Mr. Speaker, very few of our constituents, very few in the world, see anything of the Congress other than its public side, exemplified in the letters we write, the speeches we make, the appearances that seem to define us. That, of course…

50 years ago last Sunday, a vision of student-oriented mass media became a reality on the campus of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. On April 25, 1949, WGRE Radio began broadcasting as the first FCC licensed 10-watt educational…

Mr. Speaker, this is a technical corrections bill, and though it is important work, it need not occupy a great deal of the House's time. H.R. 440 is the same bill that the House passed on February 9 of this year by an overwhelming margin…

with the greatest personal respect for my colleagues from Illinois and Missouri, I oppose the gentleman from Illinois' amendment to increase funding for this program from the $42 million included in the bill to approximately $150 million…

I rise in support of H.R. 2400, the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act. America's roads, bridges and related infrastructure are in critical need of repair. Heightened congestion and the deterioration of many of our…

People from western Indiana I think are representative of all that is best in our country. They are folks that care about their kids, they care about their communities, they care about their country, and in most cases they really do not…

I really believe in that. I believe it is our responsibility as a Congress to make it possible for folks to give more of themselves as volunteers, to reduce the tax burden on American families so that they have more time to spend with…

I am not only the one who comes at the end of the line in talking about John Myers but I am also the one who has lived with the tremendous honor but also the tremendous responsibility of being his successor in the Congress. I told folks…

I just wanted to follow up a statement made by the chairman of the committee, and that deals with a portion of the bill that has not been discussed but which I think is extremely important as we talk about the publication at 18 months and…

I bring, I hope, to this discussion a different perspective. As many of the Members know, I am fortunate to have come from higher education, and there, though I do not speak for higher education, I have spoken extensively with the higher…

I cannot speak for the four universities individually to which the gentleman has made reference because we spoke only with associations, those who represent groups of universities, and not with individual universities. We did have…

To my knowledge, none of the major associations has taken a position on either bill.

Mr. Chairman, I just wish to follow up the comments of my colleague, the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank], who has been in personal conversation with a number of the universities in the Northeast. Our staff, at the request of the…

April 15 is the day notorious among Americans. We dread the tax deadline, despair over the amount of money we turn over to the Government and wonder how much benefit it will reap. Many citizens assume that, once they pay their taxes, the…

Family is all that is important. Without it, nothing else aside from faith much matters. Jim was speaking from personal experience. Having been married for 38 years, he and his wife are fortunate enough to have their family close at hand…