Maurice Hinchey

to publicly disagree with the President in wartime is seen by some as being somehow un-American. However, such dissent in this country has a long and distinguished heritage. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison protested John Adams'…

I am now introducing a resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should not revise its media ownership rules without more extensive review and comment by the public. I am…

I can say that we were very good friends, even though our tenure here in the House of Representatives did not coincide. He was leaving for the second time, actually, as I was coming in in 1993; but we were associated by virtue of the fact…

I deeply appreciate that sentiment on the part of the gentleman. I know that he is sincere. However, if that procedure is to be adopted, we ought to have a vote on it now. Now is the time to make that decision, because I do not know that…

I think that he is not providing the opportunity that many people in this House earnestly desire and I think the people of this country earnestly desire, and that is a fair and open exchange on the merits of this resolution. I ask, how can…

However, I believe that the House has made a mistake and that we have the opportunity now to correct that mistake and that people of goodwill recognizing the mistake will do so. That is, step forward honestly, forthrightly and correct the…

I earnestly thank the gentleman for his efforts made today. It seems to me that the rejection of the gentleman's efforts constitutes a mistake on the part of the people who made that decision. His voice ought to have been heard. He ought…

I believe a mistake has been made. A small amount of time, in my view too small amount of time, has been allocated to this debate. This is a matter of such utmost seriousness which involves issues of life and death as well as the…

I join the other Members of this House in paying tribute to a great veteran in service of his country, Benjamin A. Gilman. It has already been mentioned how he served this country as a member of the United States Army Air Corps in the…

I just wanted to remind us all that it is interesting to have resolutions on the floor that recommend action by the other body, but the important thing is for us to do our work here. I am a member of the Committee on Appropriations. We…

this resolution calling upon the other House to join in the permanent repeal of the estate tax I think reduces cynicism to a new low. The permanent repeal of the estate tax, first of all, very obviously benefits only a handful, a tiny…

this presents us with a very interesting situation. First, we are told that the employees of the Homeland Security Department cannot have civil service protection. They cannot be unionized. We want to be flexible with them. If they make…

beginning in 1995, the leadership of this Congress was successful in the following deregulatory efforts. They shielded accountants and corporations from shareholder lawsuits. They killed new Securities and Exchange Commission proposals to…

beginning in 1995, this Congress began a process of reducing regulations and freeing up the activities of corporations across America. They also, during the beginning of that period of time, weakened the IRS. The result of that is the kind…

this is a very good Interior appropriations bill; but the problem is that the rule failed to protect two very important provisions of the bill that were put in there by the Subcommittee on the Interior and endorsed by the full Committee on…

I am sure if Teddy Roosevelt were President today, the approach to environmental issues would be much different. It is really a shame in a way, because we have had a number of Republican Presidents who developed and nurtured very sound…

Of course, what the gentleman from Oregon is pointing out here is an undermining, even an abrogation of the basic democratic system under which this Congress is supposed to function. This Congress is set up as a place where the issues that…

when the specific provisions contained in this bill as before us this morning first came before the House in the 106th Congress, there were only a handful of us who voted against it, in spite of the fact that the bill was enormously…

in spite of the best attempts of the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Stump) and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton), this bill has become a political grab bag of extraneous material that has nothing to do with defense authorization and…

I rise in remembrance to mark one of the most horrific tragedies of the 20th century, the Armenian Genocide. On this date in 1915, leaders of the Ottoman Empire began murdering thousands of Armenian people. By 1923, the number of Armenians…

this is the most important telecommunications bill to come to the floor of this House not just in this Congress but in many, many years. If it passes and becomes law, it will determine the way the telecommunications industry develops in…

there is nobody on this side of the aisle who believes that the extension of a mere 13 weeks of unemployment insurance benefit is a comprehensive response to the present recession, but we do understand that it is an important part of any…

I want to join with my friends and colleagues on both sides of the aisle in recognizing the 91st birthday of former President Ronald Reagan and paying tribute to him. I particularly want to associate myself with the remarks which were made…

I just want to take a couple of minutes to remind us about the extent of the devastation and the consequences of the devastation that occurred in New York. Currently, there are more than 5,000 people who are displaced from their homes in…

I want to say, also, how much I support the amendment that was put forth by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) to provide for the kind of domestic security which we now know we so desperately need as a result of the attacks that…