Tony Hall

I support this underlying resolution, and I just like to say that I would hope that we could have soon some resolution like this on the floor for the country of Sudan that I just returned from an 8-day trip, where 2 million people lost…

I have just returned from a visit to Sudan's killing fields. As we all know, a civil war in that country has raged for 15 years and slavery is alive and well in this last dark corner of our world. But the situation is more desperate today…

I am strongly opposed to the rule and I ask for its defeat. Behind all of the parliamentary language in this rule, this measure eliminates food stamps for 250,000 children, elderly people, disabled people, and people who came to this…

I rise in support of the Hall- Boehlert Amendment which contains a series of sense-of-the Congress expressions directing the Department of Defense to focus more attention to long-term scientific research. It also requires the Secretary of…

I oppose this restrictive rule, and all the Democrats on the Committee on Rules opposed it. A total of 32 amendments were submitted to the Committee on Rules. By permitting so few changes in the bill, the House will not be permitted to…

This rule will allow a debate on H.R. 2578, which is a bill to extend the visa waiver pilot program. The bill extends for 2 years the visa waiver pilot program started in 1988 and said to expire April 30, 1998. Under the program, tourists…

this is a modified open rule. It will allow for a fair debate on H.R. 3130. As my colleague has described, this rule provides 1 hour of general debate. That will be equally divided between the majority and the minority. Under this rule…

Unlike the House bill, the Senate bill creates over $1.2 billion in new mandatory spending, offset by administrative savings from the food stamp program. Programs to be funded with those savings, however worthy, should not take precedence…

I am a firm believer that if we invest in the poor through programs such as microcredit and basic education, child survival types of activities and rural development, if we help the poor to gain access to the marketplace and share in the…

I have no objection to this bill, certainly, going forward at this point, but I just want to say that I hope we are all perfectly clear that this budget-neutral bill will go to a conference with the Senate measure, S. 1150, that contains…

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, transporting hazardous waste is a dangerous business, and transporting nuclear waste is certainly the most dangerous business of all. That is why I rise in opposition to this rule and to this legislation which…

On September 15, the Department of Agriculture released new statistics revealing that 11 million people in the United States experienced moderate or severe hunger, including more than 4 million children. In a Nation as rich as ours, this…

I just want to correct that particular statement and say that the bill is a high priority from the standpoint if you are an environmentalist and really care about these lands. On the other hand, the bill can wait and it is not necessary…

I think that we have had enough conversation on issues relative to campaign finance at this particular time. I think it is time to pass the rule. As I said before, this legislative branch funding is a very modest increase. I think that I…

on December 17, 1903, two brothers in my district of Dayton, Ohio, solved the mystery of flying. Since that first flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright the airplane has changed the course of transportation and commerce and communication and…

I will oppose the rule, Madam Speaker, and ask to defeat the previous question because it fails to make in order an amendment offered by the gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. Gejdenson] to prohibit the use of $7.9 million previously set…

There is an amendment that has been printed in the Record by the gentleman from California [Mr. Cox]. That is, there is an amendment and it is amended by myself. I believe the amendment is with the Clerk at this particular time. I have…

generations have passed since the end of slavery. In that time, Congress has done much to undo the effects of that horrible wrong, but we have never apologized. And I was stunned to learn that fact from the Congressional Research Service…

Mr. Chairman, this is a sense of Congress. It is relative to making a statement concerning the conflict in East Timor. Basically what I am saying is the Congress affirms its support for a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East…

I have always said that in this country no concern should be more bipartisan than the issue of hunger-- especially as it affects our children. In that spirit, the WIC Program has long enjoyed strong support from both sides of the aisle…

This bill aims to speed up the adoption process of children in foster homes. In my own State of Ohio, there are 17,000 children in foster care. Of these, nearly 1,800 are awaiting adoption. This bill is intended to help these children and…

I support the Paperwork Reduction Act, but I think it could be made better, and I think we can make it better and really reduce paperwork if we pass true, honest to goodness campaign finance reform. The American people want it, certainly…

I feel myself in a position today that is unusual for me, for I find myself opposing the views of the pro-life position. I support Mexico City policy, but I believe that the pro-life forces have gone too far in their effort to make the…

this procedure is simply wrong. A compassionate society should not promote a procedure that is gruesome and inflicts pain on the victim. We have humane methods of capital punishment, and we have humane treatment of prisoners. We even have…

This bill is unnecessary. It is probably unconstitutional. And it will interfere with the President's ability to use U.S. military troops for humanitarian and peacekeeping missions around the world. I am proud of the role that our service…