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Mr. Chairman, I want to echo those comments and I want to support very strongly the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida. Her efforts in this regard will not only help with the safety standards, but, keep in mind, in the last…
90 percent of all crime in America is drug related. Eighty percent of all heroin, 80 percent of all cocaine comes across the Mexican border. To boot, only three out of every 100 trucks coming from Mexico are even inspected. It is so bad…
Scott Falater does not deny it. He admits that he stabbed his wife 44 times. He then held her underwater while she bled to death, and then he hid the evidence. But, after all that, Falater says he is not guilty because he was sleepwalking…
I voted for the Fowler bill. I do not support ground troops in Kosovo, but I do support our leaders in this Congress who have imparted some wisdom here today. Many of them are appropriators and authorizers, and many times I take question…
I want to support the statement of the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) as well. I think today we have to stand up to provide the money for our troops that are in harm's way, and I want to congratulate the Members who have made such a…
Uncle Sam and the International Monetary Fund have loaned Russia billions and billions of dollars, and with each loan Russia promised to repay. Guess what? Russia says, and I quote, they cannot repay their loans this year, next year, not…
Residents of Brookshire Condominiums in Washingtonville, New York, have been banned from flying the American flag. Banned, ladies and gentlemen. In fact, they will be charged $25 for every day that they fly the flag beyond the five…
John Hinckley shot President Reagan with intent to kill. He was acquitted by reason of insanity and confined to a hospital where after a routine search they found correspondence between Hinckley and mass murderers Charles Manson and Ted…
I support this resolution. Europe should be providing the ground troops. We have been propping up Europe much too long. But I am more concerned about what we are not doing here today. We should be arming the KLA so they can help protect…
Another school tragedy, another scapegoat. This time it is guns. Littleton is not just about guns, parents or discipline. Littleton is much to do with Congress. That is right. A Congress that allows God to be banned from our schools while…
It is time. Time to arm the Kosovo Liberation Army, not send in ground troops. Let Europe send in the ground troops. It would cost less than one night of bombing to arm the KLA, and that is what we should be doing. It is also time to…
In America, when our schools can teach about Hitler and war but we cannot discuss God, something is very wrong, I say to my colleagues. Not to use this great tragedy as the catalyst for a proposition we should be considering, but I believe…
Last month's trade deficit hit another record, $20 billion. One month, $20 billion. If it keeps up, $240 billion a year, a quarter of a trillion dollars. Japan and China are now taking $10 billion a month out of our economy. Beam me up. It…
This could have had hearings, but that will not stop me from voting for this joint resolution. I do not know how many Democrats will vote for this, but I encourage them to do just that. Number one, not just because our taxes are too high…
Our Tax Code penalizes achievement and rewards dependence. It subsidizes illegitimacy. It kills investment. It kills jobs. It destroys our exports and sales and subsidizes our imports. Beam me up, Madam Speaker. In a nutshell, our Tax Code…
A new report says Uncle Sam gives billions of dollars to Russia every year, and the money disappears into an offshore bank account. Guess what, much of the money is now reported stolen. If that is not enough to bust your balsam, check this…
Last year Members vowed that China would not violate any African trade program we passed. Well, guess what, reports quote Chinese leaders as saying China will set up assembly plants in Africa with Chinese equipment, Chinese technology and…
Rape, murder, torture. Kosovo is one big war crime. I say it is time to indict Slobodan Milosevic for his war crimes. I say it is time to arm the opposition forces in Kosovo so they can defend themselves. I say it is time for Europe, yes…
The President is not reputed for his accounting. I remember a Bush budget that was offered word for word that only got 30 votes. I am going to vote ``no'' against everything. I will tell my colleagues why. We have an approaching $200…
The U.S. trade deficit is projected to exceed $200 billion this year. Japan will once again exceed $60 billion in surplus. If that is not enough to tax your exports, China is expected to take a $70 billion chunk of money in trade surplus…
Chinese money must be an aphrodisiac because it seems that everybody is jumping in bed with the Reds here. Check it out. Even though China tortures their own citizens, China threatens their neighbors, and China spies on everybody, China…
Even though I have opposed it in the past, I will vote for a missile defense system today. The first reason is the Russian spy who defected to America warned us that China is determined to destroy America. Since then, China has stolen our…
The killing in Kosovo goes on. Ethnic Albanians continue to be slaughtered in cold blood. Despite all of this, Congress continues to believe that a deal can be made with this madman Milosevic. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Uncle Sam should not…
I say to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky), good job. We passed an unbinding ban resolution in October and the imports dropped, but not enough. Mr. Speaker, this is not a debate today about protectionism; it is about illegal…
I support the rule on the Coast Guard. But I also plan to speak out of turn on the rule that will follow since it is limited for time. Ronald Reagan came to my district in 1980. He stood on a flatbed truck. Struggling steelworkers were…
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