I want to thank the gentleman from Oklahoma for yielding, and want to congratulate the gentleman for his persistence in bringing this issue to the floor. For 6 months now this issue has been under discussion. The gentleman from Oklahoma…

many want us to believe that Government-run health care is good for families. However, the only ones who will benefit from such a system are Government bureaucrats. Families lose because they will no longer be able to choose what doctor to…

if there is anything that we have heard over the past week with the thousands of phone calls that all of us have received in our offices, it is that the American people want us to stay out of their education system. My wife and I, as the…

my colleagues, the jury is in on the Clinton health care bill. The American people have spoken loudly and clearly, and it is time to proclaim the Clinton health care bill as dead. That is d-e-a-d, dead. Why? Because the American people do…

I think it is time to refocus this debate. This debate is not about whether we are going to give the compassionate aid which is needed in Los Angeles; it is going to happen. It is going to happen regardless of what happens on this…

today the House will pass earthquake relief for California. Certainly, with the devastation they have had there, they are in need and deserve the help from Washington. But also today we are going to have a debate about whether Washington…

This amendment is about whether Congress is going to kick the habit of giving out aid around America for disasters and then passing the bill on to our children and our grandchildren. The debate on this amendment is about whether we are…

this manikin standing next to me is not a NASA project. It is a suit that farmers must wear in the hot growing season when applying pesticides. The EPA doesn't know the cost of this, because they didn't have to do a cost-benefit analysis…

my colleagues, Government regulations are the No. 1 killer of small business. What are Government regulations? They are nothing more than unfunded mandates on small businesses around America, on local governments, State governments, even…

the U.S. Conference of Mayors was here last week. Do Members know what their No. 1 concern was? It was unfunded mandates. This week the National Governors Association is in town, and what is their No. 1 concern? Unfunded mandates. When I…

the President gave a nice speech last night. Much of what he had to say I and my fellow Republicans agreed with. Why? Because the principles, the values that were contained in the President's speech were things that we as Republican…