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It is an unusual thing for me to come over and do a 5-minute special order. I very seldom do that. Part of the reason that deals with the issue of Michael New, who was stripped of his position and discharged from the U.S. Army because as a…
10 years ago the 10 biggest banks in the world were American banks. Today the 10 biggest banks in the world are Japanese banks, all 10. Even after the merger of America's 2 biggest banks, they did not even make the top 10. Wake up…
Let me remind everybody herein assembled, this is not Rotary. This is the Super Bowl of politics. And as we speak, White House staffers are not only watching and listening to what we say but how we say it, and they will be individually…
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…
Reclaiming my time, I do not care if it is a Democrat or Republican, we are all Americans. We are expanding the power of the Presidency. That is not good for our country, Mr. Speaker.
I would like to respond by saying evidently the next President-elect will have the line item veto authority. It is amazing to me. I think it is unconstitutional, to start with, but I can remember a vote on a Btu tax, and the President…
China just sold patrol boats armed with state-of-the-art cruise missiles to Iran. Let me repeat. China just sold cruise missiles to Iran. Now, the last time I checked, Iran is still listed as a terrorist nation by America, and, No. 2, the…
I thought the Federal Government was a little goofy when they studied bovine flatulence, but there have been a couple of private studies that got my attention. One was the dynamics of peeling adhesive tape. The private study found out that…
Mr. Speaker, I urge all to join me in supporting House Concurrent Resolution 147 which... will authorize the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officer's Memorial Service. On May 15 of this year the Capitol Police will host…
The Republican Party's new bill makes great strides in protecting taxpayers' rights. I commend them for including one of my provisions that allows a taxpayer to sue the IRS up to $1 million for reckless collections. But this bill is not a…
The standard of living in America is going down. Family income dropped from $30,000 in 1989 to $27,000 in 1993. But economists still say ``Don't worry, NAFTA is creating jobs.'' Let us check out those jobs. One million jobs were created by…
General Motors is on strike; some people are blaming the workers. Let us get off it. It is not about blame anyway. It is about jobs and outsourcing. The fact is, companies keep killing good paying jobs by buying products outside their…
10 years ago Terry Clark was sentenced to death for killing a 9-year-old girl. Clark admitted he did it. He said, I grabbed her from her bike. I raped her. Then I shot her in the head three times. The death sentence was overturned on a…
While Congress debates terrorism, the bombing of Pan American flight 103 is still a controversy. The Justice Department says the Libyans did it, and they indicted two Libyans who are still in jail over in Libya. Meanwhile, intelligence…
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…
United Technologies eliminated 35 percent of their American jobs, created 15,000 jobs overseas. General Motors is building a new $1 billion auto plant, my colleagues, in Shanghai. Blue Cross moved 2,000 jobs that paid $10 an hour in…
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…
The Supreme Court ruled it is OK for the government to seize the car of an innocent wife, innocent because her husband had sex in the car with a prostitute. Watch out Hertz and Avis here. Mr. Speaker, has the Supreme Court lost their…
Mr. Chairman, this is a standard buy American amendment that I have offered to many bills. As Members know, I substituted this amendment last night under unanimous consent for the weatherization amendment I was to offer. I would just like…
I voted for this bill, and I think if America is going to have true product liability reform, Congress should not stop it at the border. I think discovery and part of this process that we are discussing is very important. But I wanted to…
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…
I have a concern here. The new majority wanted to dispose of property and real estate at 501 First Street. It came through the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and it was handled in the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and…
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