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The Pentagon said Lt. Kelly Flynn, the first woman to fly a B-52, committed adultery and lied. Lt. Kelly Flynn admits she made a mistake. For this, the Pentagon has chosen to court-martial Lieutenant Flynn. What a country, Congress. Jimmy…
The White House supports MFN for China. The United Nations supports MFN for China. The Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission, they support MFN for China; and naturally, China more than anyone else supports MFN for…
The Labor Department says there are more jobs than ever. I would like to discuss a few. Ear muff assembler, dog food mixer, vibrator tester, worm picker, belly builder, dog washer, diaper machine tender-supervisor, hooker inspector, and a…
I found very interesting the remarks of the gentleman from Michigan, a true gentleman, and when it comes to education programs in Congress, we have probably seen more real spirit of working together than anywhere else. I want to compliment…
Mr. Chairman, there is an ad in a national magazine that said the Navy Seals bring our knives on every one of their underwater missions; it is a Swiss Army brand knife, and they say now they will be carrying their sunglasses. In addition…
China's trade surplus with America may exceed $50 billion this year, and experts say it is no accident. China smacks Uncle Sam right in the kisser with a 35-percent tariff on all goods and products. Thirty-five percent tariff. If that is…
China violates American trade laws, China threatens to nuke their neighbors, China sells nuclear weapons to our enemies, China tries to influence American elections, and to boot, there is no political freedom in China. There is no…
The White House says NAFTA is creating new and exciting jobs. I did some research on those jobs: zipper trimmer, brassiere tender, jelly roller, bosom presser, chicken sexer, sanitary napkin specialist, and a pantyhose crotch closer…
I join the gentleman from California [Mr. Kim] in supporting H. Con. Res. 49. I would like to just compliment Rick Barnett and Susan Brita, the staff, for all of the work they do on many of these things that are more laborious than seem to…
Mr. Speaker, the Soap Box Derby is an institution, as is the gentleman from Maryland, and we appreciate his work with our subcommittee each year, and we thank him for his support and leadership. I would like to speak out for this…
School boards, council meetings, all public meetings in America are subject to the sunshine law, except the Federal Reserve Board. The Fed says what America does not know is good for America. If that is not enough to starch your leotards…
Even though the Pentagon is cutting costs and talented officers are being forced out, the Pentagon spent $90,000 last year to study condom preference and the failure rates of condoms in the military. If that is not enough to kill your…
The Senate is about to confirm another director of the CIA, even though America found out about the collapse of the Soviet Union on CNN. America learned of the fall of the Berlin Wall on CNN. America found out about Saddam Hussein's…
The Immigration and Naturalization Service admits that up to 180,000 criminals were improperly granted citizenship. The INS now says we made a mistake and allowed applicants to submit copies of their own fingerprints, and the criminals…
I thank the gentlewoman [Mrs. Kennelly] for yielding me this time. I would just like to say over the years I have been here there has not been a more aggressive advocate for children than the gentlewoman from Connecticut [Mrs. Kennelly]…
In San Diego, Mindy, the potbellied pig, dialed 911. Authorities cannot figure out what caused this devious swine to perpetrate such a dirty deed. They asked, did Mindy accidentally fall out of bed? Was Mindy calling Pizza Hut, or was…
The amendment basically states that any funds that are made available pursuant to the passage of this act, that in the expenditure of those funds, wherever practicable, they be expended to buy American-made goods and products and that the…
I have a little Buy American amendment, and the gentleman from New York [Mr. Rangel], he said we really do not need to buy American kids in this, but I want to explain it. The Traficant amendment has been passed on to many things, and it…
America gives billions to Russia. With American cash, Russia builds missiles. Russia then sells those missiles to China, and China, who gets about $45 billion in trade giveaways from Uncle Sam, then sells those Russian-made missiles to…
The World Bank, funded by American dollars, just gave another $250 million to Russian coal miners. The problem is no one knows what happened to the first $250 million. That is right, bye-bye, $250 million. Now, if that is not enough to…
In 1994 Boris Yeltsin fell off a stage in Germany. He then was unable to get off a plane in Ireland. He then was on his way to a summit meeting where he begged for emergency foreign aid; and the White House complied, giving Boris and…
We have withholding taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, excise taxes, liquor taxes, ticket taxes. We even created a surtax once. We taxed tax years ago. We coined recently a retroactive tax. We taxed before the tax really would start so the…
Thousands of gulf war vets have complained about nerve gas problems to no avail, and after all this the CIA now admits they had warnings as early as 1984 that Iraq had stored nerve gas in their ammunition depots that were later blown up by…
America's building a new war machine that promises to be the mother of all mayhem, an awesome air force and navy and the greatest land army ever in world history. And America is bankrolling this Goliath in China. That is right, in China…
Schoolchildren in Michigan got sick eating strawberries that were tainted with the hepatitis A virus. Now if that is not enough to sour your shortcake, check this out. The strawberries were illegally imported from Mexico and sold to the…
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