NAN A. S. HAYWORTH

Mr. Speaker, today we have the opportunity to come together as Americans, not as Democrats or as Republicans but as Americans, to pass an important piece of legislation that will make it easier for economically-challenged communities to…

You see, it is not enough to pass laws in Congress. The fact is, prosecutors and those who would uphold the law need to enforce existing laws and need to obey existing laws. Mr. Speaker, that is one of the things I heard time and again…

It is interesting because it evokes another visit to the political dictionary and the lexicon of terms that we find in vogue in our Nation's capital. We hear a lot of talk about compassion. When we stop and think about it, Mr. Speaker, how…

In fact, since we are dealing with a crowd, of course, who give us different definitions for the word ``is'' and the meaning of the word ``alone,'' who tell us that China should be our strategic partner although we know now in the fullness…

So it is as if we had the scales and the thumb rather than, well, perhaps the heavy hand of government is going to rest on that scale to produce the desired outcome based on political pressure from the White House and the marching orders…

Let me see if this analogy works, because from time to time, the attorneys might say, there is a preponderance of physical evidence that I battle with my physique, the scale. This almost sounds like in lieu of weighing myself on a…

Mr. Speaker, what should be understood by the Communist Chinese is that provocative actions carry consequences. ... how else do we interpret those remarks other than a threat?

And, as my colleague I am sure will agree, Mr. Speaker, it is incumbent upon this House, if no one else, especially at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, will act as a steward of national security, it is incumbent upon this House, if…

I cannot help but remember that essentially the same welfare reform package intact was passed once by this Congress and vetoed by the President; again by this Congress and vetoed by the President; and finally, when it was sent the third…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

Let us reaffirm at this time, in this place, that the offices we hold are a reflection of public trust, and our presence in those offices does not reflect the institution one way or the other. Indeed, Mr. Speaker, let us reaffirm at this…

It is important to make the distinction between charges and crimes. ... no one, no one, no prince, no potentate, no President is above the law. For in this constitutional republic, if we abandon that notion, then one should simply take a…

Lest there be any doubt, we come to this Chamber, and indeed in the next few trying weeks this should be our cause. This, Mr. Speaker, should be our mission not to address the impending crisis as Republicans or as Democrats, but as…

I am proud to stand strongly and foursquare in support of one of America's most fundamental rights: The right to work. ... I believe people have a right to join a union, but I also believe people have a right not to join a union. And that…

In view of the fact that in several markets around the country, probably including Phoenix, the AFL-CIO will start an ad campaign, does the gentleman not worry about the constitutionality of attempting to abridge people's ability to speak…

One further question, since the gentleman advances the argument that everybody does it, and he had his suspicions. Does the gentleman have any evidence that the Bush administration took any donations from Chinese arms merchants?

A simple question. Does the gentleman have any evidence of any Chinese arms merchants giving money to the Bush-Quayle reelection campaign?

Under a lawyer's definition, that would be existing law. It makes the point that there are those following the human impulse of gaining the system for their own selfish needs.

The gentleman is making my point for me. What I am suggesting that, through previous design of so-called campaign finance reform, a large segment of this society, through coercive tactics, have their contributions undocumented. To that…

Indeed, this is a phenomenon where those who would claim to champion the rights of working Americans can do more for those working Americans by getting their uninvited hands out of their pockets. If that is done and if, Mr. Speaker, we as…