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This bill funds construction of highways and airport facilities and transit systems. It supports Amtrak, Federal rail programs, the air traffic control system, and transportation safety and research for all modes. It is no exaggeration to…
Actually, it is the Dreier-Luther-Regula-Hall amendment, which establishes a 2-year budget process for Congress and the administration. As a former member of the Ohio General Assembly, which follows a 2-year budget process, I learned the…
Mr. Speaker, this bill funds construction projects on military bases. This includes homes for military families, hospitals, laboratories, training facilities, barracks and other buildings that support the missions of our armed forces. The…
Mr. Speaker, the Chesapeake Bay is one of the most important bodies of water within the United States. Activities in the Bay make significant contributions to our economy through commercial fishing and shipping. The Bay supports extensive…
The conference report was not written by the members of the conference committee. It was pretty much written by the House and the Senate leadership. Frustration among Democrats is running so high that a few days ago, the ranking Democrat…
I rise in support of H.R. 2436, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Under current federal law, an individual who commits a federal crime of violence against a pregnant women receives no additional punishment for killing or injuring the…
The bill authorizes $8 billion in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the Department of Energy's civilian research and development programs. Our Nation depends on energy to move our cars, to light our houses, and to power the machines of…
I rise in opposition of H.R. 2684. While I support an increase in funding for our country's veterans, I feel that this bill unfairly cuts programs that affect low-income individuals. It slashes the total budget by $1.6 billion for the…
This is a structured rule. It will allow for consideration of H.R. 1905, which is a bill that makes appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the year 2000. The rule permits only one amendment. That amendment assures that any unspent…
Mr. Speaker, I am deeply distressed by the tragedy taking place in Yugoslavia. I urgently call on all parties to this conflict, including the United Nations and the Russians, to seek a negotiated settlement to this crisis. But in my…
I oppose this closed rule, I oppose the declaration of war and the use of U.S. ground forces, and I oppose the motion to withdraw from our efforts to liberate Kosovo. I support the current air campaign, which is already weakening…
Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, in 1968 to 1970 I was a physician in the Vietnam War and dealt with the casualties from that war. That war was started on this floor by a voice vote. If we think about the fact that we committed 500,000 people…
Mr. Speaker, among the duties of a Member of Congress, there is nothing more serious than the issues of war and peace; committing the wealth and the might of our Nation, putting the members of our armed forces in harm's way. Before we went…
This is an open rule. It will allow full and fair debate on H.R. 438, which is the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999. As my colleague has described, this rule will provide for 1 hour of general debate to be equally…
if we compare ourselves with the 17 major nations of the world, we rank seventeenth in our appropriation to foreign aid. We need to do better. We need to quit running from this issue. We need to stand up and support it. There are a lot of…
This is a modified open rule which will allow consideration of H.R. 4569, which is the foreign operations appropriation bill for fiscal year 1999. Though this is technically a modified open rule, I want to make sure my colleagues…
I rise in support of S. 2206, the Community Opportunities & Educational Services Act. I support many of the provisions in this bill which reauthorizes the Head Start, Community Services Block Grant and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance…
I rise in support of H.R. 4057, the Airport Improvement Program Reauthorization Act of 1998, and call to the attention of my colleagues Title VII, the Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act. This title is a modified version of H.R. 2305, a…
Madam Speaker, I must oppose this resolution, because it grants unnecessary authority for an investigation of questionable necessity. The standing rules of the House give deposition authority to committees as long as two Members are…
Mr. Speaker, the VA HUD appropriations bill contains bipartisan legislation that I introduced with the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon), two of this Congress' experts on fire safety…
Madam Speaker, there is agreement on both sides of the aisle that Congress needs to protect the worsening environmental conditions at Salton Sea, and there is a consensus that our late colleague, Sonny Bono, is deserving of a fitting…
I too am opposed to the changing of the name to normal trade relations from most-favored-nation, because I do not really think it is a normal trade situation. I think it is a privilege to trade with this country. It is what this country is…
this rule protects from a point of order a provision that would remove the U.S. Postal Service as the American representative to the Universal Postal Union and substitute the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The Universal Postal Union…
The amendment essentially restores $10 million that has been cut from the emergency food assistance program, it is called TEFAP, in the fiscal year 1999 agriculture appropriations bill. This additional $10 million is needed to fully fund…
I know it seems that we can be lulled asleep in this country thinking that everything is going so well. The fact is that we do have a budget that is balanced. We have people that are working. We have very low unemployment across this…
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