Ernest Istook

But what they are doing is saying, we do not want just a location that is maybe in the middle of a military business and we do not want to just handle transactions for the benefit of our own members. They say, we are wanting locations at…

I will not yield. I tried to engage in a dialog. You see, they are saying, we do not want to take care of our tribal members. We want an advantage that nobody else has--26 cents a gallon on gasoline. Now, you go to the corner, and I do not…

Is the gentleman aware there are actually some 30 different laws under which property is taken into trust and the amendment only addresses one specific one, leaving in place a multitude of others which, among other things, permit tribes to…

I hope we can wrap this up. I think it is important to stress what is happening here, what the Federal Government is making possible because of the patchwork quilt, hundreds of thousands of acres but sometimes it is a quarter acre here, a…

I want to thank all the fathers who do it right. A good father should first be a good husband and show his children by example the love and respect that their mother should receive. A father is one who is there, who quietly and faithfully…

I do think it is worth noting to people that not only is this a matter of saying that no relief money is stricken by the Neumann amendment, but because of the language adopted previously in the Gekas amendment, as of October 1 there will…

I rise to support the Gekas amendment. Many of us are saying we do not want to use any threat of shutting the Government down. Now we hear people saying, ``Oh, you have got to try to do it.'' That does not make sense. Some of us, and I am…

I like Jim Lightfoot. I am very glad that in his working career he got to spend some time in Oklahoma. We are grateful for that, so we can consider him at least to some extent an adopted son of the Sooner State. Essentially, when I was a…

I rise in support of H.R. 123 and in opposition to the amendment by the gentleman from New York. Frequently, I am asked what kind of name is 'Istook'? People say, Is it Indian? Is it Estkimo? No, it is Hungarian. I am proud of my Hungarian…

Mr. Chairman, I believe many people are missing the point of this. In the last 26 years we have found this program, using $200 million a year of Federal taxpayers' money to help teenagers sneak around behind the backs of their parents…

this amendment is about $1.3 billion extra in Federal spending. No matter where we say the money is going to go, where is it going to come from? We asked the proponents, and they say we will take it out of the money that we were planning…

Mr. Chairman, this vote is going to show whether we believe in families and family responsibility or in Government taking over the major aspects of what we teach our children. President Clinton says: Government does not raise children…

No nation can be secure if it depends on another nation for its economic lifeblood. Five years ago, we sent 500,000 American troops to the Persian Gulf to fight for oil. In 1991 we imported 45 percent of our oil. Today, we import 52…

Mr. Chairman, there are always people that do not want to reveal to the public how Washington works or how much people spend on trying to lobby in Washington or anyplace else, especially groups that are dependent upon the taxpayers for…

we have had debate previously in this Chamber about the activity of different groups that receive Federal taxpayer's money, sometimes in hundreds of millions or tens of millions of dollars, and their lobbying activity. Previously this body…

I say to the gentleman, if a group does not ask for taxpayers' money, this legislation does not mean beans to them. It is only groups that ask to get in the taxpayers' pocket.

I was surprised to hear the statements of Bill Clinton and Al Gore attacked as extremist. For when Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas, he sent this letter in which he said he supported a constitutional amendment for the people of…

the public is demanding that the Congress reduce Federal spending. The message from the elections was clear, the constant messages we receive from our constituents are clear; they are demanding that we do so. They realize that we have…

I rise in support of the Livingston and Smith language and in opposition to the Greenwood language. Mr. Chairman, I oppose the Greenwood amendment, and support the proposals of Mr. Livingston and Mr. Smith. The current title X programs…

I realize we are very much opposed on the legislation as a whole, and we certainly do anticipate going forward with it. But this does, through the technical correction, make sure that we are addressing some concerns. I would urge adoption…

the bill does not have any mention of NIPER. It only mentions it during the report language. The report language has specific line items for the institutions in West Virginia and in Pennsylvania. The language is only reflective of what the…

I just want to establish that this was put out for bid. It was bid only just about a year ago. So this is the product of bidding. Furthermore, this institution has been involved in privatizing and reduction of the number of government…

Everyone who was in this country in 1941 knows where they were on Pearl Harbor day. Everyone knows where they were when the Challenger blew up as it was launched from Cape Canaveral. And everyone in Oklahoma will always know where they…

I want to urge my fellow Republicans, those of us who have been supporting tort reform, to vote down this amendment. I do not think a lot of Members realize what you are lumping in. The reference in the text of the amendment to pain and…

I believe this is a deadly amendment. I believe it is a damaging amendment. I think it is an amendment that fails to take stock of reality. Under this bill, your losses must be one of two types: either they must be economic damages, as…