Hon. Michael G. Oxley

I support the rule and I will support the conference report. I think there are a lot of positive things that are in the conference report, including mandatory victims' restitution, a bill that I have introduced in several Congresses and…

today I am pleased to rise in support of H.R. 2972, the SEC Reauthorization Act of 1996. This legislation provides a long-term mechanism for funding the SEC. In addition, it reduces the fees charged by the SEC by over $751 million dollars…

the bill as passed by the House addresses two rulemakings in which EPA tried to use principles of sound risk management but were prevented by the courts from doing so. Unfortunately, the current law, as interpreted by the courts, does not…

Mr. Speaker, during the 104th Congress, the Commerce Committee has been highlighting the problem of inflexible or inappropriate statutory requirements. These requirements can prevent EPA from issuing regulations or facility cleanups that…

I believe that it has been proper all along to consider these issues in tandem, because they both speak to how responsibly we, as a society, manage the disposal of solid waste. Some communities find themselves in desperate financial…

I rise to commend Ohio manufacturers for their continued success in exporting products abroad. Early this year I took to the floor to note a World Trade magazine report that ranked Ohio No. 1 in the country in the number of businesses that…

since the passage of the 1992 Cable Act, the PCC staff has increased some 30 percent, making it one of the largest growing Federal bureaucracies in Washington. Most of the growth is due to the creation of the Cable Services Bureau. Listen…

I am here to support the rule and simply say that it is time that we break the chains of the modified final judgment and take once and for all the responsibility for telecommunications legislation back to the duly elected Representatives…

The fact is this bill will pass this year and will be a major reform of the Superfund Program. We will keep faith with the appropriators, keep faith with the American people, we will keep faith with the environment. I am entirely confident…

Let me point out, I pointed out in my response about that letter; I referenced the fact that Chairman Bliley, Chairman Shuster, and I sent a letter to the gentleman from California in my remarks and recognize that they have a job to do as…

today's introduction of a telecommunications law rewrite is a landmark compromise that culminates years of work. I'm proud to be an original cosponsor of the Communications Act of 1995. The bill has already attracted significant support…

during the first 100 days of the Contract With America, I have repeatedly received three words of advice from my constituents in Ohio's Fourth Congressional District: ``Keep it up.'' The people I have talked with in my district are pleased…

I want to today applaud yesterday's spectrum auction conducted by the Federal Communications Commission. The broadband auction for personal communications services resulted in bids of more than $7 billion, that is 7 with a ``B'', billion…

this has been a very worthwhile debate. I am only sorry we did not have more time. This has been a worthwhile and edifying debate. Let me conclude by answering some questions that have been raised during the debate and particularly from…

Mr. McINTOSH. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment. It is vitally needed. In talking with one of the leading medical device industry specialists, Mr. Dane Miller of Indiana, he has told me it is becoming extremely difficult if…

I rise to offer the bipartisan FDA defense amendment, along with my colleagues Mr. Coburn, Mr. Burr, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Brewster, and Mr. Stenholm. Mr. Chairman, the amendment states simply that when the manufacturer of a drug or medical…

I had a judge tell me one time that a poorly settled lawsuit is much better than a well-tried one. I found in my experience that that was the case. Indeed this provision, if it were to be adopted, the Schumer amendment, would clearly…

I hope we could have avoided some of the class war rhetoric that we have heard in debating this legislation. The fact is that in many cases in Europe, for example, where they probably have the safest automobiles in the world, there is no…

Let me respond, first of all, there is an expressed warranty provision in that that would cover the situation the gentleman mentioned. Let me say to my colleagues that when working on the statute of repose, we were looking for a particular…

Amendment offered by Mr. Oxley: Page 19, insert after line 19 the following: (f) Drugs and Devices.-- (1)(A) Punitive damages shall not be awarded against a manufacturer or product seller of a drug (as defined in section 201(g)(1) of the…

It seems to me a rather interesting dichotomy that we hope to address in this Federal legislation. It is imperative, it seems to me, based on what we have heard in the committee, in the committee of the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Hyde]…

I want to first commend the Committee on the Judiciary for bringing this crime victims restitution bill to the floor today. It is not I think an accident that this is the first of several crime bills in which the new majority attempts to…

I found him to be truly the embodiment of what a public servant ought to be, one who did not take himself too seriously, but took his job very seriously, one who could spin a good story as well as anybody. I remember in one particular case…

I rise in opposition to this misguided approach. If indeed, as the gentleman from Texas told us in his initial remarks, this is an issue that only affects 1 percent of the Members, we are going to basically put 99 percent of the Members by…

my only problem with the lobbyist part of it is these gift bans and the so-called bans that we are going to have, which are going to make everybody in this House hire a lawyer just to make sure that they do not get stuck like Kay Bailey…