Kendra S. Horn

Mr. Chairman, I come at this problem with a little bit of background. Former university president for 18 years, having worked with the various schools in terms of improving the quality of their instruction. And I am sure this amendment…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 930, the Travel and Transportation Reform Act, was passed by this House in April of 1997. According to the Congressional Budget Office, this legislation will save approximately $100 million in discretionary savings over 5…

I must say I find it rather strange to call land for a cemetery pork. I did not know we called dead bodies pork, and that rather offends me, frankly.

just to get a few things clarified, we are not shy about holding hearings in this committee and subcommittee. We have had over 80 subcommittee hearings in this Congress, as my colleague, the gentleman from Ohio, knows. When we had this…

Vic Fazio is a unique individual. He has had strong support from both Republicans and Democrats in the California delegation. He has tried to be helpful to all Members. He has been in key positions in this Chamber, positions that have…

I think all of us have sat through the hours of testimony of Mr. Freeh and Mr. LaBella. We are really shocked by the treatment of two great public servants who had the courage to put their words in writing to advise the Attorney General…

I just want to say after living through some of these investigations under both Chairman Clinger and now Chairman Burton, I did have the idea last year that maybe we need a new Institute of Health at the National Institutes of Health. Its…

Think of it. Mr. Speaker, 116 people took the Fifth Amendment and/or fled the country. Some of these were American citizens. Some of these were not. But the fact is, Congress has been denied getting the facts. When the administration has…

Mr. Chairman, to say this is public financing is not really accurate. Sure, money is involved in postage. This is the postal administration that has several billion, I believe, in profits now. They deliver these at both the nonprofit rate…

Mr. Speaker, last Friday's tragedy continues to haunt our Capitol Hill community and our Nation. For those of us who work every day under the protection provided by the Capitol Police, it is particularly disturbing and saddening. My…

last Friday's tragedy continues to haunt our Capitol Hill community and our Nation. For those of us who work every day under the protection provided by the Capitol Police, it is particularly disturbing and saddening. My condolences and…

I want to raise an issue related to a component of the bill before us today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA]. On July 6, residents of my district and five adjacent districts in Los Angeles County came under a mandate to…

It strikes me as unfair that the Federal Government has placed this insurance mandate upon 500,000 constituents from six congressional districts. But FEMA has not made the proper flood plain insurance maps as accurate as possible. However…

I have had a situation where my opponent raised only 1 percent of his campaign funds in the district when I had raised 70 to 80 percent. I have to say: ``Where is the connection with the electorate? Do the candidates who raise 1% in the…

I grew up in California where we had honest elections. We did not at the turn of the century, but a great progressive Republican governor, Hiram Johnson, turned that State around. We no longer have honest elections in parts of California…

We have too many candidates who are under obligation to PACs and to everybody else, none of which have anything to do with some of the districts, certainly mine.

Usually, they take the PAC money from everywhere, but they cannot get it in terms of the District. I would just say, let us talk about 10 percent. I am willing to start low. I would just like to see some connection between the candidate…

Do you know what I would do with the individual who is very wealthy? I would pass a law that could limit that amount of personal wealth to be spent in a campaign. I think it is a scandal what is going on in America. You are going to have…

I think as the gentleman from Ohio knows and certainly as the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney) knows, the ranking member, the aim of our committee over time is to assure that the Federal Government not only has audits but also that…

it is perfectly responsible for the House to name a building after one of our most respected Members. Steve Schiff would be on anyone's bipartisan list of the five most respected Members in the House of Representatives. He was a workhorse…

I rise to day in strong support of H.R. 3603, the VA Major Medical Facility Projects Authorization bill. This bill authorizes $205 million for major medical facility projects across the country, $140 million more than the President…

As we near the dawn of a new millennium, many people have begun reviewing the events of the past 1,000 years. In the year 1000, Europe was only just beginning to rise from the Dark Ages, but the advances of the enlightenment were still…

I rise to support this rule. This is what I requested on behalf of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), the chairman of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. It is an open rule. It provides opportunities for various Members…

I simply want to clear the air since there have been a few false impressions left here. The Democratic staff was involved. They could have been involved in every meeting. That is their choice. They were notified by the majority staff. I…

The bill before us today H.R. 2883, Government Performance and Results Act Technical Amendments of 1997 is critical to the successful implementation of the ``results'' act passed in 1993. As I said earlier, we want the executive agencies…