Mr. Chairman, I, too, support the resolution offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves). If we look at the bill that we have before us, we will see that local districts have far more flexibility over how they use Federal funds…

Mr. Chairman, let me first thank all of the Members for all their kind comments and their support of the bill that we have before us. I think that, as the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) just pointed out, we have a very sound…

I share their commitment to increased public school choice and to the growing movement of charter schools that are providing help for children in very needy communities.

I strongly support public school choice and eliminating the barriers for charter schools to educate children. The lack of funding for space is one of the biggest hurdles they face. We need to create incentives for States to provide funding…

the motion to recommit deals with the issue of cash balance pension plans, which are a form of defined benefit pension plans that most of my colleagues on the Democrat side want. We have had this huge decline in defined benefit plans and a…

Mr. Speaker, let me salute the authors of this bill, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Portman), who really have spent a great deal of time over the last 3 years building support and fine-tuning this…

the beauty of the Internet economy is that there is almost no limit to what one can accomplish if one has access to it. E-commerce offers every citizen the chance to be an entrepreneur and to pursue the American dream. It puts David on a…

team-building is replacing bureaucracy throughout our country. That is really what we define today as the New Economy. New Economy companies are not just high-tech firms. They are companies that understand the value of their workforce as a…

But beyond the issue of patients' rights, we all know the number one issue in the health care system in America today is the fact that over 44 million Americans have no health insurance at all. We have to be very careful as we move to…

I wish to congratulate the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Combest), the chairman of the committee, and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm), the ranking member, for the job that they have done. Specifically, I want to congratulate the…

I rise tonight in favor of H.R. 987, the Workplace Preservation Act. We are not prohibiting OSHA from regulating ergonomics. We are simply saying that before OSHA issues a set of sweeping new regulations that impact millions of employees…

I rise in support of this landmark legislation. In one great cascade, it washes over decades of obsolete law, Congressional inattention, and regulatory creep to give us a modern and prudent legislative framework for one of our most…

American students I think are confused about the President's student aid priorities. On Election Day in 1996 they heard the President proclaim, and I will quote, ``I am proud that we have got the biggest increase in Pell Grants in 20…

Dear Mr. Chairman: On behalf of the International Electronics Manufacturers and Consumers of America (``IEMCA''), I am writing to support enactment of legislation to correct the tariff classification of 13-inch televisions and television…

I am somewhat surprised today that the Members are not really at all interested in moving forward on this bill. Whether we are from a protectionist background or whether we believe in free and fair and open trade, everyone ought to be for…

I want to congratulate our good friend, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith) who has labored with this bill along with other Members over the course of this year. And although the gentleman from North Carolina has a worthy alternative, I…

About four years ago I offered an amendment on this floor during the appropriations process to eliminate this $5 million program called the Native Hawaiian Education program, intended to provide some money to help in the education of…

What happened next was anything but routine; sad, tragic, heartbreaking. I do not think there is any description that quite does it justice. Capitol Police Officers J.J. Chestnut and John Gibson gave their lives stopping a deranged gunman…

in just 3 years this Congress has delivered the first balanced budget in a generation, the first tax cuts from Washington in 16 years, and real reforms that are improving the lives of many who are on welfare today as they are able to move…

2 years ago, Congress delivered real welfare reform legislation for the first time in our Nation's history. Today those reforms are moving people from welfare to work in unprecedented numbers, reducing caseloads by 75 percent in some…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday I introduced House Resolution 440. This resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight should confer immunity to four witnesses who have direct knowledge about how…

let me first begin by congratulating the Members from both the Committee on Banking and Financial Services and the Committee on Commerce from the Democrat and Republican side of the aisles for their outstanding work in bringing this piece…

unfortunately, I missed the vote on final passage of S. 1502, The District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Act. As a strong supporter of this much-needed legislation to improve the quality of education for thousands of school children…

Washington has imprisoned the hopes and dreams of Americans in a cell known as the United States Tax Code. Last Wednesday, April 15, Americans got a harsh reminder that parole could still be a long way off. Instead of expanding freedom for…

I entered the House of Representatives two years ago, and the first act I took was the oath of office to uphold the Constitution