Mr. Speaker, this is the end, not the beginning of the century, but this crime is a throwback to the sorriest period of American history, and reminds us that that history is not all done yet. Those who deprecated the President's race…

the gentleman is appalled because the message strikes home. The gentleman is appalled because this Member is calling for respect. And as the gentleman respects human life on his set of values, there are no set of values on which the…

I come to the floor, at the very least in disbelief, and at most with a sense of outrage, because this bill contains a provision that is so serious and such a departure that at the very least, any responsible legislative body would have…

I do understand, and I have the most profound respect for the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon). I understand the feelings of the gentleman from New York, for whom I have the most profound respect. He served in the armed services when…

I am, of course, a strong supporter of the Historic Preservation Act. I represent a historic city, a city that was born with the Nation itself, with much to preserve on the Federal side and on the local side. I want to thank the gentlemen…

I am very afraid that Federal copyright law is in danger of becoming a dinosaur if we do not learn to keep up with the technology. I would be the first, as a First Amendment lawyer in my early days, to stand on the other side if I thought…

Drug-free schools should be a redundancy. I regret that the expression is not, and I hope that we are looking for ways to make it a redundancy instead of a slogan. As it turns out, the best argument for the tobacco bill, or at least a good…

I would like to refer the gentleman from Texas to the Wisconsin decision and to the Ohio decision. In both of those decisions the court said they were applying the lemon test, and in both of those decisions the court said the publicly…

I will not abide reckless charges on the floor, and the thing I want to say is that there is no corruption in the D.C. Public schools or anywhere else. I think there is, and we have asked for investigations. But when the gentleman rises on…

let me correct the gentlewoman from North Carolina on both of the decisions, both the Wisconsin and the Ohio decisions. The courts looked both to their State constitution and specifically, specifically grounded their decisions on the…

Madam Speaker, let me begin by briefly explaining what S. 1502, the D.C. Voucher Bill before us this morning, would do. The bill would divert $7 million from the Federal Treasury in fiscal year 1998 and $45 million over 5 years and funnel…

Last night we began debating a higher education bill that will significantly help students who go on to get a postsecondary education. As I stand here today, I think, what good is that bill, what good is this bill if we cannot even give an…

We failed for decades to control addiction. At least it was contained with addicts. Now, with AIDS, needles have taken a deadly disease into the community itself. Now it is not addicts and not even those who addicts, when they become…

Mr. Speaker, this must be an election year or something. The Republican majority this year fancies itself a constitutional convention, so many constitutional amendments have come forward. The framers gave us a flawed document, but this was…

the House has just set another record, 55 strong; 55 strong women, that is, two new Democrats, one new Republican, all three gentlewomen from California, Representatives Lois Capps, Mary Bono, and Barbara Lee. Our thanks to California for…

But I challenge them to use that to send some of the 7,500 kids they want to help to parochial schools, as they claim they want to do. This is a political exercise. It has become a political perennial, because it comes every year. This…

Mr. Chairman, I warn my colleagues, hundreds of thousands of women's faces are trained on us now, particularly the faces of women small business owners. They are taking names and they are counting votes and they want to know which side my…

Mr. Chairman, I have come to the floor to take head-on this notion that transportation and infrastructure money in today's America is pork. This is displaced rhetoric from prior decades before our infrastructure declined dangerously. There…

Mr. Chairman, shame on the gentleman from California (Mr. Campbell), my good friend and fellow law professor, for racializing this issue. Not once, not once did the gentleman allude to anything but race. This issue does not involve race…

Mr. Speaker, we must reject this conference report and allow families in the developing world to plan their families just as we insist upon planning our own. How many times are we going to have to scrub this bill of abortion to allow…

I raise this now because the EEOC is vitally important to women. Pay equity, sexual discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, job discrimination comes through its doors and through its complaint process. We had an extraordinary case, the…

I rise to lead a special order on economic equity for women. I expect to be joined by other women Members of Congress, perhaps by some men as well. They would be welcome. I come to the floor this evening during this special Women's History…

I do have to say to this body that the gentleman from California, who represents his own district with great energy and great distinction, nevertheless decides he always has to do good where he is and has initiated a program here that he…

I rise to bring to the House a report on the capital of the United States and its progress in relieving itself of financial and management distress. Mr. Speaker, this House has had, and justifiably so, a special interest in its capital…

I support this resolution for a special reason. I believe these events have made a tremendous difference. The gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) spoke about the need to raise consciousness. It is raising awareness that is saving lives.