NAN A. S. HAYWORTH

Mr. Speaker, I would suggest nothing could be further from that. We are talking about real people with real families facing real problems. And in the give and take of different ideas, honestly expressed, we are gathered on the eve of…

But especially since the rhetoric in this town is filled with talk of compassion for those who are out of work, Mr. Speaker, as we note in the wake of September 11, at least three-quarters of a million people in the workforce, perhaps now…

It is the unmistakable, undebatable function of the Federal Government to secure our borders and to be in control of those who would come to this Nation. My friend, the gentleman from Colorado, points out the story of the 19 villainous…

But the town halls of the areas, whether it is talk radio WPTF in Raleigh; KFYI in Phoenix, Arizona; a town hall meeting we held on city cable in Scottsdale Friday evening, the people who came there demanded that in this time of war we…

The gentleman should take responsibility for his own actions. That is something we are taught.

I crossed the aisle tonight to offer these remarks, not for priority of party but for the needs of our Nation. The men and women in uniform we are about to send into battle will not wear insignia of party identification, they will be there…

We as Americans this morning must confront the harsh reality. Yesterday, acts of war were committed against our Nation. Accordingly, a state of war exists between the United States and all entities of terrorism in the world. I welcome the…

Because make no mistake, my colleagues, we have a clear choice on this floor for all of America later this week: Will this House stand for a true patients' bill of rights or, in the games of special interests, will this House, instead…

Mr. Speaker, I think for too long, in too many ways, the first Americans have become the forgotten Americans. It was my privilege early in my time in Congress to welcome a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe to my district. He was a…

We have overcharged the American people. We have asked them to pay too much of their paycheck in taxes, and now we are simply giving them a very modest refund. It is not perfect. It is not overly ambitious. It is not risky. In fact, it…

Mr. Speaker, how mystifying this debate must be to Mr. and Mrs. America, because here we stand in the people's House finding ourselves enshrouded, encumbered with some frustrations dealing with something our Founders put together, and that…

Because, Mr. Speaker, if it was so desirable to have direct taxation of personal income, why did not our Founders include that in the original document called the Constitution or in the first 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights. They…

It is my hope, Mr. Speaker, that, while passions run high, we never let those passions overtake our purpose, that we remain men and women of high principle and purpose. Though we will have disagreements that may be played out later today…

Mr. Speaker, tonight before us is an important bipartisan bill that will help school districts around the country by allowing those districts to apply for conveyances of small tracts of Forest Service land at a nominal cost for the…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2820 is a win-win for the tribe, the BIA, the government-to-government relationship between the Federal Government and the tribes, and obviously it is also a win for the taxpayers.

For the record, what this House will do today, in bipartisan fashion, is to strike a blow for tax fairness and remove the ultimate theft of money from the people who most need it. The gentleman from California (Mr. Stark) a few moments ago…

It is interesting as so many come to the well to try and make sense of the senseless. But it is extremely difficult to understand how we can undue senseless acts when current laws are not enforced. Penalizing law abiding Americans who…

My colleagues, it is true that our children are vulnerable, but not to law-abiding citizens who obey existing laws. They are vulnerable to those who refuse to enforce existing laws and those who would break campaign laws. Yet our friends…

It is a fact that we have paid down over $140 billion of this debt. It is a fact that the budgeteers not here in Congress, but down at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House who assessed what has transpired here with our…

When we examine the alternative offered by the minority, it is actually cruel because it offers tax relief with one hand and takes it away with the other. I point specifically to two increases, two estate tax increases, in the Democratic…

Madam Speaker, the best example and the latest example is the confusing dilemma in which our Commander in Chief has placed the American people because he apparently has chosen to reward terrorists. It is sad to note the President of the…

Does my friend, the gentleman from Texas, actually favor sampling over actual enumeration and counting?

It is one thing to lock your windows and doors and set an alarm and go on vacation and have folks cut that alarm off, somehow circumvent that system, come into what you thought was your secured home and steal your secrets. It is quite…

I would invite every member of this House, with the technological capabilities we all enjoy, to post this unanimous bipartisan report on their individual web sites so that, Madam Speaker, those in this country who are citizens, who are…

I was honored earlier today to bring to this floor a measure that deals with the educational security of rural America, and it is worth noting that there was not a single member of this House present who voted against the legislation for…