Jennifer Capriati, she beat Monica Seles, she beat Steffi Graf, she beat Tracy Austin, she beat Martina Navratilova. Ladies and gentlemen, Jennifer Capriati had defeated Chris Evert. Mr. Speaker, Jennifer Capriati was busted for drugs. The…

Mr. Speaker, the Traficant amendment does not say ``shall,'' because I do not want to frighten away the Democrats. I would say to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Frost], this is important: The Traficant amendment says the Secretary of…

I believe that the American taxpayers pay for the defense of Japan and Germany and Europe to the tune of about $100 billion. That is, ``b'', a hundred billion. Now, I know they say that protects American interests when we send all this…

it may be mid-May but I want to talk about the Grinch that stole Christmas, the IRS. In 1991, Charles Benjamin, a laid-off plumber in Pennsylvania, took tax exemptions for his 10 children like he is allowed to. The IRS said, ``No way, Mr…

Penny Stellmacher made $25,000 a year working for a cable company. Penny got married in 1984. Mr. Speaker, check this out: Penny started filing joint tax returns with her husband. Penny never failed to file, she always paid her taxes with…

I would ask that my bill would perhaps be reviewed for a hearing next year, and let me say this, Congress: We do not have enough money to give every troubled city, but we could buy down interest rates. The banks do it the old-fashioned…

I believe the Congress cannot just give money to cities to spend it the way they want, but we could buy down interest rates when the banks make a loan.

every year we come to the floor and we sort of fight over this bill. There are Members in the Congress, and I do not judge their intentions or the quality of the work they do, but they try to gut and kill this bill each year. Let me say…

Politics of guns. Politics of guns. Tough issue. Congress has traditionally put this sensitive and tough political issue on automatic pilot. Mr. Speaker, the truth is today Air Force One has taken leadership and they are bringing it down…

today's debate is not about guns. It is about politics. Congress is getting phone calls. People are saying, ``Vote `no''' vote ``no''; from good Americans who believe Congress will ultimately take away their guns. As a former sheriff, let…

which Constitution will be uphold today in the U.S. Congress: the Constitution that said Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Speck, Charles Manson are innocent until proven guilty; or today do we uphold the IRS constitution that says the PTA…

in the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased with assistance under this act, the Congress expresses the essence of the Congress that those purchases be made in America. In addition, that any recipient of…