Glenn English

I agree, Mr. Markey, that without question, we need to move forward and to improve the electric utility system of this country.

It started out as a partnership. Historically it has been a partnership, and the concern is that that partnership is going to be disturbed.

I could never have conceived of such a thing. And the fact that Kiwash Electric, my home electric cooperative in Oklahoma, could ever be considered a swaps dealer or in danger of being labeled as a swaps dealer I thought was nuts.

this thing is too important not to get right.

They consider the House legislation the end. And we have been trying to explain to them, this is only the beginning.

If we don't transition and help them get over that... we would be incredibly disadvantaged.

What we are urging is that all of our citizens be looked upon as deserving of affordable electric power.

So I guess my common sense question is, does it make sense to go forward with this legislation at all if what we are in the end accomplishing is simply transferring to countries elsewhere in the world, who I don't think have any intention…

If you had credits for nuclear power, why, we could raise the capital to build nuclear plants like France has done...

That is fairness, that is what is right, and I think that is what most citizens in this country expect to be done.

The more than 300,000 rural electric co-op customers in my state are at risk of unacceptable rate hikes.

I would have a very difficult time, Congressman Lucas, explaining to the folks back in my district, the Sixth District years ago, as to how I could agree to vote to give away allowances that would keep their electric bills less than what…

No Member of Congress should be asked to vote for a bill that would require them to take allowances away from their own constituents.

Mr. Speaker, 3 years ago, Congress passed a Medicare bill that for the first time created an opportunity for many seniors to have access to strong, valuable and persistent prescription drug coverage. Although the legislation was a…

It is a sobering sign of the times, in my view, that a papal speech that was meant to address the harmony between faith and reason and deplore the idea of religious violence is contradictory to the nature of God would inspire…

I seek unanimous consent to claim the time of the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Harris). The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania? There was no objection. ____________________

today the House will undoubtedly vote down this resolution and signal strong support for remaining in the World Trade Organization. This is the right decision to make. It is the right decision to make because the WTO, and its predecessor…

I think what we have before us, Republicans clearly want to prevent tax increases on middle-class families. I think from the debate tonight we have a legitimate question as to whether our friends on the other side are as firmly committed…

This is, in my view, simply another attempt to turn the clock back on tax relief. While it is costly to extend tax relief permanently, the workers of this country deserve to know that their taxes will not be increased on a year-by-year…

I am pleased to bring House Resolution 705 before the House today. It was introduced last week and it is being brought forward with considerable urgency because, Mr. Speaker, while this may not be the first time that we have discussed the…

What we are putting forward in this resolution is not an endorsement of a particular tax system. What we are doing is putting the WTO on record that we want to change the standard, that we are going to insist on changing the standard. We…

I want to rise today not only to mark this historic day for Medicare beneficiaries because today, for the first time since the program's inception, Medicare, through a discount card, will be providing real relief to seniors who struggle to…

it has been fascinating to appear several times on the floor during recent weeks to hear the debate on tax bills that seem to lurch in the direction of Iraq and wander all over the public policy landscape. I would like to bring the debate…

This has been a useful debate because I think in an odd way it has highlighted a couple of things. First of all there is a consensus in this Chamber behind the bill that the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Simmons) has put forward. There…