I rise to pay tribute to John Ruthven, a longtime friend and leader in my community, who will be honored as a Great Living Cincinnatian.

The bill sunsets in five years and The National Academy for Public Administrators (NAPA) would submit an evaluation just prior to its sunsetting.

I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Hoyer and the other original cosponsors for joining me in this effort and I encourage my colleagues to join in support of this bipartisan effort.

It has been endorsed by state and local organizations such as the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislators, the National Association of Counties, and the National League of Cities.

I often hear from state and local governments and constituents involved in non-profit organizations who, in an attempt to gain assistance for many worthy programs, are frustrated by the miles of red tape, regulations and duplicative…

To address this concern we have introduced this short and straightforward legislation.

Article IV alleges that President Clinton refused and failed to respond to certain written requests for admission and willfully made perjurious, false and misleading sworn statements in response to certain written requests propounded to…

Yesterday, I introduced, together with my colleague, the gentleman from California [Mr. Condit], legislation to help law enforcement officers combat rampant gang violence that is threatening our communities all across America. Our…

over the years, Congress has shown itself incapable of controlling its spending habits without the remedy of a balanced budget requirement. Today, we have an opportunity to say ``yes'' to fiscal fitness. Let's take it. For the rest of…

I rise today to urge my colleagues to oppose the rule on the EPA bill when it comes up this afternoon. It bars consideration of a number of crucially important amendments including the Mica-Thurman amendment on risk assessment…