bill if it interfered with the right of peaceful assembly. Indeed, it has been gone over with a fine-tooth comb. Everyone has said that the…

just after Christmas last year, my area of upstate New York was rocked by a wave of bombings in which five people were killed. Since that time, I have been concerned that Federal law does not take explosives crimes as seriously as it…

despite the best efforts that many of us have put forth here in Congress, last night parliamentary games kept us from passing the crime bill. We will go back to our districts without it. We get back from the district work period on April…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule and in support of H.R. 4092, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. H.R. 4092 is the strongest anticrime bill this House has ever considered. I am glad that we have finally…

Mr. Speaker, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrance Act, which passed both Houses of Congress late last year, a substantial vote in the Senate and unanimously here, was developed in response to the glowing problem of orchestrated…

I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio, specifically to the draconian cuts that it makes in an area that I have been working on and that I think is important to every American family. I speak today as a…

when I was elected to the 100th Congress and came to Washington to go through the orientation process, I immediately realized what a giant of a man Mr. Natcher is. We had a routine that we went through, because we would always talk about…

I rise in support of this en bloc amendment offered by my colleague from Michigan, Mr. Kildee. Among the provisions included in the amendment is one which will help homeless children to receive the high quality education they need to…

as the rate of rape continues to increase, it has become clear to me that our current approach to convicted sexual offenders is failing. Not long ago, my own community of Rochester, NY, was terrorized by Arthur Shawcross, a serial rapist…