Dec 1, 1997
on the occasion of the historic vote to launch an impeachment inquiry I have joined with the overwhelming majority of Democrats to vote for an alternative compromise
Major Owens
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December 1, 1997
I thank both of my colleagues from the Committee on the Judiciary and congratulate them on the magnificent job that they are doing
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Dec 1, 1997
I ask my colleagues to pardon my ignorance, but I am not a lawyer and I have not been impressed with the legal gymnastics of the Committee on the Judiciary hearings
May 25, 1994
I think it is time for a brief review of our policy in Haiti. I would like to begin by stating that it is as desperate a situation now as it has ever been. Just a few days ago a new wave of killing resulted in the destruction of a group of…
May 25, 1994
I would like to appeal to the gentleman from Indiana and other Members of the party of Lincoln to act in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln. We have a situation here unprecedented in the history of the world, where there has been a peaceful…
May 24, 1994
Is H.R. 4114 neutral on the question of military intervention? Does it discuss it at all?
May 24, 1994
I would like to clarify a position. The gentleman is the sponsor of a bill, H.R. 4114, on which I am a cosponsor and all the members of the Congressional Black Caucus are cosponsors, and there are in all more than a hundred cosponsors, and…
May 24, 1994
This amendment is not silent on the question. This amendment rules out the use of force, and H.R. 4114 does not deal with the use of force at all.
May 24, 1994
I rise because I think this is an unprecedented amendment. We are considering an authorization of the Defense Department, and we suddenly plunged into foreign policy. We consider the issue of Haiti so important that we have forced it on…
May 3, 1994
I welcome the opportunity to use these special orders in order to tie together a number of very important things that are happening here with some of the kinds of catastrophes we see and the serious problems being experienced in my…
Apr 19, 1994
Crime in public housing developments certainly deserves special attention. A tiny percentage of criminal predators prey upon the overwhelming majority of hard-working families in public housing. Periodic police sweeps of public areas and…
Apr 14, 1994
the House is presently considering the crime bill, and this afternoon we experienced something that might be called a frenzy, a frenzy of applications of the death penalty. We seem to be preoccupied with death. In fact, Mr. Speaker, the…
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