NAN A. S. HAYWORTH

Sovereignty is not situational. The Constitution of the United States trumps the National Labor Relations Act. It trumps any treaty, and tribes, as sovereign governments, should have the freedom to determine if this should go forward…

Were not those negotiations conducted with sovereign tribal entities negotiating with the State of California on a government-to-government basis?

H.R. 2831, authored by the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Gibbons), our distinguished Committee on Resources vice chairman, directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 35 acres to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District as soon as…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1156, introduced by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Loretta Sanchez), increases the authorized Federal cost ceiling of the phase I Regional Water Reclamation Project in Orange County, California, by $60 million…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3874, introduced by the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Bono), as amended by the Committee on Resources, would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 44 acres of Federal land identified for disposal in…

It is interesting as we take a look at our efforts to embrace a pro-growth economic agenda centered on this one basic truth that the money that comes into the government via taxation does not belong to the government. It belongs to the…

Mr. Speaker, good people can disagree, but it is important to take a look at what we are doing with this legislation. The first thing we are doing is actually strengthening Medicare and preparing it for the 21st century, for the influx of…

I believe if we embrace commonsense existing policies, we can get this done. And as the House has respectfully rejected this motion to instruct on numerous occasions, and I appreciate the gentleman's argument, but I believe we will move…

Mr. Speaker, when a prescription is written by a physician, there is not an inquiry as to partisan affiliation or political persuasion. A decision is made that a medicine is needed. The question tonight in this House is how best can that…

The fact is what happened in that last fire eliminated 100,000 acres of habitat to the Mexican spotted owl. So I would suggest to my friend, rather than any misguided notion on the motives on this side, I am actually working to protect the…

Mr. Speaker, the Education Land Grant Act set up a national mechanism to convey small parcels of U.S. Forest Service land to local educational agencies for the purpose of renovation, expansion, or construction of school facilities. Mr…

Well, I think it is worth noting that in fiscal year 2000 Medicare and Medicaid provided $82.1 billion, 60 percent of the money spent, of the $123 billion, spent on long-term care services. We have a basic question here. If we do not put…

Mr. Chairman, sometimes studies of the obvious are important. But it is obvious that across the width and breadth of the country we have the first Americans, quite candidly, oftentimes dealing with Third World conditions. Economic…

I think it offers another compelling reason why we thank the appropriators, given the magnitude of the task, but reassert the role of the authorizing committee, and recognize the good but challenging work that has been done thus far to try…

I have sat down with the administration. We do need to have the funds, whether in this bill or via supplemental. I pledge to work with the gentleman. I appreciate the collaborative efforts here to solve a problem, and it is in that spirit…

The West has been ravaged by wildfire and the people of the 6th District of Arizona and the White Mountains have suffered the worst fire disaster in our history, hundreds of homes demolished, thousands of jobs lost. I thank my friend from…

What are some on this Hill waiting for? The President made it clear yesterday... we will not stand for fraud and deception and deceit and theft from the American people.

I do so tonight to signal the fact that our vote tomorrow should be a vote that does not accentuate party lines, that when people go and register for a marriage license, they do not declare a political party preference, they are not…

The key of course is not just the right allocation of resources. It also of course is accountability. And, Mr. Speaker, now it is time to become accountable to the American family, to family-owned businesses, to ranches and farms and so…

Mr. Speaker, I think it is a safe assumption that she has heard, as I heard yesterday at the seniors' center in Mesa, Arizona, not only do seniors want to see the neediest cared for first, not only do seniors want to see a voluntary…

One fact which we should remember and which should give every Member of this House pause, if we fail to make these tax cuts permanent, then a decade hence, we will see the largest tax increase in American history eclipsing what we saw in…

Why muzzle the veterans 60 days before the election? If they have concerns in a free society, let them bring them forth and make them clear. Do not abridge that. Oh, yes, I guess that is right, that they can advertise on the pages of the…

I would just reiterate, it is a question of sound science; but even more basic than that, it is a question of trust. We will work at the subcommittee level, at the full committee level, and, indeed, in this House of Representatives to…

Because of the seriousness of these charges, it is my opinion that we should look at any work that these people have done to see whether or not they have also planted evidence in those cases. As the gentleman from Arizona will recall, a…

This bill incorporates a variety of different opportunities in what we call tax-slaying extensions, taking advantage of opportunities and credits already existing in terms of research and development. I would be remiss on behalf of my…