James Norton

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.

Expect to see me on the floor often reporting on the condition of our capital city. An extraordinary turnaround is in the making. At a hearing today, the District reported an almost $200 million surplus. My colleagues heard me right…

The streamline procedures which this bill would provide are precisely the way to improve the efficiency of this vital regional facility. The provision that would allow Metro Transit officers to carry their weapons while off duty is a…

What do President Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Cokie Roberts, and the singing group, Sweet Honey in the Rock have in common? They are part of the all-star line up this evening when the Women's Caucus celebrates 20 years…

I rise to ask for Members' support for the Moran substitute. I do so because the bill before us violates basic democratic principles, will cripple the District's recovery, and will undermine the difficult job we ourselves have given to the…

The findings of the report are nothing short of refreshing, and the Secretary of the Army, Mr. Togo West, deserves our compliments for sending forth a panel to do a job, frank and full, so that the Armed Forces of the United States would…

Yes, on June 23d, we lost one of the greatest leaders in the fight for social justice, Dr. Betty Shabazz, and I join tonight with my colleagues in sending my deepest sympathies, as I did during those dark days and dark moments after her…

I was in the nonviolent army of Jim Farmer... James fought the brutality of racism through nonviolent means, making him one of the Nation's most recognizable and influential black leaders in the 1960's. In 1942, Jim Farmer and several…

I want to indicate before I begin, Mr. Speaker, that my co-chair and I are only beginning this series. The second week of this series for Women's History Month will concern women in the military. That is an issue of great importance to the…

Let me try to rebut two points that have been made here. Makes money. First of all, we lose right off the top. OPIC pays no taxes, pays no dividends, and two-thirds of its income comes from Treasury securities, from us to us. Second…

I am not only grateful but proud to stand with the gentleman and with the ranking member as well, and especially in this bipartisan exchange, to stand with my good friend from Oklahoma, Mr. Watts, who sought me out and indicated that if…

I appreciate that my friends on the other side have given me the opportunity to offer the amendment. Unanimous consent is one of the few privileges that remains almost sacrosanct in this form in this body. It is an indication of the…

I would have no objection to a plan that takes us toward that goal step by step and year by year with a funding bill to that end.

Time limits without a way to get to that point are meaningless, especially when the city is insolvent.

I want to associate myself entirely with the gentleman's remarks. This is a regional matter. All of the regional partners agree. It is before this body only because a charter change in the District of Columbia law requires the action of…

Mr. Speaker, as a student member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the South during the civil rights movement I remember no time when there was a rash of church burnings. We have enough polarization in this society. We do…

The Capital of the United States is in serious disrepair, and I mean a lot more than potholes. It is trying to recover by downsizing a loan as no insolvent city has ever done. There is Federal responsibility here, including the unfunded…

We tried welfare reform without jobs. Do we want to put these same people to work without enough pay to live on? All the welfare reform in the world will not do what a raise in the minimum wage will do. One hundred thousand kids would come…

The majority is pursuing a contradictory strategy. Everything they have hinged on eliminating the deficit, but an increase in the deficit would be the first result of default. The official position of the United States of America today is…

My mother always said, ``Do not let me have to tell you twice.'' We heard you, Moody's. We do not need to hear from Standard & Poor's, too. We need to respond that we are not the kamikaze Congress. The markets actually responded positively…

We are pedaling backward fast, crushing kids as we go. Cut the heat at home, cut the lunches at school. There is no escaping the cuts, kids. Have we forgotten the shameful revelations of hunger and poverty that produced the American…

I rise to speak for the branch that cannot speak for itself, and in that respect it is particularly different from the two other branches.