Louis Stokes

is the gentleman from California [Mr. Lewis aware that members of the committee disagree on two assertions in the committee report? First, the Fair Housing Act makes no mention of discrimination in property insurance, and, second, neither…

I am concerned that these issues have been addressed in report language without the opportunity for hearings on the matters involved and involving matters upon which there is substantial disagreement between Members. They are an attempt to…

I rise in opposition House Joint Resolution 165, the 12th short-term continuing resolution for the current fiscal year. Where will it end? How many stopgap measures will it take for our Republican colleagues to realize that this is not the…

We gather today to mark the congressional observance of Black History Month. I join Congressman Payne, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, and our colleagues on both sides of the aisle as we acknowledge the contribution of…

I rise to strongly urge my colleagues to support the passage of a clean debt limit extension bill. The American people must clearly understand why this is so critical. If the Congress fails to pass the measure before the first of March…

As one who has seen a number of colleagues go and come over the years, I can say that the departure of Kweisi leaves me with mixed emotions. On the one hand, I am proud to see the good judgment shown by the NAACP in selecting Kweisi as its…

I rise in support of H.R. 2880, a continuing resolution for fiscal year 1996. I join my ranking member for the full appropriations subcommittee, the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] in commending our colleagues on the other side of the…

Mr. Chairman, we need to be up front in telling the American people what this bill does to the education of the Nation's children. We need to tell parents how this bill threatens the quality of their children's education, their school…

I appreciate the gesture on the part of the gentleman from Texas. Let me say that it has been a pleasure to serve with him on this subcommittee, and there are many matters upon which he and I agree and upon which we have worked jointly. In…

Mr. Chairman, while the bill's $55 million, or 22-percent cut in school-to-work would devastate the viability of this initiative, my concerns extend well beyond this symbolic amendment to the broader devastating funding cuts in career and…

Today, Keith Jewell, Director of the Office of Photography, will leave his post after nearly three decades of service. I rise to join my good friend from Michigan, John Dingell, and others in the Chamber, in saluting Keith on this…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to take a moment to firstly express my appreciation to the gentleman from New York [Mr. Boehlert] for the strong leadership that he has given to the coalition force between the Democrats and Republicans of this House…

I rise in support of the Collins amendments. Mr. Chairman, although pollution affects all people, no matter where they live, direct exposure to water pollutants and other environmental hazards are disproportionately distributed. Data now…

I rise to oppose H.R. 961, the Clean Water Amendments of 1995, a bill that would turn back progress of the Clean Water Act and undermine two decades of progress in improving the Great Lakes--an important recreational and economic resource…

Mr. Chairman, this is a program that we really ought to support and I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Foglietta] who has offered this amendment. Under this rescission funding for Healthy Start has been cut $10 million. This…

The rule that we are proceeding under today really points out the real hypocrisy of what we now see in terms of this amendment. As was stated by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], at the full Committee on Appropriations I offered the…

I rise in total opposition to this rule. This resolution makes a travesty of the Democratic process and the rules of fair play. This rule is nothing but an attempt to divert attention to peripheral issues and deny the Congress and the…

These are from appropriated funds. They were in the fiscal year 1995 bill and they were funds that were already appropriated and signed into law, and of course this is a Congress coming back again rescinding action that it had previously…

Summer jobs program is in the rescission cuts, comes out of the Labor, Health, Human Services, and Education Subcommittee on Appropriations. All the summer jobs were cut. This is going to put an enormous amount of young people on our…

I could say to the gentlewoman that this particular subcommittee took a greater hit than any other subcommittee on the Appropriations Committee. The total in rescissions was about $17.3 billion. Of that amount, the VA, HUD, and Independent…

Well, I can tell you this, that the defense bill was totally off the board. No cuts came in the defense program. Not a single item was cut from defense. That was just untouchable. And so I can tell you that, and the other thing I think…

None that I am aware of and I participated fully in that markup and at which time I opposed these cuts to our veterans programs.

The school lunch program is not in our rescissions. That is in some other legislation that will be coming to the floor and it will not be in the $17.3 billion rescission bill.

One of the problems in terms of block granting many of these types of programs is the fact that each State has different regulations and standards with reference to these programs. Many of them adopt a different type of program and in the…

last week the House Appropriations Committee voted to drastically cut $206 million in funding for programs that serve our Nation's veterans. I do not think this is the proper way to demonstrate our commitment to individuals who have made…