First of all I want to praise the preceding speaker, because he has been in the front ranks of those fighting to eliminate Government waste. As a matter of fact, the gentleman was very supportive of my effort to eliminate funding for the…

I rise in the strongest possible opposition to this amendment. Let me tell you why. I am going to mention a four-letter word, and do not get nervous. Here is a four-letter word we can all use in polite company. It is called jobs. What is…

Well, then, I say to my distinguished subcommittee chairman, he is running contrary to the wishes of the full committee chairman and all of us who serve on this authorizing committee. We are not willing to cede all decisionmaking to the…

I point out to my distinguished chairman, I repeat what the ranking member, the ranking Republican on the full committee, Mr. Walker, has to say: we are dealing with budget function 250. So when you talk about the $100 million, that $100…

as I stated in yesterday's debate, I have no quarrel with the basic thrust of this bill; indeed, I heartily endorse its fundamental principles. But I do have a problem with the authorization levels in this bill, which are utterly…

Mr. Chairman, I want to congratulate Chairman Brown and Chairman Boucher on bringing forward a fine National Science Foundation authorization bill, as usual. We will have debate later on the precise funding levels in this bill--I think…

we did not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we are borrowing it from our children. Quite frankly, our stewardship leaves something to be desired. Forty percent of our Nation's waterways are not swimmable or fishable. A much higher…

I rise in support of the rule and in support of the measure. This culminates 6 years of very hard work dating back to 1988 when on a bipartisan basis then Congressman Jim Florio of New Jersey and this Member introduced legislation to…