Bob Ney: “If we read the text, there are hardship exemptions. It can be waived. There are safeguards in this.”

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…

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…

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.

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…