NAN A. S. HAYWORTH

One of the great satisfactions of this incredible honor of serving in the Congress of the United States is we meet so many people who want to make a difference. Two young men had gotten an excuse from school on their lunch hour, an early…

There has come to be in this Nation an observance of a day that is not exactly a holiday, though it offers emancipation from the burden of taxation. We call it tax freedom day. Depending on the calculation, whether we are talking…

Mr. Speaker, there is a daunting challenge at hand, and part of that challenge of saving Social Security is to approach this problem not as Republicans or as Democrats, but as Americans; understanding the dependence of many in their old…

The true definition of compassion is helping those people, just as the gentleman from Colorado mentioned, move from welfare to work so that they have the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families, so that they have the…

My colleague makes a very, very good point. It has been echoed by several economists and several columnists. Indeed, Robert J. Samuelson in this town talks about the double counting. We have dealt so much for so long on so many topics…

regardless of the rhetoric that is bandied about on this floor, it would be nice if everyone here learned a simple lesson when they came to the well of the House. The lesson may not be taught that often in school; it should be taught at…

yesterday I came to the well of this House, and I asked the President of the United States, Mr. Speaker, to refrain from attending two major fund-raising events, to stay here in Washington and work with the Congress to make the decisions…

Again, Mr. Speaker, there is another aspect to this ongoing saga that we would be remiss if we did not point out. Because as my colleague from Indiana just briefly touched on, there seems to be a tendency in this town for members of the…

Mr. Speaker, I was especially astounded to hear a lecture in ethics from the other side, particularly from one Member who finds himself ethically-challenged and, indeed, involved in civil litigation concerning what many would define as an…

I am struck by what our colleague, the gentleman from Texas, tells us tonight, because we have seen example after example, sadly, of this President and this administration saying one thing and then doing another. In fact, I think about the…

I am somewhat amazed and chagrined that now over 100 people, almost 120 people have either taken the fifth amendment or fled the country with regard to this investigation. It only compounds the difficulty that sadly we see in this city…

I think we could do with a lot more light, and a lot less heat. I think it is unfortunate when members of the minority, and we can understand that different people have different philosophies and that we should exchange those, but to have…

I would say the debate is somewhat enlightening, except there seems to be far more heat of that aforementioned four-letter definition than any light. We could sit here and retrace history. We could ask why during 40 years of liberal…

I am pleased to rise with the dean of our Arizona delegation and the chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Stump), in strong support of this legislation. As has been chronicled by people from both…

Mr. Speaker, my colleague quoted the words that came to us I believe in history from Mr. Justice Brandice, who pointed out that time and again, in the public interest, sunshine is the best disinfectant. Indeed, Mr. Speaker, in much the…

I listened with interest because we have a chance to come to know people on both sides of the aisle when we come here to the people's House. And the gentlewoman from California often talks about her kin folks in Kearny, Arizona, the area I…

I think, Mr. Speaker, we should change that notion and redefine small business as essential business, because really those essential businesses, not with thousands upon thousands of employees, but those smaller enterprises, sometimes…

let us not forget that a previous liberal Congress put upon the American people the largest tax increase in our history. Indeed, to quote a member of the other body on this hill, a liberal Senator from New York State, he said it was not…

I would point out one other fact that I hope that American citizens will keep in mind. When the President of the United States graced us with his presence and stood at the podium behind us here, he not only said that every penny should go…

I thank my colleague and would just reiterate his comments on welfare and welfare-to-work and what this tax bill does in providing those opportunities to extend the work opportunity tax credit and the welfare-to-work tax credit. It is so…

Because, Mr. Speaker, last Saturday in this Chamber the majority passed a plan that said, quite simply, it is important that this Congress sets aside $1,400,000,000,000 to save Social Security. Now, it has been interesting to hear some of…

it is just a common sense notion. Money does not belong to Uncle Sam, it belongs to the hard-working people of the United States, and those hard-working people ought to hang on to more of it and send less of it here to Washington.

Again, there are so many positive provisions of this bill that I think all of us on this floor stand in amazement to hear the mindset of those on the left who, after 40 years time, never set aside a single penny for Social Security, Mr…

I thank my colleague for the work he has done in focusing attention on the marriage penalty, one of the many features of our Tax Code that was just plain wrong. It did not make sense to penalize married couples, when other couples living…

Mr. Speaker, hearing my good friend from California typifies the incendiary nature of this debate. For what the American people see today, Mr. Speaker, is a clear example of those who eagerly embrace the politics of fear rather than the…