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American politician (1941–2014)
I will support the health reform bill today; portability is long overdue. But I do have a question. What good is portability to many Americans who do not have a job? It is about jobs, Congress, and around here jobs has become an absolute…
Some people say that politics in America is getting real strange. Take Whitewater. Please, somebody take Whitewater. Whitewater has now gone where no man or woman has ever gone before, as evidenced by juror Barbara Adams, who shows up in a…
China denies American products. China steals American videos and software. China tortures their own citizens, China imprisons their political opponents. China has slave labor camps. China has a 17-cent-an-hour labor wage. China still has…
Sara Lee is closing their Virginia apparel factory; 42 workers lose their jobs. Sara Lee is also closing a T-shirt factory in North Carolina; another 370 workers lose their jobs. But Sara Lee says there is a lot of good news here. They are…
While American workers keep losing their jobs, the top chief executive officers just keep hitting the lotto. Check this out. Chemical Bank go rid of 12,000 workers; the boss made $2.5 million. GTE got rid of 17,000 workers; the boss made a…
McDonnell-Douglas, the giant defense contractor, once again has ripped off Uncle Sam big time. Check this out: For a 4- by 7-inch door hook, $9,000; a 2- by 4-inch hinge, $1,090; a small 4-inch handle, aluminum handle, $1,200. Reports say…
In very simple language, America's lumber market is getting killed. I think we understand that word. Canadian lumber is everywhere. Now, check this out: Canadian provinces own the timber, so they sell the timber to the Canadian mills below…
A 10-year-old girl in Houston is pregnant. The child of this child is due in about 2 weeks. The father of this child's child is the mother's boyfriend. This 22-year-old boyfriend is being charged with aggravated sexual assault. The…
While the American Government is shut down, Japan has a new Prime Minister. The new Prime Minister was their Trade Minister, Mr. Hashimoto. The new Trade Minister is the Prime Minister for one major reason: Mr. Hashimoto beat back American…
In 1991, America went to war. America went to the front lines to free Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. America spent over $75 billion. American troops died in the gulf. American troops still suffer from that war disease. After all that…
News reports say that John Wayne Bobbitt, bearing roses and chocolates, went acourting the same woman who tried to steal his family jewels once before. That is right. The same news sources say that ex-wife Lorena says, I quote, ``As far as…
Prosecutor executed in Boston; World Trade Center bombed: Federal building blown up in Oklahoma: Amtrak train sabotaged in Arizona; A mailbox Unabomber that is killing people through mailboxes: 25,000 murders a year; in some cities high…
From Mars to the Milky Way, all of America has experienced the Kiss, the Hershey Kiss. Now, after the State of Pennsylvania gave them tax breaks, now, after workers gave them concessions, Hershey is moving its factory that makes the Kiss…
If, in fact, the Traficant amendment removes the legality of, and leaving it general, would not the general aspect of the Traficant amendment in the bill be further clarified and fortified by the support language of the report?
Reclaiming my time, though, with the gentleman's report language in its specificity, would not, in fact, the specificity of the report language completely delineate the intent of incorporating this general amendment into the text of the…
I plan to offer an amendment in its general form that would say nothing in the act shall be construed as prohibiting the Department of Labor from issuing advisory opinions regarding the legality of investments, period. That would in fact…
The gentleman is not opposed to advisory opinions, but the legislative debate here today dealt with offshore investment of pension plan money, dealt with infrastructure; and the legislative history can be construed in many, many different…
I do not agree with is where the private sector should be incentivized to invest in markets in America where their chances of success are fair and reasonable. That leveraged incentivized sort of government programming makes sense to me. To…
Illegal immigration is at an all-time high: 4 million illegal immigrants in America. A study now shows that many of them actually end up with food stamps, free health care, free education, free housing, while the Congress of the United…
Thousands of Americans receive faulty notices from the IRS. The IRS says, ``Your taxes are delinquent, pay them up.'' When the IRS was asked if the 1993 tax law allowed deferrals, they said, ``The law is being reviewed.'' When IRS was…
The Waco hearings are over. There are two issues. No. 1: Is Janet Reno truly responsible for the most incompetent police maneuver in American history; or is Janet Reno carrying the water, protecting Larry Potts, the FBI, and the ATF for…
The fiasco of Waco, TX, commando raids, machine guns, tear gas, bulldozers, loud music, the recorded screams of dying rabbits all night, young children, 90 dead. And any Federal agent could honestly testify that David Koresh could have…
How soon we forget, Mr. Speaker. Another Japanese trade crisis, another Japanese promise, another Japanese victory. Check this out: At the last minute, Japan promised to buy more cars, to buy more auto parts from America, and open up their…
Let us see if I can understand this. There are 25,000 murders a year. We have a Tax Code that is literally killing us. The IRS keeps ripping us off. We have parents without children, Social Security being raided, Medicare almost broke, a…
In many cities and towns across America it is illegal to kiss in public. It is illegal in some places to ride a skateboard. It is illegal to burn trash or leaves. It is illegal to yodel or sing in public, and it is illegal, Mr. Speaker, to…
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