Bob Ney

Bob Ney, a six-term Republican Congressman from Ohio, will become the first lawmaker to admit to criminal wrongdoing in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.

Reclaiming my time, I predict we will be back here within 60 days, 60 or 90 days, I will bet that we will be back here, so we will have to work towards the reforms. Also, our subcommittee was the first committee of the House to go down to…

I've answered everything I'm going to answer. There are proper venues to continue and we'll cooperate with anybody that wants to know about that.

So now, to me, having contributions from a million members of the AFL-CIO, and I receive a lot of labor support, was a healthy thing of those people participating in this process.

Let me again thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Scott) and the staff of the minority and the majority for their fine work on this and, of course, gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick) who has shown great interest in these…

On October 28, 2005, I was unable to be present for rollcall vote No. 555, on agreeing to the Conference Report to H.R. 2744, Making Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for…

I rise today to reflect upon the service and life of a great American, Specialist Richard A. Hardy, who was killed in action while fulfilling his duty to the United States of America. Specialist Hardy was born in Timken, OH, and last…

I do have a speaker who has arrived, so I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner).

I rise today to offer this manager's amendment... H.R. 841, the Continuity in Representation Act of 2005 is an important piece of legislation that furthers the vital objective of ensuring that the people's House would continue to function…

But right now, Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I introduce this resolution congratulating the Kenyon College Ladies swimming and diving team for claiming the 2004 NCAA Division III swimming and diving national championship. They…

I think this is a great day, and considering the holiday, and, in fact, my relatives came here under the name O'Ney, I would like to thank also the late Speaker, Tip O'Neill, our current Speaker O'Hastert and Congressman O'Larson for…

In closing, I want to thank everybody involved with this bill. I want to mention the supporters of H.R. 253 include National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, Heritage Foundation, Taxpayers for Common Sense, American…

This legislation will make substantial improvements to the FHA Hospital Mortgage Program, making it easier for hospitals to obtain mortgage insurance. This vital program provides credit enhancement, merges public and private resources, and…

I just want to make this clear: It was in a document. I appreciate what the gentleman is saying about we will work on this, but this was in a document that I requested, in the CAO's document. So maybe it was not mentioned. It was not…

I would argue to anybody in this country that the staff of this House on either side of the aisle are not second-class citizens of this country, and they have the right to dental and eye vision as any other person, and I hope we can take…

Today I want to talk about Pied Piper Nursery in St. Clairsville, Ohio. We have a lot of turbulence in the world, but I think we always need to point out the bright spots, Mr. Speaker. The owners are Karen Griener and Jean Fulton, and the…

We have a very unique situation in this funding resolution; and I have been here 8 years, and for one of the first times we have a major committee, which is important, and has been created, and now we have to do the funding for it. So this…

Whereas, the people of Ohio are commemorating Ohio's 200th Birthday on March 1, 2003; and Whereas, they will be celebrating the Bicentennial in Chillicothe, the original capital of the great state of Ohio; and Whereas, the residents of…

I just want to take a quick moment to comment on an important part of this legislation, group life insurance. H.R. 3210 contains a study of group life insurance and I would like to clarify that it was the intent of the House that the term…

To answer the question, Mr. Speaker, and to my distinguished colleague, yes. As the bill says in section 903, nothing in this bill shall supercede, restrict or limit the application of NVRA. Of course, subsection (e) remains in the law in…

I just wanted to point out, and I would be remiss if I did not do this, that though we have authored this resolution, myself and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), I want to note that this tremendous idea, this tremendous gesture…

If we want to send a message to the Chinese people, we might as well try to mail it in a letter because they will not hear it in the sweatshops and the prisons. And the text of this bill does not do anything for them. So if we want to send…

I rise today to submit this open letter on behalf of many associations and federations from the state of Ohio: We respectfully and urgently request you to reject efforts to accept the United Nations treaty signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…

I feel that the two countries that allowed him to land, and of course the United Nations has to make that decision, which was Niger and Nigeria, but this amendment would be a deterrent to future situations where a country would allow the…