the National Ignition Facility is a multibillion-dollar giant laser designed to blast a radioactive fuel pellet in an attempt to create a nuclear fusion explosion. The Department of Energy considers the National Ignition Facility important…

I would like to cite the latest GAO report about the NIF, which was issued on June 1, and continues to recommend an independent scientific review of NIF. It says, In our reports, we recommended that the Secretary of energy arrange for an…

Mr. Chairman, in the 20th century the greatest resource issue was oil, but in the 21st century the greatest resource issue in the world will be water. The freshwater resources of the Great Lakes are as precious to the U.S. as oil is to the…

Mr. Chairman, I would say respectfully to my dear friend, the gentleman from Texas, that perhaps the people of Florida would much rather have artificial reefs around which their fishing can be improved instead of oil platforms. In addition…

the Air Force's Airborne Laser Program, ABL, seeks to put a laser on a Boeing 747 jet in order to shoot down ballistic missiles. In January 2001 the Air Force claimed the Airborne Laser Program needed $98 million in supplemental…

as chairman of the Progressive Caucus, I am proud to be here this afternoon to present our alternative. But before I do, I would like to offer a perspective on this issue. My father and mother, Frank and Virginia Kucinich, when they raised…

Mr. Speaker, in going back to the solution to high prices: Fair prices nationwide with federally set cost-based rates, including refunds. Utilities are entitled to a modest profit. Any business is. But when one starts talking about…

recently the administration made the decision to set aside years of work of people from all over the world to deal with the problem of global climate change. All over the United States we have seen the evidence of change in a global…

we can be for tax relief, but it makes sense to see the budget first. The government should not spend money that it does not have and should not give away money it might need. I know there are some people with great resources who do not…

I am glad my good friend mentioned business because from a business perspective this motion is narrow minded. A productive workforce is a healthy and skilled workforce. When workplace injuries cause workers to take time away, businesses…

Ukraine is a country that was at one time a satellite of the Soviet Union, and 10 years ago it moved towards its own independence. Our President, Ronald Reagan, stood before the world and said, ``Tear down that wall.'' And when the wall…

this bill is bad for consumers and bad for business. Recently in Cleveland, the district I represent, a major American company sought to reorganize under chapter 11 of the bankruptcy laws. LTV, one of the most important employers in Ohio…

Americans are told do not leave home without it. But if you overuse it, you can lose your home, or you can lose everything inside your home with it. I am speaking about H.R. 333, the so-called bankruptcy reform bill, which is up today for…

I strongly support H.R. 284, which will allow Reservists to serve at military funerals by granting them the necessary release of time from their civilian jobs. Active military personnel are shrinking in numbers and the number of funerals…

I support the amendment, cash balance pension conversion completely reverses the incentive older workers now have. Under cash balance pensions, workers have hypothetical retirement accounts that grow by earning interest. The longer a…

I offer an amendment to direct the Department of Treasury to report to Congress on the IMF and World Bank's international advocacy of privatization, deregulation, and trade liberalization. Policies such as privatizing government services…

I object to the passage of the conference report because it contains billions of dollars for the inception of a failed missile program which has already cost the taxpayers of the United States over $60 billion in its previous…

the fact that today's vote on annual renewal of MFN with China occurs after the House's previous close vote granting China permanent MFN gives us a chance to re-evaluate the wisdom of our action. Since that vote in May, we have learned…

The unreleased internal United Nations report on the Kosovo Protection Corps using violence, extortion, murder, and torture has been widely reported. I am asking all of my colleagues today to take a stand for the protection of human rights…

Food allergies are a serious health concern, 2.5 to 5 million Americans have food allergies. Common food allergies include milk, eggs, fish, seafood, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans. The health impacts of a food allergy range from…

although this specific amendment does not speak to our labeling bill directly, I would like to say that the labeling bill that the gentleman is speaking of serves to give the public the right to know what is in the food they are eating…

Mr. Chairman, many experts agree that the National Ignition Facility has no relevance to its goal of maintaining the nuclear arsenal. Edward Teller, better known as the Father of the Atomic Bomb when asked about the NIF's usefulness in…

it has been said on this floor that you cannot reform an organization you withdraw from. Well, we forget so soon. The very ground we are standing upon to engage in this debate is the result of America's Founding Fathers and Mothers who…

I rise in support of the Olver amendment. Mr. Chairman, this amendment protects the younger generation, whom otherwise would pay the bill and suffer the consequences of global warming. Global warming is the largest environmental issue for…

as gasoline prices throughout the United States go from $2 a gallon and even towards $3 a gallon, I think it is instructive for this Congress to review the profits of the major oil companies even before this round of increases in the price…