tonight I rise, along with my colleagues before me, to promote the kick-off of the Congressional Rural Caucus. I am proud to be a member of this caucus, which will work to better represent the interests of rural America by raising…

I think it is politics to help good people that deserve help from their government. As far as breaking precedent procedure, I think that has been done here over the course of a couple hundred years. I really do not think it is being done…

Bruce Langden was a hostage in Iran with the takeover of the embassy; and as he has stated many times in the past couple of years, it is time for the two countries to talk. It has now been 20 years since the United States and Iran have had…

Mr. Speaker, as a coauthor of the Visclosky-Regula steel legislation, I am committed to standing up for steel. This legislation brings back the integrity of our antidumping provisions of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1930. But this bill is…

I think today is about Main Street America. The steelworkers got trampled on. We tried to respond in October. They got trampled on by foreign countries and, by the way, when the illegal dumping came in, Europe responded to support its…

I stand today to support this Visclosky privileged resolution which expresses the sense of the House that the integrity of our anti-dumping provisions of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1930 have not been enforced. Trade laws that were enacted…

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…

it is probably pretty good we are coming down to the closure, because now we are coming down to the ridiculous, to mention that Tom Cruise and John Travolta are setting foreign policy. John Travolta and Tom Cruise and Ann Archer and Chick…

today I want to talk about Kathy Wallace of Bellaire, OH, who has been named the Ohio Valley Medical Center's 1997 Ree Cook-Reiter Women's Center ``Woman of the Year.'' Kathy is the first recipient of the award which honors women who are…

Bob Hope, of course we all know, has been successful in all the areas of show business, but the Committee on Veterans' Affairs believes that Bob Hope's most important contribution to our American society was entertaining the Nation's…

Tonight I think it would become us, Mr. Speaker, since we are talking about what becomes this Chamber, it would become us to stick to the facts. The organization Hermandad Mexicana Nacional has, for nearly 5 months, refused to comply with…

this is going to be a big week for Americans. We want to talk about tax cuts and what we can do to help children. But Carol Browner, Director of the U.S. EPA, is at it once again. She has made her final ruling, with agreement by the White…

Several weeks ago we lost a great individual in Tom Closser. He was a good friend of mine who served the people of eastern Ohio admirably and effectively for years, and he will be greatly missed. Tom was born in Yorkville, OH, in 1937. He…

this is a great discussion tonight because we are talking about the American people being able to keep more of their hard-earned money. That is why we came here. Some of the Members sitting here tonight from the 104th, now in the 105th…

the countries that would be affected would be those countries who, in fact as the amendment states, the President feels has violated the U.N. sanctions. So it could be any country of the world in fact that would allow for a situation like…

Steven Burrell, Shannon Davis, Christopher Jones, Sarah Phillipps, Cynthia J. Smith, these are names of students, not the names of students who I would like to say today are in their communities and able to continue their education and add…

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…

I have got plenty of residents in my district who would like to put in a little time, 2 hours a week, to feel productive, to do something toward the housing that in fact the Government is cooperating with them to provide some living…

let us look at what is really going on here today. The Democrats are trying to pull a fast one. They want to rush a campaign finance bill, and that will help kind of cloud over a few of the things that the gentleman from California [Mr…

I will tell my colleagues somebody that is working in overdrive is the head of the U.S. EPA. Unfortunately, it is not working for us. She is making a policy decision that will directly affect the lives of millions of working families, all…

I rise today on behalf of Mayor Larry Bell of the community of Zoar, OH and I rise today to recognize the Zoar Community Association and the citizens of the historic Village of Zoar, OH which I am proud to represent. They are in the midst…

Today is the end of the public comment period for the EPA first phase implementation of their irrational policies. This chart, Mr. Speaker, is not a map that shows all the great bipartisan spirit of Hershey, but this is a bipartisan issue…

on January 31, President Clinton announced he was assembling a bailout for Mexico. This plan offered direct loans up to $20 billion for Washington, DC, and $27.8 billion from international agencies to help Mexico through its economic…

The gentleman is correct. It just means you simply have to work, just like everyone else. This is responsible, it is fair, it has exemptions. I urge support of the amendment.

Madam Chairman, caring for people is not necessarily synonymous with taking care of people. Anyone can say that they feel pain, and many people obviously do feel pain for others that have not had the path of opportunity in this country. We…