J.C. Watts

today the House passed the FY 2001 Defense Appropriation Bill. Included in this important legislation was the funding for the Crusader Program at the level requested by the President. The President's Budget requests includes $355.5 million…

George Bush calls it prosperity with a purpose. We are experiencing unprecedented prosperity in America. The Dow is going through the roof. NASDAQ is doing very, very well. These days if one is older than 30, they are too old to be a…

many of our friends in the Democrat party have been spending a lot of time lately accusing this of being a do nothing Congress, and I guess coming from a Democrat that is a tremendous compliment. Do you know what it means when they accuse…

today this body has the opportunity to speak out against a grave injustice that occurred in our country on April 25, 2000. For on April 25, 2000 the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Sixth Circuit ruled that the state motto of Ohio, ``With God…

for months we have engaged in a national debate or rhetoric on the issue of gun violence. Both sides of the political spectrum have had their opinion on how to end gun violence in our country. Today, this body will consider common sense…

during this dreaded week of headaches and frustration for the American taxpayer who has just finished or is still trying to file their income tax forms to the IRS, I rise today in strong and enthusiastic support of H.R. 4163--The Taxpayer…

On April 19, 1995 the greatest act of domestic terrorism occurred in my home state of Oklahoma. This heinous bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building was supposed to strike fear and terror into the hearts of every Oklahoman and every…

Mr. Chairman, we hear that giving people their money back is a risky thing. It is a risky thing for the economy not to give people their money back, because what happens is, if those dollars stay here in Washington, we then grow the…

I would like take the time to express to you my significant concern over the current debate which is occurring in Washington regarding increasing the minimum wage. The impact of a $1.00 per hour increase in the minimum wage on rural…

millions of older Americans are penalized every year simply because they set their alarm clocks to get up early in the morning, get dressed and head off to work. But unlike the rest of us who pull into rush hour traffic in the morning…

I rise today to honor former Speaker Carl Albert who represented southeast Oklahoma... an Oklahoma icon and a national treasure.

Yes. Mr. Speaker, he was quite a fellow. During his tenure in this House, he also helped lead our Nation through several troubled times: as has been mentioned this afternoon, the assassination of President Kennedy, the fight for civil…

I rise to support honoring Mrs. Rosa Parks in the Capitol Rotunda under the dome of the People's House with the Gold Medal of Honor. What could be more appropriate than for Mrs. Parks to receive the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor in the…

there is a 20-year-old airman out there who is working incredible hours, 7 days a week, all for a cause that he trusts is just. He puts his faith in his government, in officers above him and in the people of the United States that he will…

I rise in support of the tax limitation amendment. Never before has the need for this amendment been more obvious. Let me touch on a few well-known numbers. The typical American family pays 38 percent of its income in taxes. This is more…

the truth is now out about the President's budget. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the CBO, has now documented the obvious. The President's budget just does not add up. It is not simply a case of the usual Washington…

there is no joy sometimes in upholding the law. It is so unpleasant sometimes that we hire other people to do it for us. Ask the police or judges. It is tiring and thankless. But we know it must be done, because if we do not point at…

I rise in support of H.R. 3097, the Tax Code Termination Act. America's income tax code is a heavy and complex burden for America's families and small businesses. The complete income tax code is, in fact, 3,400 pages long. No wonder so…

the U.S. Tax Code is a mess. When the income tax was first introduced in 1914, the entire Code was 14 pages long and the top tax rate was 7 percent. Today it is nearly 4,000 pages and constantly changing. While last year alone we managed…

I rise to support a budget that will provide America's families with $150 billion in tax cuts and also take a big whack out of our national debt. I also rise today to support a budget that will make national defense once again a national…

I have heard several statements made this morning and I want to make an effort, hopefully, to correct the record and set the record straight. One of the things that I heard earlier in argument concerning this rule was that this legislation…

some people say their primary reason for supporting new tobacco taxes is protecting children, but these same people have constantly dropped the ball when it comes to protecting children in other areas. So I get a little suspicious when I…

Mr. Speaker, today, as a member of the House Committee on National Security, I rise to pay tribute to the many thousands of Americans who have been held as prisoners of war and the many thousands of Americans who are still missing in…

Sam Johnson is my hero and today politicians give out that honor much too easily. But Sam Johnson is a real hero in every sense of the word. There are few Members of this House who have given so much of themselves to this country and we…

our colleague, Congressman Ron Dellums of California, is not only a fine and distinguished Member of this body. He is also a fine American, a man whom all of our children should study as a role model . . . not because of his impeccable…