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American politician (1941–2014)
Check this out. A bunch of rich, fat cats on Wall Street, through their hedge fund, gambled $100 billion on the Russian ruble with borrowed American money. We can figure it out, they lost big time and the Fed had to bail them out saying if…
In closing, ladies and gentlemen, this is more than some trickery here. I want to say this to every Member in the House. We have delegated our authority. What we have not delegated has been usurped, and both sides of the aisle has allowed…
Let us see if this makes some sense: Foreign banks all over the world make bad loans knowingly to prop up their falling economies hoping against hope to salvage their systems. Then their businesses go belly up. They default on their loans…
In America we have record trade deficits, record bankruptcies, record debt, consolidations, downsizing, more American jobs keep going overseas, a schizophrenia stock market, all symptoms of a major economic problem in America. After all…
Russia got $20 billion, Asia got over $100 billion, and now International Monetary Fund wants a $30 billion bailout for Brazil. That is right, the same Brazil that illegally dumps millions of tons of steel in America, below the production…
Once again genocide has reared its ugly head. Serbian President Milosevic is brutally exterminating ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Women, children, even the elderly are being slaughtered. After all this, France says, and I quote, ``We must…
American workers are sick and tired of fast track. Take today's fast track, for example, another fast track that will send more American factories, more American investment, and more American jobs overseas, this time to Central America. In…
China's trade surplus has ballooned to over $1 billion a week, and China is doing it illegally: prison labor, slave wages at 17 cents an hour, illegal dumping, trade barriers. When confronted, China thumbs their nose right in our faces. In…
America has a $60 million trade deficit with Japan, $50 billion with China, a $24 billion deficit with Canada, $20 plus billion with Mexico. The bleeding goes on and on, good-paying jobs lost by the thousands every week, every month. After…
The Traficant amendment does not mandate troops on the border but does not limit any action taken by the Secretary of Defense and our military to assist in drugs crossing our border. So under the Traficant amendment, if the administration…
If Joe Q. Citizen lied in a civil trial, he would be sued for every penny. If Joe Q. Citizen lied to a Grand Jury, he would go to jail. Lying is perjury. Perjury is a crime. Now, having said that, what is going on here, Mr. Speaker? Does…
From the military to the Oval Office, America now has a new moral standard: Do not ask, do not tell. Do not ask, do not tell. What is next, Madam Speaker? Cannot ask, will not tell? Beam me up. The First Amendment was never intended to…
This Monica matter is serious, but it pales in comparison to the reports that the White House was bribed with Chinese money. Unbelievable. I do not know if it is true, but I know one thing. Janet Reno has turned her back on both the…
The reason for the amendment, however, is to ensure that there is no mistaking that the Federal Bureau of Prisons classification system shall now be codified into law as the measurement device for that medium security level inmate. In…
I would like to say that the amendment in the Commerce-Justice-State appropriation bill will give us a snapshot around the country of the whole business of security training, how they match up and compare it to standards, but in this bill…
I did vote against NAFTA, I did vote against GATT. I say to the gentleman, I am going to stone cold vote no against the gentleman's amendment.
I do not believe America is at full employment. I believe America is at absolutely peak underemployment, and many families need three, four jobs just to pay their bills. So as we keep watching the up and down Viagra motions of Wall Street…
A new report says only 7 percent of scientists believe in God. That is right. And the reason they gave was that the scientists are ``super smart.'' Unbelievable. Most of these absent-minded professors cannot find the toilet. Mr. Speaker, I…
If we do not do it now, this turkey is dead in the future. If we are going to do it, do it now, if this thing is going to fly. I support it. Citizens should vote. Noncitizens should not vote. We insult no one by ensuring that an illegal…
Terry Sanford's leadership and diligence led Harvard University to name him as one of the most effective governors of the 20th Century. His service in the United States Senate is distinguished by hard work and loyalty to the interests of…
The Lord's prayer is 66 words. The Gettysburg Address is 286 words. The Declaration of Independence is 1,322 words. U.S. regulations on the sale of cabbage, that is right cabbage, is 27,000 words. Now that is not enough to give Hulk…
On the very day that President Clinton leaves for China, China thumbs their nose at America once again. Check this out. Top U.S. officials say, and I quote: China stole a top secret device off an American satellite. The theft was so…
Russia wants another $10 billion, and President Clinton says, ``Okay with me,'' even though the last $10 billion was stolen. That is right. Russian leaders said, and I quote, ``It's missing.'' In the words of Marvin Gaye, my colleagues…
China blocks access to our products, sells missiles to our enemies, and, if that is not enough to tax your migraine, the President now wants to reward them with permanent most-favored-nation trade status. I think it is time to tell it like…
Mildred Rosario, a sixth grade teacher in the Bronx, was fired. Mildred was fired for attempting to comfort her students over the drowning loss of a fellow classmate by simply saying he was in heaven. Mildred was fired for saying, I quote…
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