Michael Synar

today's vote on assault weapons is about personal responsibility. It is about the personal responsibility each one of us as legislators wrestles with each day we show up for work. Every day we come here to this House and we gather data, we…

Good evening. Tonight the Democrats will not defend the status quo. Democrats believe that welfare must and is being changed to encourage marriage, reward work, strengthen families. Welfare ought to be a bridge to new opportunities, not a…

So all elderly who get Medicaid by the Republican definition are on welfare. Mr. DeLAY. It is means tested. Those that are poor, elderly, that receive Medicaid, not Medicare, are on welfare. So you don't consider-- let me get this…

And not one Republican voted for the earned income tax credit. Mr. DeLAY. Please. If we are going to do something like that, you put EITC expansion in a huge, huge tax bill that you know the Republicans, who are always against raising…

I think the basic difference between the Republican approach and the Democratic approach that we are talking about tonight is that you would cut people off. We want to build for the future through work, 2 years is inflexible. We believe…

Recognizing that the gentleman and I agree that we have better enforcement, I think the gentleman would also agree that if you have simply a debit, you move yourself right back into the category of your opening statement, which is slavery…

Yes, we do require work, in many of the proposals that the Democrats propose. Mr. DeLAY. If you encourage it and they don't work and there are jobs available, what kind of sanctions do you bring against the welfare recipient?

If the gentleman would allow me, if only a third of the welfare recipients get housing, if 70 percent of Medicaid goes to disabled and elderly, to claim them as welfare is not correct.

I described the philosophy of the Republicans earlier as really the party that wants to cut people off. I think the Democratic Party represents the party of prevention and trying to prevent welfare in the beginning. That is why our party…

What we are concerned about is that the building of orphanages and group housing and tearing families apart is counterproductive to the family values we think both parties stand for. How do you justify the building of orphanages and group…

No, it does not go to welfare recipients. Seventy percent of the Medicaid budget goes to the elderly and disabled. Do you consider them welfare?

You talk about creating a system where people are not dependent. In fact, your colleagues tonight have really been arguing that these Government programs promote that dependency. You are familiar that the American taxpayers in the decade…

It was in 1215 that King John assented to the First Charter of Liberties. That document, the Magna Carta, read in part: "No free man shall be arrested or imprisoned or in any way victimized, neither will we attack him or send anyone to…

I rise today to support the final passage of H.R. 6, the Improving America's Schools Act. This legislation will greatly improve teaching and learning in our public schools at a time when it is critical for our Nation to keep pace with the…

let me share with my colleagues, the letter of February 23, 1994, from U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, who I think points out why we should not take the course that the gentleman from Oklahoma suggests today. He says, ``Like my two immediate…

I rise with great disappointment because I think this is an issue that for a long time in our Nation's history has been one that we have been very proud of because it has been bipartisan. Regrettably, today we now see, because of very…

I rise with great disappointment because I think this is an issue that for a long time in our Nation's history has been one that we have been very proud of because it has been bipartisan. Regrettably, today we now see, because of very…

This bill is not about regulatory reform of landfills, sewers, or water. This bill is not about the illegal taking of private property. This bill is not about reining in an EPA that is out of control. This bill is not about setting…