Kendra S. Horn

I must say I am disappointed with this further attack on the NEA and the NEH and the Institute of Museums and Libraries. I cannot believe that. When little kids in rural America and urban America need to get this type of culture and music…

I enthusiastically support H.R. 622, the Hope for Children Act. One of the caseworkers in my district office has adopted five children. The costs of adoptions are exorbitant, often running $40,000 to $50,000 per child. Doubling the…

many of the Members are not even aware of this announcement, so I ask unanimous consent to yield the time we have remaining to the gentleman from California (Mr. Stark). The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease). Without objection, the time…

Mr. Speaker, S. 2712 would authorize executive branch departments and agencies to consolidate statutorily mandated financial and performance management reports into one single annual report. The consolidated reports would present in one…

Mr. Speaker, the Estuary Restoration Act is good for the Nation and thus good for California. I commend the leadership of the House and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for their hard work to bring this conference report…

Ron Packard is truly a man of the House of Representatives. He is a gentleman. He is civility. He is a good listener, and he has got a ready smile. He won friends all over this Chamber on both sides of the aisle; and, of course, that is…

I rise in support of S. 3062, the District of Columbia Performance Accountability Plan Amendments Act of 2000. This bill contains technical amendments to the District of Columbia's performance plan requirements, which will allow the city…

H.R. 5157, the Freedmen's Bureau Records Preservation Act of 2000, represents a bipartisan effort to safeguard important links to the past. These records document how the 38th Congress responded to the enormous social and economic upheaval…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4049 would establish a commission to engage in one of the Nation's most comprehensive examinations of privacy protection issues in more than 20 years. A few key strokes on a computer can yield a quantity of information…

I strongly support H.R. 3235. In California, the PAL programs play an integral role in our communities. PAL programs provide positive activities for youth to participate in as an alternative to gangs and violence. They instill family…

H.R. 4827, as the gentleman noted, seeks to prohibit those who abuse forms of false identification, including the law enforcement badge, from committing crimes against innocent people. This legislation prohibits entry under false pretense…

I strongly urge that we pass this much needed environmental initiative today. As a Representative from California, with beautiful beaches stretching along the coastal areas in my district, I have seen first-hand the need to establish…

I support the Republican plan, because it makes sense, and it pays off the national debt. This 90-10 plan commits 90 percent of next year's surplus to paying down the debt. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the 2001 surplus, 1…

The gentleman has touched a nerve, because this is wonderful; and this means better prepared students for colleges. And we have a governor who is really committed to college. Governor Bush, who is running for the Presidency, said every…

when I first came here to Congress 8 years ago, I made improving our public schools a top priority. When the Republicans came to power in 1974-1975, I knew that, under the leadership of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling), we…

Head Start should do what its name says it does, give a real head start to children growing up in disadvantaged families. The Head Start amendments of 1998 ensure that local agencies are accountable for successfully preparing children to…

I commend Ron Lasch. He is a real loss to our Chamber. We all know him as an institutional citizen dedicated to the House of Representatives and dedicated to legislative government. On a trip to Australia and New Zealand where we met with…

as we celebrate California's 150th anniversary of statehood, this is a good time to reflect on the vast change that has occurred in this former Spanish Colony. Since California was admitted into the Union as the nation's 31st state on…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4931, the Presidential Transition Act of 2000, represents a bipartisan effort to update the Presidential Transition Act of 1963. H.R. 4931 would allow transition funds to be used for a formal training and orientation…

When one looks at the cost here of $150 billion a year in drug-related criminal and medical costs in 1997 alone, and that is more than we spent on education, transportation, agriculture, energy, space, and foreign aid combined; and when…

a few months ago a constituent wrote me about him and his wife. They had been burdened 20 years before with student loans, and they had only recently paid them off. They never had a chance to vest money into an Individual Retirement…

this amendment is tremendously important for thousands of people. It funds the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS. We are requesting an increase. Consider these facts: HIV prevalence within the homeless population alone is…

We also know that we could keep more talented young people in the school system if we put resources into good programs in the arts, learning about the arts, and the humanities. It is something that every student in college, and some of our…

I did not want something that will harm the Nethercutt amendment. That was put on at the desk. I simply want that language in the appropriations report at the end of where we have a lot of these things, and it seems to me that is then an…

I would hope we would have a tradition of at least letting debate occur on a parliamentary matter.